Tag: David Barrett

Just a Little More Shaft Length is Tech Enough for Tour Players with the Belly Putter

There’s nothing like gear innovations that improve results using very old technology. In baseball, fielder’s mitts the size of shopping bags provide a good example–we see them now wonder if mitt-makers couldn’t have fashioned such gloves long ago (instead of …
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Why Phil Doesn’t Dominate (and Other Secrets of the PGA Tour Putting Stats)

GEG image Guys who love sports join rotisserie baseball leagues and fantasy football leagues, and when golf season comes around they plunk down money on a PGA Tour pick-your-pro pool. What’s a little funky in this general pattern is the granular, detailed performance …
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Bubba Watson Doesn’t Just Bomb the Ball

As Bubba Watson and his pink-shafted PING G15 driver start slaying bigger dragons, you’ll find a tour analyst like David Barrett at TheAPosition.com posting a full-length feature on what Bubba’s upside for stardom might be. Barrett’s take on the possibilities for the boy …
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