February 08, 2012

First Reviews In For Tiger's Anchoring Solution

February 08, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Bomb and Gouge are back and they aren't too keen on Tiger's concept for the long putter/anchoring situation, instead making the point that instead of getting bogged down in specific club lengths in relation to others in a player's bag (as Tiger proposes), just ban anchoring altogether.

February 06, 2012

Wind Putting Key For R&A In Anchoring Re-examination?

February 06, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Jim Achenbach features more of Mike Davis' quotes about the USGA's interest in belly putters and also shares some insights into the R&A's thinking on the matter.

February 06, 2012

Spencer Levin Displays The Long Putter's Versatility

February 06, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

I'm a little behind watching the telecast and just saw what happened to the Waste Management Open's third round leader as he played the par-5 15th Sunday.

February 06, 2012

The USGA Taking A "Fresh Look" At Anchoring

February 06, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Here's Ron Sirak's take on the belly putter talk from Saturday's USGA annual meeting, which as I noted Saturday night was the big takeaway from this year's gathering.

Note that Sirak seizes up on the word "anchoring" coming up in the discussion about taking a "fresh look" at long putters. This is quite a (welcome) shift from just a few months ago at the Walker Cup when the governing bodies were dismissing suggestions they should take another look.

Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.