1.   And his putter was the glue, the final ingredient that bonded his performance.

2.   Besides, a broken putter is not the sort of thing the PGA likes to put on the cover of its media guide.

3.   For Brad Faxon, that meant the putter was in hand and a path to the hole had been engraved in his mind.

4.   His putter was no joke.

5.   His deft touch with his irons put him in position to score on the front nine, but his putter was off the mark.

6.   No, the putter was not broken.

7.   Off all people, Laura Davies proved yesterday that the putter is mightier than the driver.

8.   The long putter has been just one of hundreds of suggested remedies he has received in the mail.

9.   The putter was his magic wand with the PGA Championship on the line.

10.   The two-iron in his hands is a bungee cord and his putter is a parachute.