KAPALUA, Hawaii – It looked like an act of desperation last year when Retief Goosen, whose pure stroke brought him a pair of U.S. Open titles, switched to the belly putter at the start of the ...

SAN MARTIN, Calif. – Ernie Els has long maintained that belly putters should be against the rules. Now he stands poised to win his first tournament with one. ‘Right now I’m glad they haven’t banned it ...

Rapid City Elks Golf Course pro Aaron Roeber balances a golf ball on a belly putter, which is a longer putter often used to anchor with the stomach. Professional golf's governing bodies are proposing ...

Belly putters are allowed, as long as they don't touch the stomach, such as the style Angel Cabrera used when he won the 2009 Masters. Broom putters, such as used by Clark, Pettersson and Adam Scott, ...

Golfer Keegan Bradley uses a belly putter on tour. The verdict is in on belly putters and broom-handled putters — well, almost. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only ...

The Dodgers (8-0) are off to the best start by a reigning champion. Just south, the Padres (7-0) are unbeaten, too. The Braves -- one of the teams expected to challenge the Dodgers in the NL -- are ...

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 ...

SILVIS, Ill. — Bellying up to the belly putter isn’t an easy decision in a game built on tradition. “I think it’s the most illegal club on the market,” John Daly, the two-time major champion whose ...

The hallowed "Rules of Golf" will undergo a rare and controversial change, as the sport has placed a ban on "anchor putting," a tactic that has threatened to over take the game. A new rule, 14-1b, ...

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - The European Tour has backed the suggested ban on the anchoring of long putters, saying almost all of their player representatives supported the change to golf's ...