First Reviews In For Tiger's Anchoring Solution
/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.
Bomb:
The bottom line on long putters and the rules is this: If you don't like something and want to get rid of it, just get rid of it. Don't legislate it. Say it's wrong and move on. Golf's ruling bodies haven't done that and now they're faced with concocting byzantine language and arbitrary measurements to prevent the spread of what can only be characterized now as a global pandemic. Good luck with that.
Gouge:
We saw where a convoluted solution got us with the groove rule. Once designers started finding ways around it then words such as "intent" and such were used to disallow certain designs. Wouldn't it simply have been better to say the groove had to be in the shape of a V and give parameters? Same applies here. If you're going to do something, do it. Make it clear. Make it understandable. Make it firm.