USGA and R&A ban anchored strokes. PGA of America was in support of anchored putting.
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Is the LPGA affected? Surely they are going to make an exception for Michelle Wie. The way she bends over 90 degrees when she puts, the stick is automatically going to be held by her "anchors." Unfair!
If you play any local tournaments whatsoever, USGA rules nearly always govern play. Groove rule, 14 club rule, non conforming driver faces, etc.
I was speaking in general terms to the ruling, not specifically to you sundoggy. apologies.
I was speaking in general terms to the ruling, not specifically to you sundoggy. apologies.
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Hell, I'm just a hacker that has played a good bit.
I've about quit.
I'll say that most of the regular groups that play with or have played with, are pretty strict on the rules.
Generally speaking if USGA makes a change we abide by it (equipment wise anyway).
In this case the club is still ok, but not how it could be used.
I still love the game.
Hell, I'm just a hacker that has played a good bit.
I've about quit.
I'll say that most of the regular groups that play with or have played with, are pretty strict on the rules.
Generally speaking if USGA makes a change we abide by it (equipment wise anyway).
In this case the club is still ok, but not how it could be used.
I still love the game.
This isn't an equipment rule like the groove issue was, this is playing rule. Therefore, the putter itself isn't going to be illegal. The anchoring of the putter is what is illegal.
Why though?
Only a handful of players use them, and there isn't a clear cut advantage they have over any other golfer. In my apartment complex there are about 6 or 7 PGM guys and I watch most of the big tournaments with them. They say that it's hard as hell to use and while it's an advantage in the short game, it's just as much a disadvantage in the long game. Maybe the other way around... I was drinking.
The press conference announcing it sounded kind of bogus to me. He was grasping at straws trying to explain why it wasn't good for the game, like it wasn't traditional or something. If that's the case, a lot of stuff should be banned. Ban hybrid clubs. According to a guy in my personal selling class who made a presentation on one, Stuart Appleby uses a legal practice putter on tour.
I don't use a long putter, but I don't like it when organizations ban things without a very good reason. Watching Scott putt is one of my favorite things about watching golf.
Only a handful of players use them, and there isn't a clear cut advantage they have over any other golfer. In my apartment complex there are about 6 or 7 PGM guys and I watch most of the big tournaments with them. They say that it's hard as hell to use and while it's an advantage in the short game, it's just as much a disadvantage in the long game. Maybe the other way around... I was drinking.
The press conference announcing it sounded kind of bogus to me. He was grasping at straws trying to explain why it wasn't good for the game, like it wasn't traditional or something. If that's the case, a lot of stuff should be banned. Ban hybrid clubs. According to a guy in my personal selling class who made a presentation on one, Stuart Appleby uses a legal practice putter on tour.
I don't use a long putter, but I don't like it when organizations ban things without a very good reason. Watching Scott putt is one of my favorite things about watching golf.
I think the belly putter is still legal. It's just the ones anchored on your chest. I've tried it a couple of times and it's real awkward anyway. I just use a regular putter.
belly putter is anchored just like the long one...except in the belly.....hence the name....oh never mind...
all the putters are still legal you just can't anchor them. the real point of that is for the usga to avoid lawsuits from equipment mfgs.
all the putters are still legal you just can't anchor them. the real point of that is for the usga to avoid lawsuits from equipment mfgs.
What you said makes sense, but
one of the announcers on a tournament a few weeks back said that even if the anchored long putter is made illegal, the belly putter would still be allowed. Of course, they don't necessarily know what they're talking about. Doesn't affect me one way or the other though ... I can't use either one. Except that my regular putter is a belly putter, given the sag and girth ....
one of the announcers on a tournament a few weeks back said that even if the anchored long putter is made illegal, the belly putter would still be allowed. Of course, they don't necessarily know what they're talking about. Doesn't affect me one way or the other though ... I can't use either one. Except that my regular putter is a belly putter, given the sag and girth ....
Nope, all anchoring will become illegal in 2016. Neither the club or your hands may be anchored to your body. Golfers are allowed to tuck their forearms or elbows against the body while putting. This will not be considered anchoring. However, there is an exception: A player will be in violation of the new rule if he or she tucks a forearm against his body and, at the same time, uses a split-handed putting grip.
So... this rule is gonna be a ***** to enforce.
So... this rule is gonna be a ***** to enforce.
Maybe they should just make everybody go back to a "standard" putting style and grip. If I recall correctly, they finally outlawed the Sam Snead method. Some of the crazy putting styles and grips remind me a bit of some of the bowling approaches I've seen ... unique and showy, but effective? Probably not.
It's a mental thing
A golfer misses a putt, then another, then another and then you have a runaway train of negativity. Now they need to change putters, then change the way the grip the putter, then it's moving on to belly putters and long putters.
I don't think the powers that be can or will only allow one style of putting, gripping, etc.
And just to throw it out there, I use an Odyssey #5, 35" putter, I've used the same putter for 13 years and I don't agree with the anchoring ban at all. Rules to protect the integrity of the game are ignorant and uninformed, especially when you consider the current rate at which technology is changing the way the game is played.
A golfer misses a putt, then another, then another and then you have a runaway train of negativity. Now they need to change putters, then change the way the grip the putter, then it's moving on to belly putters and long putters.
I don't think the powers that be can or will only allow one style of putting, gripping, etc.
And just to throw it out there, I use an Odyssey #5, 35" putter, I've used the same putter for 13 years and I don't agree with the anchoring ban at all. Rules to protect the integrity of the game are ignorant and uninformed, especially when you consider the current rate at which technology is changing the way the game is played.