Bullitt5339
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I was pulled into a conversation at the course today between a group of older gentlemen who were obviously playing for money, the club pro and the assistant pro concerning anchored putting and whether the putting technique one gentleman was using was legal. Here's the scenario:
Gentleman uses a shorter belly putter and obviously sets up to the ball with the putter against his large stomach.
Gentleman makes the stroke, but instead of holding the putter in one spot against his stomach, he obviously drags the butt of the putter along his large stomach, barely contacting his rather large gut. I would call it more of a grazing.
There is no doubt that the putter is touching his stomach on the backstroke, but there is also no doubt that it is not anchored to a single spot, he is sliding the grip backwards, but it is still slightly dragging on his large stomach.
He does not keep the club in any type of contact with his stomach at all when swinging through the ball. The grip goes forward.
His opponent calls him out for anchoring his putter, which brings the Pro in. The Pro has never seen that technique and doesn't think it's technically anchored because the butt of the club is actually moving and therefore isn't anchored but says he will contact a rules official to find out for future use.
Was he using an anchored putting stroke?
Gentleman uses a shorter belly putter and obviously sets up to the ball with the putter against his large stomach.
Gentleman makes the stroke, but instead of holding the putter in one spot against his stomach, he obviously drags the butt of the putter along his large stomach, barely contacting his rather large gut. I would call it more of a grazing.
There is no doubt that the putter is touching his stomach on the backstroke, but there is also no doubt that it is not anchored to a single spot, he is sliding the grip backwards, but it is still slightly dragging on his large stomach.
He does not keep the club in any type of contact with his stomach at all when swinging through the ball. The grip goes forward.
His opponent calls him out for anchoring his putter, which brings the Pro in. The Pro has never seen that technique and doesn't think it's technically anchored because the butt of the club is actually moving and therefore isn't anchored but says he will contact a rules official to find out for future use.
Was he using an anchored putting stroke?