Scott plays on the PGA tour

4/14/2013 9:19:47 PM

Green jacket that says "belly putting pussy" on the lapel

4/15/2013 1:27:11 AM

Good thing Scott doesn't use a belly putter...

4/15/2013 7:02:22 AM

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"Until tiger gets his putter working he will never be back."

Tiger is leading the tour in strokes gained putting...and that's including The Masters. In a broad sense I agree with what you're saying, but Tiger is putting great at the moment.

4/15/2013 7:06:09 AM

Are we having fun yet?

4/15/2013 8:39:09 AM

if Tiger doesn't hit the pin on 15 on Friday..he likely birdies it and doesn't get 2 stroke penalty...that puts him at -9. Augusta isn't the kind of place where you get a triple bogey on easy par 5 and expect to win...even if it's on Friday's round. He played as good as anyone all week, just no W.






[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 10:26 AM. Reason : d]

4/15/2013 10:26:28 AM

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"So if they ban those longer putters now are they gonna * all the winners who used them?"

They aren't banning long putters. PGA Tour is not banning anchored putters. Big difference. USGA and R&A are the ones trying to ban them. May not even happen. I don't get the hate, everyone can do it.

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 11:11 AM. Reason : V Yeah my bad got it backwards. ]

4/15/2013 10:46:15 AM

PGA Tour has said that it's against banning anchored putters...The USGA and the R&A are who proposed banning anchored putters.

4/15/2013 11:04:35 AM

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"I don't get the hate, everyone can do it."

It's not about who can do it. There are lots of rules in golf where if they didn't exist "everyone could do it". This issue is about anchoring a club against another object to gain a stability advantage - not an advantage over other players, but over the intended tradition and difficulty of golf itself.

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 11:36 AM. Reason : FWIW, I'd be in favor of a ban.]

4/15/2013 11:35:44 AM

4/15/2013 12:48:31 PM

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"Good thing Scott doesn't use a belly putter..."

4/15/2013 12:49:45 PM

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"This issue is about anchoring a club against another object to gain a stability advantage - not an advantage over other players, but over the intended tradition and difficulty of golf itself."

just playing devils advocate here, if that were truly the case why arent they still playing with wooden clubs and feather balls? Golf gets less difficult with technology every single year.

4/15/2013 1:40:15 PM

You are correct. The reason for which anchored putting is currently allowed; I imagine there was much debate years ago about the changing of club and ball technology (which continues today still). The rulebook is an everchanging document. It's the striking of a balance between the tradition and difficulty of the sport, integrating new technology and methods, and improving the game not only for players, but spectators as well. I'm not enough of a golf expert to argue the advantages and disadvantages of each rule change/discussion, but there is a reason why some changes/new technology/etc. are allowed and others are not. If the PGA feels that the benefits of anchored putting outweigh the negatives, then we'll see it continued. Apparently, they currently think it doesn't upset that balance. I happen to disagree, as I don't think anchored clubs fits within the integrity of the game.

A major difference between club/ball technology and anchored shots, is that the game (e.g. courses) were also able to be changed to adapt to new, better technology - new clubs and balls = more distance and control, thus holes got longer, hazards could be added, doglegs put in, fairways narrowed, etc. The advent of club/ball technology led to overall improvements in the game and a better product for fans and players. So the game adjusted (maybe it wasn't so much cause-and-effect in timely fashion, but we have seen these changes over the years, which corresponds to these changes in technology).

Can the same be said for anchored putting? I don't think so, unless the game adjusts... could one impact be more difficult greens?

Every sport has this balance.

I don't think you should take my statement as a hard and fast rule, but just a large part of the equation to determine the future of golf.

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 2:37 PM. Reason : .]

4/15/2013 2:30:18 PM

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"just playing devils advocate here, if that were truly the case why arent they still playing with wooden clubs and feather balls? Golf gets less difficult with technology every single year."

Not true. They have countered that with much longer courses with more defenses. Courses now are throwing in deeper first cuts, more challenging traps, on top of fast moving greens.

Hasn't augusta been increased nearly 1,000 yards from when it was first opened?

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ,]

4/15/2013 2:45:42 PM

anchoring a club do your body isn't technology...what's changing the game is the golf ball more than anything.

4/15/2013 4:05:11 PM

no one is saying it is. it is, however, a major change in the method of the golf swing in a very different way, which does deserve scrutiny. And as already discussed, changes in ball technology can be countered with changes to the game (course) itself. Can anchoring a club have the same impact on the game? How does it impact the balance of difficulty, tradition, intention, advancement, etc.?

4/16/2013 11:50:47 PM

baseball still uses wooden bats, imjustsayin

4/17/2013 12:44:26 AM

What does that have to do with anything

[Edited on April 17, 2013 at 5:59 AM. Reason : .]

4/17/2013 5:48:51 AM

If they started using aluminum bats MLB fields would just be made longer. That is exactly why Augusta is longer.

4/17/2013 7:08:21 AM