Has Dustin Johnson found the solution to his putting problems?
DJ rebounded from his Masters missed cut with a top 15 finish and improved performance on the greens at the RBC Heritage
But before analysing that bare finishing position, some caveats need to be applied to Dustin Johnson's seemingly no-more-than solid performance in the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.
For starters, he'd headed to Harbour Town Golf Links on the back of a relative slump.
To give that some context, it was the first time he'd gone four starts without a top 25 since early 2013.
Rather than narrowly beating his previous PB at Harbour Town, what will have pleased DJ most is the improvement he showed on the greens.
The laid-back Johnson doesn't really do exasperated, but at Augusta National the frustration with his putter was obvious.
Interviewed ahead of The Heritage, the 36-year-old said he'd found the fault and fixed it. "Just set-up," said Johnson when asked what the problem had been. "Yeah, my speed was really bad and my setup was a little funky, I think. I don't know. I got it fixed, so…"
DJ's putting stats at Harbour Town
On winner Stewart Cink's performance and his own play
On being told he'd made 145 feet of putts in round four
On the thinking that goes into a switch of equipment
On his plans for the next few weeks
After being asked what the new putter is
"I don't even know what it's called. It's TaylorMade." For the record, the PGA Tour report that it's the TP Bandon 1 in TaylorMade’s new TP line. It will be released this summer.