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Man, watching him is an excercise in ecstasy and agony. He's an absolutely fabulous driver of the ball and I beg of you to point out a more consistently superb iron player - he stuffs more irons than anyone. You barely ever see the guy chipping or pitching.

But, MAN... watching him putt is just PAINFUL. I mean, he only misses by a hair seemingly on every putt, but I've been watching the Euro tour today and he couldn't sink a 10 footer to save his life.

If he could putt, he'd be number 2 in the world.

He should try left hand low or a belly putter.

At what point does someone finally reach out and try something new. I think he has reached that point and then some.

I think he may have an eye dominance problem. Maybe he should try putting left handed.

I was really struggling with the putter and have to say moving to left hand low and lots of practice did the trick for me...also finding the right putter didn't hurt either.

Can you see him using the claw grip? Not!

He and Vijay are the same way...hit it close and it slips by every time. With Sergio it really seems to be almost a mental glitch.

Sergio strikes the ball badly plain and simple.
He isn't that bad at reading the putt, it is simply that he connects badly with the ball, and cuts across the ball alot.

Isn't it amazing? The guy missed like 4 putts shorter than 10 feet (how good was his ballstriking?) in about 5 holes. I couldn't watch anymore after a while.

Drive for show and putt for dough $$$ is what Sergio needs to learn.

Exactly...much is made of the length advantage Tiger has over the other top pros, but look at the guy's putting stroke...technically nearly perfect, and it shows in that he rarely misses those short ones when he has the chance. Sergio will improve in time, I don't doubt that...but I think I follow where you're going in that he needs to spend a bit less time on his full swing and a little more on the short game to get into the true upper echelon of players.

Wasn't Sergio in the top 10 on the PGA as well as the Euro tour? True he could be better, but geez that's a pretty nice accomplishment.

Yeah, third place without good putting is a fantastic achievement.

Well its kind of hard to sink every putt when you are making most of the greens and regulations. Its easier if you miss the green and then leave it 2 ft closer than 10 ft.

Sure it is but Sergio is still a below average tour putter.

If he could putt, he'd be number 2 in the world.

He would give Tiger a run for his money for sure.

His stroke average is not far behind that of Tiger, yet his putts per round are significantly higher than those of Tiger.

"It's a wonder Sergio hasn't quit"
Seriously, would you quit if you were that good? It's most seriously doubtful that any of us is as good as he is, yet we don't quit. I realize Sergio is in it for the money now too, but does that mean he loves the game any less?
He's making an excellent living as an awful putter. Imagine how good he'll be if he ever figures out the short stick.