Europeantour.com launches its new player tips feature with some advice from Open and USPGA Champion Padraig Harrington, the current leader in the Scrambles category of the Genworth Financial Statistics.
Throughout the season we will look at the players excelling in the various categories in the Genworth Financial Statistics and find out the secrets to their success and their tips to help you improve your game.
We will look at who hits the ball the furthest and how you can add a few extra yards to your drive, which players are always straight down the middle and their tips on how to hit the fairways with unerring accuracy, and the importance of the approach shots from those players who do it best.
On the green, we will explore how to make those putts drop from the best putters on The European Tour or if it is help on your short game you need, then we will bring you a bit of expert advice.
The series kicks off with Harrington, the 2008 European Tour Player of the Year and a golfer renowned for his incredible short game. The Irishman has an 81.3% per cent success rate in the Scrambles category of the Genworth Financial Statistics, so europeantour.com asked him what has helped the triple Major Champion become so strong in this particular category?
Harrington said: “When I was growing up as a junior at Stackstown Golf Club, there was no long game practice facility so I concentrated on practising my short game.”
What tips can you give to amateurs to help them improve this area of their game?
Harrington said: “The need to scramble normally comes after a poor shot, which needs to be put behind you with all the focus going on the next shot.”
For a detailed look at all the Genworth Financial Statistics and the leaders in each category,click here.
