What is anchor stroke golf

And while we might still be unclear what does and does not constitute an illegal stroke, he is in no doubt. It would be accidental and there would be no problem at all. We understand there are, but we write the rules for people to abide by and we believe in the integrity of players. We may not like the long putter, but it seems like we are just going to have to get used to it. Do you actually understand the anchored putter rule? More on anchoring Dunbar: An immensely entertaining yet decidedly challenging links.

Click here to listen to Langer discuss his putting style. Both Langer and McCarron not only maintain that they have no intent to anchor, they maintain that they are not anchoring. Both of those claims may very well be true, but anyone who has watched either of them putt and then zoomed into the point where, as the USGA's Davis suggested, there is meant to be some separation between the top grip hand and the body, knows that in most instances that space is hard, if impossible to find.

I have great respect for Langer and McCarron and have enjoyed watching them play over the years, both as a fellow competitor and as a commentator. But for the life of me, I cannot understand why they would risk even the hint of suspicion when it comes to the nature of how they play this game.

Like Palmer, they should consider how what they are doing on the golf course is viewed by others and strive to be above reproach. Phil Mickelson said he isn't going all-in yet in a quest to become the G. Bernhard Langer birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and a share of the second-round lead at The Ally Challenge.

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Two years earlier Keegan Bradley had become the first player to win a major using a belly putter. S, Open, respectively. Els had bested Adam Scott, who also used an anchored long putter, on that occasion.

Eight months later Scott became the fourth anchored-putter major-winner.