Golf Bodies Review Comments to Proposed Anchored Putter Ban
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Golf’s rule-makers said today they are reviewing responses to the proposed ban on anchored putting strokes and called it a “polarizing issue.”
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association said on Nov. 28 that they wanted to outlaw a stroke in which the player’s putter rests against the body to create a pendulum-like swing. A 90-day period in which parties could submit comments to the two golf governing bodies on the issue ended yesterday.