London, July 25 (ANI): Royal and Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson has said talks are going on between golf's lawmakers to forbid players from using the of long putters.
Ernie Els, who won the Open Championship, became the third major winner in the last four to use the controversial clubs.
The South African had always been against belly or broom-handled putters, but switched last year, saying: "As long as it's legal, I'll keep cheating like the rest of them."
In this year's 156-man Open field, 27 players used long putters (such as runner-up Adam Scott) and 16 had belly putters in their bags, and the number is increasing all the time.ow, talks between golf's rule makers to bar players 'anchoring' the putter to any part of their body could see the laws change by January 1, 2016.
"The Rand A and USGA do have this subject firmly back on the radar. The Open result does not have a direct bearing on this," The Daily Mail quoted Dawson, as saying.
"I do stress this decision hasn't been made. It that were to happen and we were to announce it in the reasonably near future, I think the amount of notice people would be getting of the change would be perfectly reasonable," he added. (ANI)
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