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re: USGA, R&A adopt rule 14-1b anchor ban
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:21 am to LCA131
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:21 am to LCA131
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I see your and others points...I just do not see where ANYONE gains an advantage if ANYONE can use it.
Not trying to argue, and I see where you are coming from, but because anyone being able or not being able to use it is not the point.
Neither is it in regards to any or no statistical difference in anchoring vs. non-anchoring.
It allows players an extra handicap to go to for putting bad. The USGA and R&A want to limit those handicaps, making golf played a specific way. If people don't like the rules, they should quit or just break the rule every time.
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:22 am to Hat Tricks
Seems like if you putted normally, and then went to some anchored stroke, it would be like learning to putt all over again. But these guys are doing it in anticipation of nerves, or yips, as a way to deal with the way a normal putting stroke can be debilitated by such.
For this reason, I think it is good it's a gone pecan.
For this reason, I think it is good it's a gone pecan.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:22 am to LCA131
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Could you take him ANY deeper into your
He's not going to be able to respond to this with his head up Tiger's a-hole.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:30 am to double d
A lot of golfers have tried anchoring the putter but didnt have success with it. Phil comes to mind with the belly putter. I've tried using a long putter but didnt have any touch with it.
But the guys will adjust. Hell...guys like Adam Scott can use the same putter and stroke...but just place handle an inch from chin and lock his elbow out and swing like pendulum.
But the guys will adjust. Hell...guys like Adam Scott can use the same putter and stroke...but just place handle an inch from chin and lock his elbow out and swing like pendulum.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:33 am to LCA131
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Could you take him ANY deeper into your throat?
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:35 am to unbeWEAVEable
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He's not going to be able to respond to this with his head up Tiger's a-hole.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:39 am to Hat Tricks
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You seem mad
No. I actually agree with the ban, I just wish the usga would address the ball and the driver
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:42 am to threeputt
I think this decision might cause some players to lose lots of money. I expect there to be actions taken by the players to stop the ban.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:45 am to theBeard
Would Adam Scott have won the Masters with a standard putter?
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:46 am to threeputt
quote:same here, courses are running out of real estate to make the holes play the way they were designed before the huge advances in equipment
I just wish the usga would address the ball and the driver
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:46 am to iheartlsu
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Would Adam Scott have won the Masters with a standard putter?
Would he have won the '12 Open with a standard putter?
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:55 am to theBeard
I agree with the ban, you should not be able to anchor a club to your body.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:56 am to CBandits82
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:58 am to threeputt
so the rule can not be enforced on Tour but some players will have to change putters for certain events such as the US Open, British Open, and Ryder Cup?
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:58 am to theBeard
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new drivers, irons, shafts, and balls have done much more damage to the game then the anchored putter has.
Absolutely.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:59 am to unbeWEAVEable
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It allows players an extra handicap to go to for putting bad. The USGA and R&A want to limit those handicaps, making golf played a specific way. If people don't like the rules, they should quit or just break the rule every time.
This
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:00 am to Ford Frenzy
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so the rule can not be enforced on Tour but some players will have to change putters for certain events such as the US Open, British Open, and Ryder Cup
The PGA Tour hasn't said what they're going to do. They oppose the ban as well, but will likely just go along with it. Same thing the PGA of America is doing
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:02 am to threeputt
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address the ball and the driver
This should have been addressed way before any kind of ban on the anchor putter. The driver and particularly the golf ball are ruining the game at the professional level in my opinion. All tour level golf is now is a putting contest.
Hardly any course strategy is utilized. Get up to ball, smash it as hard as you can, find it and smash again.
The modern equipment is making many great courses obsolete and something needs to be done about it.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:03 am to theBeard
Not a fan of the ban - anchored putters have not hurt the game's popularity.
Different types of putters = more $$ making opportunities for club designers, and more options for players.
Money and choices are good things for golf.
Different types of putters = more $$ making opportunities for club designers, and more options for players.
Money and choices are good things for golf.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:04 am to CBandits82
4 of the last 6 majors were won by people using anchored putters
so tiger would have won at least 3 of those if it werent for the cheaters....
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so tiger would have won at least 3 of those if it werent for the cheaters....
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