Adam Scott using short putter at the Presidents Cup

Adam Scott was eliminated from the PGA Tour playoffs after The Barclays, giving him a five-week vacation as the FedEx Cup was decided.

So, Scott took the free time to ditch the broomstick putter he has used since 2011 and get comfortable with a traditional-length putter, which he is using this week at the Presidents Cup.

Ranked 158th this past season in strokes gained putting, Scott made the switch from the long putter and the anchored putting stroke he used with it, which will become illegal on Jan. 1, 2016.

“It was a good time to make the change and I spent some time working on it, a similar amount of time actually when I went to the long putter,” said Scott at this week’s Presidents Cup in South Korea, according to Golf Channel. “It’s kind of refreshing to make a forced change because my putting stats are certainly unimpressive this year.”

Scott first tried making the switch to a traditional-length putter at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in March. After seeing some positive results in the first week at Doral, Scott struggled in subsequent starts, leading him back to the long putter in the majors. As soon as August, Scott said he intended to stick with the long putter, even after the anchoring ban took hold. With a new perspective on the matter, Scott — who called the change “forced” — figures there’s no better time to make the switch.

“There has to be a week where I start and it may as well be here,” Scott said, “and I’m very confident I can make myself one of the best putters on Tour.”

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