After Lydia Ko’s opening birdie in the first round of the Ford Championship in Chandler, Ariz., her playing partner, Lottie Woad, spotted a new addition to Ko’s bag: a Scotty Cameron T12 prototype putter. Ko’s not one to swap out putters without extensive testing and deep deliberation so the newcomer was a conversation piece. When Load called it out, Ko said something along the lines of, “I holed the first one, so it was a good start.” Then Ko holed the second one, on her second hole of the day, the...
