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 ...

NEW YORK -- The PGA Tour says it opposes the proposed ban on anchored strokes by golf's rule makers, yielding the possibility that events on the world's richest circuit could eventually have different ...

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, ...

There are two growing lists in the professional golf world at the moment regarding the topic of the belly putter: Those who are switching to a belly putter and those who believe they should be banned ...

(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 ...

The Dodgers (8-0) are off to the best start by a reigning champion. Just south, the Padres (7-0) are unbeaten, too. The Braves -- one of the teams expected to challenge the Dodgers in the NL -- are ...