article_snippet: Nine months ahead of the official death knell for long putters, the great and good have seemingly imposed the great and good own sanction.
article_snippet: The authorities were persuaded by the powerful evidence that less nerve was needed in anchoring a long putter to the body and the plain inequity that such a crutch could prove decisive at a major.
article_snippet: Hence the ban on anchoring which, by extension, meant the end for long putters.
article_snippet: that big a deal helps that I used a short putter for years, so the adjustment was really to do with muscle memory.'
article_snippet: One or two middle-ranking players such as the Swede Carl Pettersson and South African Tim Clark still use long putters.
article_snippet: But even here One or two middle-ranking players such as the Swede Carl Pettersson and South African Tim Clark will surely take encouragement from the example of those at the top.
highlights_snippet: Short putters will be introduced across golf by January 1, 2016 .