{"id":9,"date":"2004-08-29T21:11:37","date_gmt":"2004-08-30T02:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/belly_putters\/"},"modified":"2004-08-29T21:11:37","modified_gmt":"2004-08-30T02:11:37","slug":"belly_putters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/clubs\/belly_putters","title":{"rendered":"Belly Putters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months there have been rumblings by players on the PGA Tour calling for a ban on the belly putter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"USGA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usga.org\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">USGA<\/a> doesn&#8217;t want any part of this issue, and The Rules Committee of <a title=\"USGA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.randa.org\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">the R&#038;A<\/a> indicated earlier this year that they won&#8217;t bring in any further changes to the game until 2007. I, for one, still can&#8217;t shake the perception that belly putters are for old guys who have bad backs.<\/p>\n<p>I can understand why some players want to make the belly putter a thing of the past. The claim that these putters provide a stabilizing effect is a very strong argument, but just look at the statistics. Other than the PGA Tour&#8217;s leading money-winner, Vijay Singh, none of the top pros use them. 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