Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting stroke used by three of the ...

Belly putters have been used on Tour for several years; Paul Azinger was the first to win with one back at the 2000 Sony Open. Sparked largely by Keegan Bradley’s PGA Championship victory, though, a ...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – To be clear, Davis Love III is not anchoring that belly putter he is wielding this week at the McGladrey Classic, nor is it even his. The putter belongs to Brian Bateman, who ...

NAPLES, Fla. – If not for Paul Azinger picking up a long putter that belonged to a short man, there might not be such a fuss over belly putters. The U.S. Golf Association and R&A are close to ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Webb Simpson credited everyone around him for winning The Players Championship, his fifth career victory and in some respects his most important. And he didn’t stop with ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - FEBRUARY 19: J.B. Holmes hits his tee shot on the sixth hole during round three of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club on February 19, 2011 in Pacific Palisades, ...

Wednesday’s ruling by golf’s governing bodies that outlaws anchoring the putter to any part of the body — but not the long putter itself — makes manufacturers happy, purists happy and, most of all, ...

(AP) If not for Paul Azinger picking up a long putter that belonged to a short man, there might not be such a fuss over belly putters. The USGA and R&A are close to announcing their position on ...

Carrying a traditional putter isn't like having a 2-iron in the bag yet, but there's no question the belly putter is in the midst of a surge in popularity. The watershed moment came last August, when ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Golf’s governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting ...