"So, yes, I would make the long putter illegal."

Steve DiMeglio chats with Dave Stockton about his new putting book and perhaps more interesting than repeating his thoughts on the long putter, was one ray of hope we haters of the anchoring craze can cling to:

Anchoring takes some skill and nerves out of putting. I go back to Sam Snead. They outlawed his croquet putting because he straddled the line. Well, what difference does that make? When long putters came out, they were being used by players generally who weren't good putters to start with. The long putters let them hang in there. Now you have a generation of players who started using the long putters at a young age. Now, saying that, I would never start a kid with a long putter when I could see if he or she could perform with a short putter. I just think the short putter is much better on long putts and it's much better in the wind. So, yes, I would make the long putter illegal.