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Archive Home > 2012 > December > 05 > Rule change will affect amateurs

Rule change will affect amateurs

• USGA bans anchored strokes, but keeps long putters in the golfers’ hands

By Zack Hall / The Bulletin
December 5, 2012

Almost since the day he first picked up a golf club 12 years ago, Fred Johnson has anchored a long putter into his chest.

A long putter helps compensate for back pain, says Johnson. And anchoring that putter helps the 70-year-old Crooked River Ranch resident helps to negate that back pain and....

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