With two well-struck shots, the players would probably be able to reach the green in two, Mutch said.

He scored his first goal in 2011 against VfL Wolfsburg in a 3-0 win with a well-struck curled low shot from twenty meters.

David Villa took the resulting free kick, and his well-struck shot deflected off the top of the Ukrainian wall past Shovkovskiy's flailing left hand into the roof of the net.

His well-struck shot across Begovic is just wide.

Although they accept a well-struck shot they are firm and pacy, and the better putters should flourish.

"Some well-struck shots are being rewarded, but poor shots are double-bogeys or even worse," Mickelson said.

More skilful play by Roberts and Turner sent Hamilton clear and his well-struck shot put Haslemere ahead.

A minute later Dixon, sent through a gap by Gascoigne, hit the bar with a well-struck left-footed shot.

The cove acts as a whirlpool for strong winds, making even well-struck shots that hang above the green liable to stray into one of the bunkers or worse.

You don't have to be Sherlock Homes to discover that he is right: well-struck shots are rewarded, anything less is severely punished.