EDITOR'S CHOICE HAVE YOUR SAY Food for thought VIEW FROM THE HILL That’s why it’s white knuckle A SMASHING TIME Crab House Cafe, Portland Road, Wyke Regis SIMPLY GREATEST HITS Red letter day at the BIC GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 GANG IS QUIDS IN 2 Overturned lorry causes long delays on A31 3 HE'S ATT IT AGAIN 4 Fury over £101,000 new post at council 5 Parking fine shock 6 A fitting tribute to Jim and Charlie 7 They’re up for the cup 8 Three years jail for face biting attack 9 MPs call for plan to be scrapped 10 Police seek maniac on motorised scooter Today | 7 Days 1 OUT OF BOUNDS TO THE HOUNDS 2 Howzat for a supermarket? 3 Quinn to use Pitman 'impact' 4 Note of despair for pregnant Kayleigh 5 Stone me! 6 HE'S ATT IT AGAIN 7 Quinn to look again at Onibuje 8 Teen fought off robbers in gardens 9 Local shops looking forward to Waitrose 10 With creditors still owed money, Carr races powerboats in Portugal...

Lee James

DISGRUNTLED Lee James has ditched his new putter in an attempt to revive his flagging fortunes on the European Tour at this week's Italian Open.

The Parkstone-based touring professional has missed six consecutive halfway cuts and has slipped to 213th on the money list.

His latest failure came at last week's Spanish Open when his poor putting saw him miss the qualifying mark by five shots after successive two-over-par 74s.

"My game was in good shape from tee to green, but my putting let me down on the second day," explained James. "I was two under par at one stage in the second round and in with a good shout of making the cut until I three-putted my ninth hole.

"I only missed three greens all day, but took 37 putts and you just can't do that at this level of competition," added James who tees off in Milan on Thursday.

"This week I shall go back to using my old putter I last used nine months ago. It has the same shaped head but is a standard length rather than the shorter version."

James's problems were compounded by the first re-rank of the season for category 11 players. The former British Amateur champion has dropped from seventh to 25th position.

"Hopefully a change of putters will do the trick," said James. "I've slipped down the pecking order on the rankings and need to start making some cuts."

The slide meant that James was only first reserve for next week's lucrative Irish Open at the Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort.

But on his arrival in Milan today, James was told that he had made the starting line-up.

3:18pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

Print

Email this