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« on: November 30, 2012, 02:26:13 EST » |
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anchored/belly putters from pro golf. I say no matter how you putt you still have to make it. I think some conventional putters are just whining. Players have used this style for years.
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PirateVOL
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2012, 02:28:57 EST » |
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They should have NEVER been allowed in the first place!
There is a WORLD of difference in having to use both hands in the putting stroke vs having one end of the club anchored in your belly/chest.
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2012, 02:32:22 EST » |
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anchored/belly putters from pro golf. I say no matter how you putt you still have to make it. I think some conventional putters are just whining. Players have used this style for years.
I think it makes sense. 3 vs. 2 points of contact= a purer swing, and thus an advantage in accuracy. My only question is, why weren't ALL tour pros using a belly putter in the first place?  |
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2012, 02:37:36 EST » |
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I have no problem with that style. I've seen some guys anchor the putter to their forearm. They still can't out-put me.  I really don't see the big deal. Sports change, golf slower than most. If we hold to all of the old traditions we'd still be using gutta-percha and wooden mashies. I tried a long putter one time in a golf shop, the kind you put under your chin. It was too heavy and unwieldly. But if you think you're better sticking it under your chin or in your gut, bring it on. |
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volsboy
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2012, 02:38:58 EST » |
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now. Heck a lot of junior golfers are being taught the anchor putter. I say leave it the way it is. The conventional putters could always change too.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2012, 02:39:07 EST » |
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I think they should outlaw golf.
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PirateVOL
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2012, 02:40:45 EST » |
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I have no problem with that style. I've seen some guys anchor the putter to their forearm. They still can't out-put me. I really don't see the big deal. Sports change, golf slower than most. If we hold to all of the old traditions we'd still be using gutta-percha and wooden mashies. I tried a long putter one time in a golf shop, the kind you put under your chin. It was too heavy and unwieldly. But if you think you're better sticking it under your chin or in your gut, bring it on. It does have one redeeming social value - that is one heck of a club length when you need one  |
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis |
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2012, 02:58:18 EST » |
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If Christmas is anything like Thanksgiving then my conventional putter will become a belly putter.
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PirateVOL
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2012, 03:04:29 EST » |
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If Christmas is anything like Thanksgiving then my conventional putter will become a belly putter.
To be fair, you had a head start ....  |
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2012, 03:43:55 EST » |
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I'm still waiting on them to allow billiard cues
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101stDad
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2012, 03:51:50 EST » |
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I agree with Pirate. They never should have been allowed in the first place. Banning them is just part of making it golf again.
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2012, 05:18:56 EST » |
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I want the putter Rodney Dangerfield used in Caddy Shack.
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2012, 05:29:11 EST » |
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If Slammin'Sam couldn't putt from behind the ball, players shouldn't be allowed to anchor the putter. The rule about addressing the ball from the side was exclusively for Snead.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2012, 02:27:09 EST » |
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If Slammin'Sam couldn't putt from behind the ball, players shouldn't be allowed to anchor the putter. The rule about addressing the ball from the side was exclusively for Snead.
Huh. Never knew that. I wonder why they targeted him?  I say allow it. Golf is way too hidebound and "stupid rules oriented" as it is, IMO. Stuffy old game.....shake it up a bit! |
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2012, 02:30:27 EST » |
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It does have one redeeming social value - that is one heck of a club length when you need one Uh, Pirate - you still have a foot wedge in your bag for that purpose.  |
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2012, 02:35:28 EST » |
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Uh, Pirate - you still have a foot wedge in your bag for that purpose. Perish the thought!  |
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