Even more surprising than Phil Mickelson using a belly putter at the second stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs was a direct message that showed up during the weekend on Twitter. ''I have a belly putter!' ...

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 ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The proposed United States Golf Association ban on anchored putting was a hot topic Friday during the second round of play at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and one PGA Tour ...

With an announcement regarding the legality of anchored/long putters looming, we look at some of the players who could be affected. Jim Furyk is one of many players who has experimented with, but not ...

REUTERS - British Open champion Ernie Els will use the belly putter for the last time at a major during the U.S. Masters next week as he phases out the controversial club ahead of a proposed ban, the ...

The PGA Tour and the PGA of America parked their tanks on the clubhouse lawn last night following the announcement by the governing bodies that the anchored putting stroke is finally to be outlawed.

The great belly putter debate doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon. After watching announcers poke fun at the flat stick for the last couple of years, the putter suddenly took flight during the ...

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 stroke ...

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 ...