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What do you think about belly putting /putters should they be banned or not banned
belly putting
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RGDave
Money List Winner
I'm not fussed.
It's not like the long putter brigade are making putts all over the place.....
It's not like the long putter brigade are making putts all over the place.....
Without doubt. Whether the USGA in particular will have the balls to do so will be the issue. I fear that if they don't and the R&A can't persuade them otherwise then they'll be around for a lot longer
Swinger
Journeyman Pro
You hang up your lob wedges, oversized drivers and rescue woods and I'll hand over my belly putter.
I really don't see an issue with it and I think those that do have far too much time on their hands.
I really don't see an issue with it and I think those that do have far too much time on their hands.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Not a fan - then I wouldn't be. But I don't see how the putter is being 'swung' in the true golfing meaning of 'swing' - club and arms being an integral one - and moving together. After all we are not allowed to putt 'croquet-style' - so that's surely the precedent.
Fader
Tour Winner
I won't be handing over my belly putter until such time I'm legally not allowed to use it.
If they are so much more advantageous than regular putters then why isn't every tour player wielding one. It's only peaked again as the likes of Braddley, Simpson and now Els have bagged majors with them. Still week in week out more wins with a short putter.
I admit it helps my putting and my stroke since putting it in the bag at last, some 6 months after buying it has improved but then it couldn't have been worse than what it was.
If it keeps people playing the game then keep it imo to late to ban it now, as there'll be law suits about players right to earn etc, maybe look at ball and driver technology while your at it.
Long live the Belly.....:sbox:
If they are so much more advantageous than regular putters then why isn't every tour player wielding one. It's only peaked again as the likes of Braddley, Simpson and now Els have bagged majors with them. Still week in week out more wins with a short putter.
I admit it helps my putting and my stroke since putting it in the bag at last, some 6 months after buying it has improved but then it couldn't have been worse than what it was.
If it keeps people playing the game then keep it imo to late to ban it now, as there'll be law suits about players right to earn etc, maybe look at ball and driver technology while your at it.
Long live the Belly.....:sbox:
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Snelly
Guest
I think that putters with longer shafts are fine if you hold them in two hands and make a putting stroke. My mate has a long Ping putter that is supposed to go on his chin or chest but he chooses not to and just holds it in his hands to putt almost normally. I am fine with this.
However, thse clubs are not fine if you anchor them to a third part of your body as a central point for a pendulum action. This is not golf and should not be allowed.
I will be delighted to see the anchoring of a club banned and I bet it soon will be too.
However, thse clubs are not fine if you anchor them to a third part of your body as a central point for a pendulum action. This is not golf and should not be allowed.
I will be delighted to see the anchoring of a club banned and I bet it soon will be too.
virtuocity
Tour Winner
I have a large belly and therefore have to use a short putter. Unfair IMO.
