It's not going to go away, despite the rule change. Two Golfweek articles make that very clear.
The first article from January seventh pointed out the continuing unrest on the Champions Tour over Scott McCarron and Bernhard Langer's utilization of the long sticks, even though they don't anchor them. To quote the object:
?It?S a big difficulty,? Says Tom Pernice Jr., a 5-time winner at the PGA Tour Champions. ?A lot of gamers aren?T going to say whatever about it to the press. It?S not fair. If you?Re gambling for a dwelling, there?S a talent degree in placing and that is being capable of control the fulcrum factor.?Pernice then goes on to say that just allowing a player's hand to brush their shirt during the stroke makes a difference:
"In my opinion that?S enough of a reference so that you can manipulate the fulcrum factor."I'm not at all sure I agree with that, since you could be brushing anywhere on your shirt. In fact, you could argue that holding both arms straight and rocking your shoulders with a standard putter also provides a 'reference point for the fulcrum point.' But that doesn't seem to bother anybody...
And the second one article from February 9th (Friday) seems to make exactly the other argument as Pernice. Apparently Adam Scott's return to the long putter, though emboldened by way of Langer and McCarron's success, lasted precisely one tournament. Adam is once again the use of a quick putter this week at Pebble Beach after taking pictures 71-74 to overlook the reduce on the Aussie PGA:
?I need to stay with the fast putter,? Scott told The Forecaddie. ?? I don?T simply want to cut and exchange or I received?T get anywhere. I want to stay with it. I think ultimately it'll be accurate.?Look, folks. There's no silver bullet when it comes to putting. What works for one player won't work for another... and even though it works this week, it may not work next week. That's just part of being human rather than a machine.
But knowing that won't change every body's mind, certainly because it's simpler responsible your lack of achievement on someone else the use of an unfair method. I'm now not calling Pernice a crybaby, but the USGA says that what Langer and McCarron are doing is legal, which means Pernice (and people other gamers he alluded to) could use it as well. If he chooses no longer to, it's his decision. But simply due to the fact he chooses now not to doesn't make it unlawful. And I suspect that, if he attempted it, he'd make the same discovery that Adam Scott made...
The unanchored long putter isn't a silver bullet. It still takes work to get good with it, just like any other technique. And maybe, just maybe, the difference in effectiveness between Langer and McCarron and the rest of the Tour has more to do with practice than anything else. The fact that Adam Scott couldn't make it work -- despite years of using an anchored long putter -- seems to back that up.
But as I said earlier than, it is clear that this difficulty is not going away anytime soon.
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