Do "non conventional" putting styles bother you?

[johnny2balls]

Originally Posted by Elvisliveson

Only when I'm watching a golf tournament on TV and a pro is doing it. As far as people I'm playing with, I couldn't care less.

What non-conventional styles that pros use bother you? Left hand low, claw, belly, long, wide stance like Kenny Perry, KJ Choi or Gary McCord sidesaddle, Natalie Gulbis Hammy style. All of them or just some of them? Or are long shafts the only thing that bother you and not different grips with a shorter putter.  If it's just the long shafts is it that they are anchored eitheir in the belly or under the chin? With sidesaddle and hammy no part of the shaft is anchored to the body.    Do you all think that non-conventional putting styles will continue to increase in the coming years?

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by johnny2balls

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Originally Posted by Elvisliveson

Only when I'm watching a golf tournament on TV and a pro is doing it. As far as people I'm playing with, I couldn't care less.

What non-conventional styles that pros use bother you? Left hand low, claw, belly, long, wide stance like Kenny Perry, KJ Choi or Gary McCord sidesaddle, Natalie Gulbis Hammy style. All of them or just some of them? Or are long shafts the only thing that bother you and not different grips with a shorter putter.  If it's just the long shafts is it that they are anchored eitheir in the belly or under the chin? With sidesaddle and hammy no part of the shaft is anchored to the body.    Do you all think that non-conventional putting styles will continue to increase in the coming years?

Personally I couldn't tell you what "hammy" is, but the claw, putting one handed, left hand low, and anything like that is something to bridge a gap between one bout of the yips and the next. Other than a few guys (Langer, Wadkins, Couples, and Calc), I can't think of too many guys who can putt like garbage one week then win the next. People with odd setups and mechanics might be good putters for a short time, but it usually passes. The guy currently using the juinio putter is another example. To the casual golf fan, he came out of nowhere, and soon enough he won't be missed.

Regarding McCord and Choi, I avoid them like the plague. McCord because he's creepy and Choi because I couldn't care less what irons he has in the bag, and hearing that we must give up our current irons and move into something like a G15 is nauseating.