{"id":438,"date":"2005-01-28T08:42:48","date_gmt":"2005-01-28T13:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/ban_belly_putters_for_the_good_of_the_game\/"},"modified":"2005-01-28T08:42:48","modified_gmt":"2005-01-28T13:42:48","slug":"ban_belly_putters_for_the_good_of_the_game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/clubs\/ban_belly_putters_for_the_good_of_the_game","title":{"rendered":"Ban Belly Putters? For the Good of the Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"USGA\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/rules\/usga_logo.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"141\" \/>It all began quite suddenly a year ago. After Ernie Els lost to Trevor Immelman at the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open, Els called for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ernieels.com\/press_release_details.asp?id=879\" title=\"Els Calls for Ban\" class=\"external external_icon\">USGA to ban belly putters<\/a>. Since then the debate has raged on: should the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usga.org\" title=\"USGA\" class=\"external external_icon\">USGA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randa.org\/\" title=\"R&amp;A\" class=\"external external_icon\">R&amp;A<\/a> ban long putters? These putters have become all the rage with golfers who develop cases of the &#8220;yips&#8221; and can no longer keep short putters stable. Yet some golfers continued to cry out against belly putters. Even players like Colin Montgomerie who have resurrected their careers with these putters agree <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sport\/main.jhtml?xml=\/sport\/2004\/05\/25\/sgmair25.xml\" title=\"Belly Putters Unfair?\" class=\"external external_icon\">they&#8217;re an unfair advantage<\/a>. Once again, the rumor mill is spinning and there are grumblings around golf that the USGA is about to make a ruling outlawing belly and long putters. New developments have only added fueled to this fiery debate: many new putter companies such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesgolf.com\/\" title=\"Yes!\" class=\"external external_icon\">Yes! Golf<\/a> haven&#8217;t introduced belly and long putter models. Furthermore, established ones like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottycameron.com\/\" title=\"Scotty Cameron\" class=\"external external_icon\">Titleist&#8217;s Scotty Cameron<\/a> house haven&#8217;t added new belly putters to their existing lines. Where do you stand on the belly putter debate? Discuss it <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=230\" title=\"Sand Trap Forum\">in our forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you stand on the belly putter debate? Are they an unfair advantage? 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