Deke
Journeyman Pro
I still think it is an absolute joke and against the rules,stop this now and burn all of these cheat sticks!!!
Broom handle putters in majors
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Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
Cheat! Lmao!I still think it is an absolute joke and against the rules,stop this now and burn all of these cheat sticks!!!
no one cared until players using them won majors! How is it cheating if everyone is allowed to use them?
Its amazing that after decades something is now being done to try and prevent their usage. I use one and can use it just as effectively without anchoring.
Most people find them just as difficult to use as a standard length putter too!
Deke
Journeyman Pro
I have no issue with the length of ANY putter,but anchoring is against the rules,simple as that! If you don't anchor then fair enough,but if you do then maybe get a lesson in putting the correct way.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Not yet it isn't Deke......
Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
Where does it say so?
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thecraw
Guest
Wrong wrong wrong.
I also don't think they will be banned. Get the chip off your shoulder and accept them.
Deke
Journeyman Pro
If not in the rules directly,then against the spirit of them,"This decision gets back to the USGA and R&A feeling that fundamentally golf for 600 years has been about picking up the club, gripping it with two hands and making a free swing away from the body" a recent quote by USGA executive director Mike Davis.If it gives no advantage then why has Adam Scott got so much better at putting AFTER using a long putter?
Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
There's a group of pro's ready to make a legal challenge should any such ban be introduced! All we need now is manufacturers to join in.
Bucktaylor64
Medal Winner
Different players different choices! If it gives an advantage, why doesn't everyone switch?
Deke
Journeyman Pro
And I hope these pro golfers fail in their attempt,many tour players are against the long sticks,Poulter for one.We don't get this issue with any other club,indeed if drivers get any longer none of us will be able to use them!
Deke
Journeyman Pro
Because some players respect the integrity of the game.
Deke
Journeyman Pro
I have been on the cider,forgive any aggro chaps!
dufferman
Journeyman Pro
It's too late for the ban IMO, if there was a problem with it the governing bodies should have nipped it in the bud when it started. They've waited until Majors have been won with this technique, and now they want to ban it? Rubbish. They've dug their own hole that they're in, and if it's going to affect players who use this technique then they'll have to deal with the consequences.
Imagine if the rules changed for drivers over 300cc / over a certain sized head. 90% of the people on here would go mental over it! I know I would!
Imagine if the rules changed for drivers over 300cc / over a certain sized head. 90% of the people on here would go mental over it! I know I would!
cookelad
Tour Winner
If it doesn't give an advantage then it's no hardship switching back to a non-anchored putter
Deke
Journeyman Pro
Exactly,a good point well made Cookelad! :thup:
scratch
Q-School Graduate
Aaah....the old 'spirit of the rules' chestnut.
Define spirit of the rules? If you are playing within the rules of the game (which currently include the use of long putters held in any fashion) and treating your opponents and fellow competitiors fairly and with respect then you are sticking to the 'spirit of the rules'.
Get over it.
User20205
Money List Winner
Maybe they will, but some young players have never putted any other way, is it unfair to expect them to re-invent themselves?
A person much more knowledgeable than me believes the advantage to be in the difference. i.e. if you struggle with your putting, change something and benefit from an improvement. It may be a different putter, it may be a different grip or it may be a different length of putter. The result is the same. It’s not the anchoring as much as a change in approach.
It’s not against the rules, so the rules are being rewritten, that's a dangerous precedent.
I don't really care about the long putters specifically, I do however believe that re writing the rules to suit damages the integrity of the game more than a longer putter that may or may not be anchored
Deke
Journeyman Pro
I imagine that not using a club that gives you an unfair advantage over your fellow respected competitors would be playing within the spirit of the rules and spirit of fair play also.
scratch
Q-School Graduate
It would if you didn't have access to the same club. But shops everywhere are full of long putters so if you think they give an advantage, go buy one
Deke
Journeyman Pro
It would if you didn't have access to the same club. But shops everywhere are full of long putters so if you think they give an advantage, go buy one
I could never do that Scratch,they are rank unelegant things! And I have too much respect for the integrity of the game and the ...um...spirit of the rules!
