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The USGA plans to make a ruling on long putter before the end of the year.   Geoff Shakelford wrote, "Most feel a decision has already been made and language has been developed by the governing bodies banning anchoring a putter against your torso, with a likely implementation date in January 2016."      » read more

Dana Dahlquist and I did a video on the hips, check it out.     Here are two other resources that relate to the info in this thread/video.  Quickie hip video with Erik and myself and Explaining Pressure throughout the swing     » read more

Hi Everyone,   I wanted to welcome a new sponsor, TourAngle144, to The Sand Trap.  Use this Coupon Code: STTA144 at checkout when purchasing a TourAngle144, and receive $5.00 Off!   http://www.tourangle144.com/     » read more

News is that an hour ago, Vijay Singh filed a lawsuit in NY against the PGA Tour for lack of fiduciary duty (I reserve the right to change this after more news) in placing deer antler spray on the "forbidden" list and initially sanctioning him for its use.   .. » read more

After James Lepp successfully used an unusual "saucer" chipping style to reach the finals of "Big Break: Greenbrier" last year, it appeared a new type of shot from around the green was born. Instead, several of golf's ruling bodies came together this week to announce the shot violates the Rules of Golf.  » read more

Thought white was the way to go, what's up with this black head?      » read more

Senior design engineer for PING Marty Jertson has offered to answer questions submitted by you guys, The Sand Trap community. Erik and I will pick 10-20 questions from this thread for Marty to answer.  His answers will be put together in a Q&A Sand Trap article.  So if there was anything you wanted to know about PING golf clubs, what it's like to play in a major, how clubs are designed, tested, tour equipment, technical aspects of golf science, etc, THEN POST YOUR QUESTION IN THIS THREAD!       » read more