8-Feb-2012 - Woods Speaks Out Against Long Putters

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – There were 37 golfers who putted better than Tiger Woods at the Abu Dhabi Championship last month, but a belly or long putter is apparently not the prescription for what ails him on the greens.Describing himself as jerseys cheap a traditionalist, Woods said he was opposed to putters that can be anchored against the body. Implicit in the art of putting is "controlling the body and club and swinging the pendulum motion," Woods explained Tuesday during a news conference for this week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. "I believe that's how it should be played."A growing number of players have experimented with the cheap NFL jerseys belly putter. They include Phil Mickelson, who returned to the blade putter he used growing up after a brief flirtation with an Odyssey belly putter made to mirror the one Keegan Bradley used to win last year's P.G.A. Championship.The long putter is legal, although the United States Golf Association is studying its effect on scoring and may rule on it in the future."My idea was to have it so that the putter would be equal to or less than the shortest club in your bag," Woods said. "And I think with that NFL jerseys supply we'd be able to get away from any type of belly anchoring."Woods said he had discussed his views on the subject with Peter Dawson, the leader of the Royal and Ancient, golf's governing body outside the United States and Mexico. "Peter's looked into it for a number of years, trying to get it to work," Woods said, "and you actually measure everybody's sand wedge and putter before you go out and play. That's another thing."

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