"Unless the ruling bodies want a fight even messier than the infamous Ping lawsuit, expect more long putters at the top of the game."

That's Jaime Diaz writing about the long putter trend in this week's Golf World Monday. He says the "stigma" attached to using a long putter no longer exists, particularly with the younger set.

So knowing the governing bodies have more important things to act on like wedge lofts and paddle grips, how do we get that long putter stigma back?