31.   That local knowledge, coupled with a steady putting stroke, have put Mickelson in position to win.

32.   The feel is back, and so is the putting stroke.

33.   The fourth leg of the Grand Slam has been as elusive as his putting stroke.

34.   The putting stroke is not a very complicated action.

35.   The pressure was all on Driscoll, who had been frustrated hole after hole with a putting stroke that left him baffled.

36.   The player takes a normal putting stroke, but the ball remains inside the putter.

37.   The putting stroke that he must have to win this Masters that so many in the media already have awarded him.

38.   Then there is the putting stroke to die for, a pure sweeping motion he seems to have inherited.

39.   These days, PGA Tour players seem to be finding more unusual ways than ever to feel good about their putting strokes.

40.   There were some funny ball flights and some unusually defensive putting strokes employed at Southern Hills.