Quote (n9neballking @ May 22 2013 12:50pm)
thats the thing, you dont "pull it back", you keep it anchored to your chest, keep your lead arm locked, and simply turn your shoulders. you're not pushing or pulling or swing anything, you are simply turning your shoulders.
and anchored putters have won 4 of the last 6 majors, i believe. when nerves are at the highest. how many other tournaments have those guys won? not a lot. but in majors, the advantage of calming your hands over stressful putts is a huge advantage. in other events, the other golfers are not as nervous/stressed over a putt as compared to a major, so their putting is not as far behind the anchored so the advantage is minimal in those situations.
the arguement isnt whether it is an advantage tho. the arguement and why they are banned is because it is not a SWING and thus not in the rules of golf. all the crying and complaining is just ppl who like the easier road, or who have found that the only way they can putt effectively is by anchoring.
Who would care about a person's type of swing or even stroke unless it created some sort of advantage...the point of anchoring was a way to stabilize the club by preventing it from moving all together (at a certain location)...
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Golfers no longer will be able to anchor the club against their bodies to create the effect of a hinge.
the hinge effect is much like the pendelum...all the golfer has to do is guide the lower portion of the butter since the top is secured....
So in a way you are right it's not a swing as the entire club isn't moving but the point of ruling it out is because it could potentionally provide an advantage in putting