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Adam Scott has gone to the short putter

Ch-ch-ch-changes aplenty this week for Adam Scott.

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Scott, who is making his 2015 debut at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, is a new father to a daughter and has been wielding a new, traditional-length putter at Doral. He is expected to play this week with a short putter for just the second time since the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, when he made the switch to the anchored broomstick.

Scott came to the decision after testing a slew of putters in his offseason.

"I’ve kind of enjoyed experimenting at home the last couple months because I’ve had so much time up my sleeve,” said Scott. “I’ve got about 50 putters I’ve collected over my career back home in the garage, so to speak, but then I’ve also tried out lots of other putters at home in Australia over the these last few weeks.”

Scott still had not decided on the putter he'd use this week on Monday at Doral, when he was working with four putters on the practice greens.

The Aussie is making the change now instead of waiting until later in the season. The anchored putting stroke, which Scott used in tandem with the long putter to win the 2013 Masters, becomes illegal on Jan. 1, 2016. Though he knows there will be a transition, Scott seems confident the switch will go well.

“You know, I’ll just go out there and like I said, just stay patient with it all,” Scott said. “It’s going to be demanding, certainly if the wind is blowing. But I’m thinking, you know, my stroke and everything feels as good as it ever has."


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