bernhard langer still anchoring?

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During the 3rd round I'm sure I saw him still anchoring did anyone else see?

I'm sure the commentators mentioned it and I'm sure they will maybe looked into it

I hope it gets looked into
 
It must be close, but how do you prove it.

Poor rule in my view. Either ban long putters, or rule that the hands have to be together.
 
It's been thoroughly investigated i.e. he's been checked in person and via TV footage at several tournaments from multiple angles and he's been interviewed by tour officials a number of times.

The conclusion is he's not and that's good enough for me.
 
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Azinger just made a good point on this that his left hand and the top of the putter move during the stroke so he isn't anchoring. Watched him after he'd mentioned it and he's right.
 
NWJocko said:
Azinger just made a good point on this that his left hand and the top of the putter move during the stroke so he isn't anchoring. Watched him after he'd mentioned it and he's right.
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Saw the same thing myself. I've just read an article where he won couple weeks ago and they've looked into it, he addresses the ball anchored but before he makes his stroke his hand is only slightly away from his chest which is enough for it to be not anchored.
 
Both his hands clearly moved on the putt on #18. Just watched an interview he gave to CBS. Langer seems to know the challenge ahead, looks at it realistically but if young Jordan Speith stays at -4 K can see Bernhard seriously contending tomorrow.
 
Bernhard apparently makes his practice swings with his top hand anchored to his chest, but moves it just away from his chest for the actual stroke at the ball. It is still effectively pendulum putting in my opinion, and that should also have been banned! It is difficult to tell if a player is cheating or not as it stands. Perhaps the long putter should be banned by restricting putter length to something like 36". I can't imagine anybody with a conventional putting stroke needing anything longer than that.
 
I have argued many times that it is almost impossible to police anchoring. Either allow it as it used to be or limit the length of the putter are the only 2 workable solutions.
 
delc said:
Bernhard apparently makes his practice swings with his top hand anchored to his chest, but moves it just away from his chest for the actual stroke at the ball. It is still effectively pendulum putting in my opinion, and that should also have been banned! It is difficult to tell if a player is cheating or not as it stands. Perhaps the long putter should be banned by restricting putter length to something like 36". I can't imagine anybody with a conventional putting stroke needing anything longer than that.
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pendulum
noun - a weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock

So, it's not fixed, it's not (by definition) pendulum putting. His left hand is clearly not pressed against his chest but free to move so whatever our thoughts on the rule he is not "cheating", his action isn't "suspect", he is clearly within the rules. Many rules in golf are hard to police...it doesn't mean they are all bad rules. If he says he isn't anchoring that's good enough for me tbh.

That said, I too feel that the rule change was an attempt to find some middle ground when an outright ban on long putters would have put all these issues to bed.
 
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