So with the Aussie winning the Masters that's 4 out of the last 6 major winners using a broom handle putter,boy these guys are really going to see their games nose dive when they are finally outlawed..........
Broom handle putters in majors
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Grumps
Tour Rookie
Which may be as soon as next autumn according to radio as it might come into force for pros for 2014 season
Nashy
Head Pro
I think you mean anchored putters, this is the first major won using a broomhandle the rest have been belly putters. If they ban them then the pros who have had to change will be fine for 90%. Having used one there not the miracle cure everyone thinks. Inside 10ft I think they are superb but outside that I think its a lot harder to control distance properly.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
They're not being outlawed - just the way they are anchored to the body is.
If you want to use a broomhandle and hold it in two hands and nowt else then there will be nothing to stop you.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Scott's putt to win was t least 15 feet! And the birdie on 18 in normal play was even longer!
I agree with you about not being miracle cures though. Also tried one and didn't get on with it.
Scott's putter let him down all day until the last hole so I don't think the putter won him the Masters, his tee to green play is amazing.
louise_a
Money List Winner
Surely being able to anchor the putter must have helped when faced with crucial putts at the 18th and then to win it.
Fader
Tour Winner
Anyone that thinks a log putter is a miracle cure should try one. Much harder to judge longer putts as its not a free flowing movement, but I'm sure the guys that have to revert to regular length putters will be fine as they will practice for hours with them.
Scott may have holes putts on the 18th & 2nd playoff hole but fact is for the rest of the tournament he putted very averagely, if he's holed a number of the rest of his chances he would have been well out of site of the field. I read somewhere he had a massive 72% GIR for the week, its that the put him in position to win.
If Langer had won bet no one would say it was down to his putter they'd instead be marvelling about the fact an over 50 won it.
Scott may have holes putts on the 18th & 2nd playoff hole but fact is for the rest of the tournament he putted very averagely, if he's holed a number of the rest of his chances he would have been well out of site of the field. I read somewhere he had a massive 72% GIR for the week, its that the put him in position to win.
If Langer had won bet no one would say it was down to his putter they'd instead be marvelling about the fact an over 50 won it.
Nashy
Head Pro
I can see your point but I am talking about the pace of greens we play on not what they play on the tour let alone the masters. He only had to play it as an 8ft putt as it was so fast.
I didn't so much as try one I gamed one for 18months. Used it very well but did struggle even more than before on long lag putts which ment I had a lot more 3-5ft for par etc. I only went back to a short putter as the rythm I gained from the long putter gave me a better stroke when I switched back. I couldn't get on with a belly putter at all though and I did try.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I thought it was refreshing to see Scott get the job down after his meltdown at the Open especially with the putting. Not using an outlawed technique so no doubt we'll see him continue to use it. As long as he is knocking it as close as often then he is never going to be putting from that far.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
From the man himself...
"I don't believe it would be a hard thing for me to go back to the short putter," Scott, 32, said in a recent interview, parts of which are in the December issue of Golf Magazine. "I could do it this week, and I think I would putt better than I did in 2010 and 2009. The long putter has taught me how to putt again."
Read more: http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/a...nt-fellow-pros-over-long-putter#ixzz2QZ0G01lB
"I don't believe it would be a hard thing for me to go back to the short putter," Scott, 32, said in a recent interview, parts of which are in the December issue of Golf Magazine. "I could do it this week, and I think I would putt better than I did in 2010 and 2009. The long putter has taught me how to putt again."
Read more: http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/a...nt-fellow-pros-over-long-putter#ixzz2QZ0G01lB
Nashy
Head Pro
The way Scott hold his broomhandle will be outlawed, he holds his left hand against his chest to anchor the putter this then creates a pivot point to make it easier to produce a pendulum stroke.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
When you get the likes of a 14yr playing golf as mechanically and slowly as Guan Tianlang and he uses anchoring - you know that things have gone wrong as clearly his coaches have decided that putting this way from the start is the way to win - so must be seen by them to be giving the lad an advantage. If the USPGA wanted evidence why anchored putting should be banned, then there it was staring at them in the faces of a 14yr old best amateur and the winner.
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Snelly
Guest
Totally agree. Well said.
The sooner anchoring goes, the better. Totally wrong and not golf.
mab
Challenge Tour Pro
My thoughts exactly. On those key putts, some muscles can get a little nervous and twitchy and anchoring surely helps to tame the impact.
I was also a little sad seeing a 14 year old kid playing a belly putter - it just didn't look and feel right.
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Deleted member 1147
Guest
I imagine we'll see more people using the Kuchar style of having it up the left arm. I think I heard mention that Odyssey have brought out a new model for arm locking for this very reason.
cookelad
Tour Winner
Tianlang Guan is a prime example of why the rule is potentially changing, anchoring wasn't seen as a real problem when it was guys at the tail end of their career trying to stay competitive for an extra couple of years, but now we're seeing young pro's & amateurs playing their early careers with weapons designed to help people on the verge of giving up because they think it'll give them some advantage!
Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
It would appear that Anchoring is an older method than most thought! Traditions are that it is allowed!
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thecraw
Guest
Its still legal. No issues.
I can also see a messy law suit going through the courts as I can see a lot of players refusing to accept that they are now deemed illegal. The R&A and the USGA are to blame them allowed them to run for years.
I can also see a messy law suit going through the courts as I can see a lot of players refusing to accept that they are now deemed illegal. The R&A and the USGA are to blame them allowed them to run for years.
Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
Hopefully!
