By Jay Sekulow
The left's outrage over the IRS turns to a plea to 'move on'
Adam Scott wants to make it perfectly clear that he isn't suing the PGA Tour.
Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.
Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.
Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules.
The new rule does not ban the long putters, only the way they commonly are used. Golfers no longer will be able to anchor the club against their bodies to create the effect of a hinge.
Padraig Harrington will try anything that makes him play better golf, even a method of putting he believes should be outlawed.
Just because the home of the Masters now has female members, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club has no plans to pressure the all-male clubs in the British Open rotation to change its membership policies.
Adam Scott made history Sunday, becoming the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament. Scott, who also became the first player to use a long putter to win a green jacket, drained a 15-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat Angel Cabrera.
It's no coincidence that Adam Scott has played better in majors since finding consistency on the putting greens _ and he credits his anchored putting stroke for the improvement.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff is one of the few LPGA Tour players to use an anchored putting stroke, a method the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have proposed banning.
With temperatures stuck in the 30s one recent morning, a chilly breeze rolled across the driving range as Tianlang Guan hit pitching wedge shots to a practice green.
Arnold Palmer strongly stated his case Wednesday that golf doesn't need a "contraption" like the anchored putting stroke and the sport's success requires everyone to play by the same rules.
Tim Clark stated his case against the proposed ban on anchored strokes Wednesday night, saying he was frustrated by the lack of evidence from golf's governing bodies that using a long putter provides an advantage.
A plan to outlaw the anchored putting stroke is being supported more by international golfers than those in the United States, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club said Friday.
