Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges they ...

It’s almost official. The U.S. Golf Association and R&A on Wednesday proposed a ban on the anchoring of the club, gripping hand or forearm to the body during the putting stroke. A final decision will ...

While no player enjoys hitting long-distance putts, having the ability to roll your shot across the green and close to the hole is a necessary skill if you’re looking to score better. Sure, every putt ...

If there is any actual advantage to using a belly putter or long putter, there’s also a disadvantage. The disadvantage is that most players who make the switch have a problem. Most fellows who make ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Jin Young Ko tried a long putter for the first time on Tuesday at the Founders Cup and immediately put in an order. Over the weekend, Ko went toe-to-toe with Yealimi Noh, a young ...

Wednesday’s ruling by golf’s governing bodies that outlaws anchoring the putter to any part of the body — but not the long putter itself — makes manufacturers happy, purists happy and, most of all, ...

GLENEAGLES, Scotland – American Annie Park didn’t abandon the long putter when the Rules of Golf outlawed anchoring. In fact, she didn’t commit herself to the broomstick until after the ban was ...

Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting stroke used by three of the ...