The story of the 2024 Open Championship so far is the little-known English golfer Dan Brown vaulting himself into contention at Royal Troon. He comes into the final round one shot back of Billy Horschel’s 4-under, 54-hole lead.

His surprise performance has come off the back of his putter—Brown ranks first in the field in SG: Putting this week—and that performance has come courtesy of some tweaks that have started to take hold.

“I’ve changed a couple of things, which I’ve become a lot more comfortable with on the greens,” he says. “It was a strength of mine last season, but it hasn’t really been this season. So it’s been nice to find that sort of department in the game a bit.”

One of those changes was Brown’s grip. Previously, the Englishman used a conventional, reverse-overlap grip, but recently he’s adopted the Fitz Grip, with both index fingers extending down each side of the putter grip.

That grip gives Brown more stability in his wrists as he makes his putting stroke, and aids his 1-2-3-4 putting routine which the TV analysts highlighted multiple times during the broadcast.

It’s really simple, and probably something that would help the rest of us.

Step 1: Long look

The 1-2-3-4 routine encompasses the four final actions Brown performs before each putt.

The first is a long look at the golf hole. A calming moment of focus where he visualizes the line the ball will soon take towards the hole.

Step 2: Back to the ball

The 1-2-3-4 is supposed to be performed over four seconds—the same rhythm in which you could count those four numbers.

So, after looking at the hole for a full second, Brown brings his head back to the ball, and holds it there for another second.

Step 3: Backstroke

Without hesitation, Brown begins his backstroke on the third second. It may not be exactly the same every time, but it’s close, aided by a putting grip which allows him to movement the putter with more metronomic precision.

In all, it’s an easy way to bounce into your putting stroke, without freezing or excess tension.

Step 4: Throughstroke

Backstroke about one second, through stroke about one second. Again, it may not be exact, but that’s not the point. It’s stringing together these actions, maintaining an upbeat, comfortable rhythm. It’s simple by design.

If Dan Brown hopes of doing the impossible on Sunday at the 2024 Open Championship, it’ll be by creating a sense of comfort through simple routines like this. It may just work.

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com