1.   Also at six under is Jim McGovern, who got a putting lesson last week and is finally starting to make some.

2.   Fryatt gave credit to David Frost, one of his peers on tour, who gave him a putting lesson on Thursday.

3.   Just two weeks prior to the day, Penick had given him a putting lesson on a carpet in his bedroom.

4.   Penick, who died the previous Sunday, gave Crenshaw a final putting lesson from his deathbed.

5.   The day before the tournament, Smith got a confidence-building putting lesson from Michael Breed, the head pro at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale.

6.   First he poses in a horse-drawn carriage and then he gives a putting lessons to the governor of New York.

7.   A trip back to his home course at Lytham and a putting lesson from club pro Eddie Birchenough seems to have paid dividends.

8.   Phil Mickelson took the first putting lesson of his life last week -- and it could pay off by bringing him his first major championship.