1.   A flat stick was used to beat the very dirty clothes which had been worn by the men working in the fields.

2.   Howell putted it off the green, chipped back on, and took two more with the flat stick.

3.   Mayfair, whose unorthodox stroke with the flat stick occurs by cutting the blade across the ball, also changed putters, although not brands.

4.   The flat stick.

5.   Use a small flat stick or spatula to smooth the filler and to scrape away any excess.

6.   Usually, the putting stroke and short game fade first with older players, but Ballesteros is a maestro with the flat stick and anything he chips with.

7.   And no one can work the flat stick quite like Faxon, the leading putter on the PGA Tour the past two years.

8.   Struggling with the flat stick all week, Parnevik played the final round with two putters in the bag.