PGA Tour : Butterfield Bermuda Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
With Saturday's play about to get underway in Bermuda at this Butterfield Championship I must tell the story behind Ben Silverman being T3, after missing 7 of 9 cuts and at a lowly #143 in the Fed Ex Points, was heading straight to Q School, then the Korn Ferry Tour for 2027.
All of these players in the Fall Series are capable of shooting low rounds on their day, and each would tell us why in the post round interview.
For Ben, born and raised in Thornhill, a typical Canadian hockey fan, the reason is a hockey stick !!
Recently in Utah he saw Tony Finau who has had struggles of his own, using a putter with the shaft of a hockey stick.
Ben tried it and was surprised how good it felt in his hands.
'It's right up my alley, I'm a big hockey guy, its fun for me using a hockey stick as my grip.
It fits perfectly in my palms, I have a double interlock left hand low grip, but what ever way you hold it as long as your palms are on it, they will be suaere to the face.
CALIBER GOLF
Caliber Golf in Kenosha,Wisconsin, is the grip manufacturer, Ben got in touch, they made him one within a week.
Tim Wright the founder, loves hockey and golf and in 2018 he built a hockey shafted putter and immediately had a hit. In 2021 he finally was advised it conformed with the rules of golf, and it debuted at the Golf Show in 2023.
It has been shipping world wide since then with putters retailing from $225 up to $700 on their website.
T3 Silverman, Ben -12 63 67 122 FedEx points /284 owgr
Ben will need a win to solve his immediate future but with 4 good rounds this week and a couple more in this Fall Series it is possible for him to crack the top 100.
Today he need to keep his head up, pass when he needs to, and keep stickhandling on the greens with his new hockey putter !!
Bryan Angus
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