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I really think they got it wrong. I do not anchor and never will. But everyone seems to be worried about bifurcation of the rules. So what. Many sports do this . The three point line in baskeball, the number of minutes played in high school vs college verses pro. What about aluminum bats in College and high school baseball , but not in the pros. I think the USGA and the R and A should ban it for the pros and leave it for the amateurs. Let the game be more enjoyable to the masses and let the pros show why they are the best and only use the non anchoring putter.

I understand that Phil makes more money than almost all of us put together on this forum but. I run a small family practice in a small town and I employ 7 people . I do not make a half a percent of what Phils makes. so I would imagine that he has at least 10 - 15 full time people working for him , if not more.. He is a business. On top of the 39.6% federal taxes and the over 13% state income tax he does have to pay workers comp insurance premiums, FICA for his employes, retirement and now has to pay additional taxes for Obamacare. I do believe that he pays close to 63% of his income in taxes. The only thing he can control is the amount of state taxes he pays by moving to a low tax state . Also he might reduce his workier comp insurance depending on the state he moved to. So I do not blame him for trying to do something about it. Be realistic, if we were in his shoes wouldn't we do the same. I know this is not the forum for it but why do we punish success in this country?

Last year I took my sons and my dad to Myrtle beach. My sons are fairly new to golf so we Teed it forward for them. I am a 7 hcp so the course was short for me. Basically a driver and wedge to the par fours . My dad is 80 and thought he would golf from our tees but after two holes realized that he needed to play the senoirs. We all ended up having a great time and no one was stressed out . It really does seem to help when one plays from the correct tees. Even hitting from the forward tees was fun for me since I got all of my rounds in the 70s.

The first time I broke 90 was in college and was during a light rain. I will never forget that round it was on a 9 hole course with two sets of tee boxes for the front and back nine. . I cannot recal the first time I broke 80. But I do recall my best round. One over par. It was one of those days that even if I hit a tree , and I did, the ball would bounce either back into the fairway or on the green. 18 on the course was a short par five but the second shot was over water. I had a decent drive and decided to go for it. I went to the right of the green hit a tree and bounced onto the green about 20 feet away and two putted for a birdie. I have never had such a luck round since that time.