'Anchored' putting set for 2016 ban
- Published: 28 Nov 2012 at 23.47
- Online news: Sports
"Anchored" putting, whereby the club is pivoted by a player's belly or chest, is set to be outlawed by 2016, world golf's two law-making bodies announced Wednesday.
Phil Mickelson attempts a putt with a belly putter during the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts last year. "Anchored" putting, whereby the club is pivoted by a player's belly or chest, is set to be outlawed by 2016, world golf's two law-making bodies announced Wednesday.
In a joint statement, the Royal & Ancient (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA) unveiled proposed changes to the sport's rules that would prevent players 'anchoring' the club in making a putting stroke.
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