As post mortems go, the conversation between the new Trophee Hassan winner David Horsey and his putting coach was pretty positive.
In the pratice days proceeding his victory in a sudden death play-off David and his putting coach, Phil Kenyon, had walked the course and identified the challenge that lay ahead. The fast and undulating nature of the greens at Golf du Palais Royal & Golf de L'Ocean would need good pace control and effective green reading. Two skills which form part of Horsey training plan.
"Looking at David's stats he emerges clearly as one of the best putters on the European Tour this season," said Kenyon. "David has a very strong process which gives him an enormous ability to re-focus in the face of a poor outcome, in terms of an odd missed putt, which was evident in the closing stages in Morocco. He putted extremely well for the most part and although he let one slip by on the last hole in regulation play, he didn't let that peturb him and in the play off he regrouped and holed some crucial putts to take his second tour title"
The Harold Swash putting methodology stands alone in world golf as the most widely distributed and respected putting coaching system. Not only has it allowed Tour players to receive proven coaching techniques that are 100% consistent from Major to Major and continent to continent, it has also enjoyed a very successful replication to club golf and players of all levels the world over.
Director of Harold Swash Putting, Phil Kenyon counts the world's top golfers among his clients, including the largely unsung hero of the weekend's Moroccan event: Thomas Björn. The work he and Kenyon have done together in the past year helped the 40 year-old Dane shoot a new course record of 62 for Golf du Palais Royal & Golf de L'Ocean. Bjorn's newly found confidence in his set-up and putting stroke have re-energized his game. This was much in evidence for his victory in February in Qatar where he started his run at victory in earnest with a dead certain curling 18-foot putt at the 14th - one of his four birdies in the final five holes.
Images of David Horsey from Morocco
