Wednesday, 13 February 2013

"Big Easy" Els takes hard stance on long putters (Reuters)

Ernie Els of South Africa acknowledges spectators on the 18th green during the third day of the WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament at Mission Hills in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan November 3, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Having been on both sides of the 'long putter' debate, former world number one Ernie Els can see no good reason why putters anchored to the belly or chest should be banned by golf's rulemakers. In November, the game's governing bodies proposed a ban on players anchoring putters to their body, saying they wanted to outlaw the practice by 2016 in order to preserve the "skill and challenge" of putting. ...




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