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Originally Posted by transplant99
This change is from the USGA and the R&A......nothing about it means the PGA tour has to follow suit. They are under no obligation to do anything they do not want to as a professional sports orginization that has its own set of rules.
So no, its not about a group of "old men" longing for the golden days or whatever nonsense you wish to apply here.
Its a governing body of a sport who have decided that the anchoring of a putter takes away from the fundamentals of the game...ie: swinging every club to make a stroke. Disagree with the definition all you like, but at least understand there is a real basis for the decision.
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The fundamentals of the game? So the putter goes back and forth and the ball goes toward the hole. Don't see a change there. Those who do it with the putter in their belly, along their arm or up their arse for that matter not gaining any statistical advantage. This practice has been in place literally for decades. So now it's all of a sudden a fundamental of the game --Yep.