Jimmy3putts

Funny that after nealy 50 years of using them the authorities have decided that the long putter is ok, it's just the way we've been holding them.

I've always said, Mickleson is a classy bloke. Woods.......uumm.

What about Bill Haas? Seems to have gone back to a standard length putter. It's all about what suits you and we don't need regulation on that thanks. We need the men in suits to look at stupid rules like touching a blade of grass in a hazzrad on the back swing, picking and dropping from a fairway divot that was not replaced.........

Where can I get a set of these irons? What if you hold the top end in your hand and rest the hand/wrist against the body, as some do now. Would that be ok in your book?

To be honest I'm a big fan of the new Puma/Cobra stuff...... Wow Lexi looks maaaaaaagnificent!

Wow, you must be a lawyer. Only they could come with a whole bunch of words that mean nothing. If there was no perception of long/belly putters being an advantage then there would be on move to ban them.

Ok Shorty, I will do this slowly so you can follow. The fact is that only 3 people have won a major with the "long" putter so you can go back as far as you like all that does is reduce the win rate even more. I chose 16 as they are all different winners and to avoid duplication. So we have only three winners, yes? The point I am try to make is against the arguement that "long" putters are an advantage, they are NOT. I used a small sample of evidence in different circumstances (number of major winners, Adam Scott and Robert Garrigus) to make the point. Majors winners - 3 out of 16 (18.75%) not exactly a large proportion Adam Scott - blew The Open on the 16th with a 2 footer using a "long putter" which is where the advantage is supposed to be. Garrigus - was 1st on tour in putting inside 6 feet using the wee Scotty before the switch and now nowhere near using the long putter. The stats are on PGAtour.com Happy now? Probably not.

Ok ok ok, I apologise to all you Americans over there for my aggressive and rude approach. You lot really are a pretty good bunch and I was wound up by one particular nob and responded with stereotypes of my own when he said we were all a bunch of unemployed ........ Sorry and I will try to be more friendly in future. However, the "Get in the hole" plonker still needs a kick in the nuts.

There is a Welsh Open, a Scottish Open and an Irish Open but alas, no British Open. The so called British Open is often mistakenly called so by ignorant Americans (Nevets88) who are not bright enough to differentiate between the US Open and the one held across "The pond" in Britain, The Open Championship. We gave you this wonderful game and look what you are doing to it. You know, the same sort of people who shout "get in the hole" while standing with their super-sized coke resting on their even bigger waist lines at the tee of a par 5. Invading greens in The Ryder Cup, giving us The circus (JD), War on the Shore..... need I go on? No, I won't. Incidently Netvets88, check out the attendance figures for this years Open Championship.

Phil is just lurking, waiting for a few things to click then wham, 3 majors on the trot! However low Phils game is (at the moment) he is still remarkably accepting of the crowd and the position they have put him in. Woods will happily walk past and ignore a kid who has spent his last few bucks on a TW hat just because he missed a putt. Phil is classy, Bones too.

Actually it is called "The Open".

Just shown the missus you post and she's comin' to get ya - be afraid.

He gone mate, past it, all washed up! The only thing that can save him is the longer putter!

I reckon he needs a belly putter. They work wonders for has-beens!

Phil is the best, no, I mean it. The way he conducts himself, the way he plays he is a top man. Only wish Woods would follow his lead.

So what does everyone think of Americans shouting utterly stupid remarks when someone tees off. 550 yds par 5 and wait for it "Get in the hole" or "Mashed potato". Doesn't seem to happen in European events or other tours around the world.

Oh Shorty, get your facts right if you are going to be all arsey. The last 4 are - McIlroy (short), Simpson (long), Els (Long), Watson (Short). That's 50% Mr Science. My information tells me that several drivers (Including my old Callaway driver) have been illegal for a while now. Now look at Garrigus and his stats over the last couple of years. Long isn't an advantage, just a preference.

R&A;, USGA, leave the long putter alone! In the last few years I have had to throw away my driver, 3 wedges and now it looks like my 42" putter will follow. It doesn't make any difference to the pros. they just pop along to the tour van and pick up another freebe. To me, not only do I have to find the money but to justify the new purchase to the wife is near impossible. Only 3 of the last 16 majors have been won by a "long" putter so it is hardly this "massive" advantage people speak about. Didn't help poor old Adam on the 16th green at Royal Lytham this year. Over the course of a couple of hundred years we have pretty much sorted the rules of golf so the stuffy men in blazers need something to justify their jobs.