We Really Don’t All Play the Same Game

Second Thoughts

The USGA is Flat Wrong. Anchor-Putting isn’t Cheating –It’s a Needed Tonic for the Amateur Game.

Dear USGA,

I admit we’ve had our differences (you’ve labeled seven of my putter designs as nonconforming), but those are in the past. I know your executive director, Mike Davis, and his R&A counterpart, Peter Dawson, very well and consider them friends. I like these gentlemen, and realize that the task of preserving and protecting the game is a difficult one. I admire their efforts.

The reason for this letter is to ask you to reconsider, or at least reword, your proposal to ban the anchoring of belly and long putters for all golfers. As part of the justification for this ban, you expressed your desire to keep the rules the same for all golfers so that everyone plays the “same” game. Relative to this point, I offer the following:

1.    You banned the box grooved wedges for pros and elite amateurs in 2011, but allowed the rest of us to use them until at least 2024.
2.    Your professional and elite-amateur competitions are held on courses that stretch 7,000 yards and longer, yet you encourage amateurs to “tee it forward” and play from the “up” tees.
3.    You approve the balls that generate extra distance when sufficiently compressed, even though Tour-level swings are the only ones capable of such compression.
4.    You legislate that pros must walk, yet most modern daily fee courses are “carts only”.
5.    You allow high-C.O.R. drivers that enable pros to hit balls prodigious distances, but their “spring-like” effects don’t benefit players with slower swing speeds (i.e. most amateurs).
6.    Green speeds on typical municipal and country club courses run around 8 to 10 feet. The green speed you reported from the U.S. Open at Olympic Club last June was 13 feet.

These differences (and there are many more) emphasize that we really don’t all play the same game, or play the game in the same way. And this is as it should be, because the game is already tough enough for amateurs.

Imagine the drop in amateur participation and enjoyment if you made all golfers play the same game as professionals – by that I mean on super-long courses, from the back tees and into narrow fairways lined with high rough, pitching balls to super-fast greens and impossible hole locations while using wedges with low-spin grooves. Oh, and force them to walk, too!

Let me get to the point: If you’re going to make a new ruling that restricts anchoring for elite players, use words that allow the majority of golfers to continue enjoying the game as they do now. Many amateurs are using belly and long putters, and they’re not hurting anything. Don’t label it illegal or cheating and ban it from golf. Slot it into the same category as carts, range finders, slow greens and short courses – not legal for U.S. Opens, but perfectly okay for recreational and club play. That’ll fit well with your core philosophy – that there really are two games.

We need to grow the game, not shrink it. We need to make it more enjoyable, not more difficult. By my calculation, you’ll drive up to a million players from the game – and make it less enjoyable for a million more – if you stick with a universal anchoring ban. I base this number on the amateurs I’ve taught in my schools who have found a second golfing life with an anchored stroke. These are good people – good golfers – and having them involved is important to this wonderful game.

Sincerely submitted for your consideration,

Dave Pelz
Golf Magazine’s Technical and Short Game Consultant

Polara Golf Issues Official Statement on USGA’s Anchoring Ban

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CARLSBAD, CA – Polara Golf, the leader in game improvement equipment for the recreational golfer, issued its official statement today on the USGA’s decision to enact the rules change proposed back in November that has split the golf world: Starting Jan. 1, 2016, players competing under USGA/R&A rules will no longer be allowed to affix or "anchor" the putter to their bodies. Rule 14-1b will prohibit most players from using the increasingly popular belly and broomstick model putters.

“Although we do not agree with the USGA’s ban on anchoring, we do respect the USGA’s right to make and amend their rules, which apply to USGA sanctioned tournaments and the professional tours”, said David Felker, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer for Polara Golf, “but the fact is their rules and their adopted ban on anchoring only apply to about 15-20% of the golfers. That’s the number of golfers that either keep a USGA handicap or play in USGA sanctioned tournaments. The vast majorities of golfers don’t follow the USGA’s rules and simply play for fun and recreation.  These recreational golfers either don’t know about the ban, don’t care about it or simply disagree with it. To even imply that this ban on anchoring would apply to recreational golfers is a case of the USGA overstepping their governing authority.  The USGA does not rule all of golf, they only rule USGA sanctioned tournament golf and the small fraction of golfers that choose to play by the USGA rules during normal rounds, but this is a small fraction of golfers.”

In December 2012 a Google Consumer Survey of 6,800 internet respondents found:

•    78% of golfers play for fun and 22% play according to the USGA rules
•    61% of respondents said they sometimes take mulligans, gimme putts and other popular infractions such as using a "foot wedge."
•    63% of golfers said they would consider using golf equipment that was banned from professional play.
•    72% of golfers said they have never read the USGA Rules

“With rounds of golf played per year declining because golf takes too much time, costs too much and is too frustrating, we at Polara Golf are focusing on making the game more fun by creating balls and clubs that enable golfers to hit the ball significantly straighter and farther.  The means faster rounds, fewer lost balls, and lower frustration.  Our products are so technically superior they are not allowed in USGA sanctioned tournaments, but they are perfectly fine for recreational golf”, said Felker.

In April 2013, Polara Golf commissioned a Google Consumer Survey of 18,000 internet respondents; 1,000 of which were golfers with a USGA handicap that were asked what they thought of the anchoring ban.

Here are the results:

35% - I don’t care.
25% - I agree with the proposed ban.
23% - I didn’t know there was a proposed ban.
17% - I disagree with the proposed ban.

“That means that only 25% of their members agreed with the USGA’s decision to ban anchoring. It looks to me like the USGA is out of touch with what its members want,” said Felker.

Polara then went a step further and surveyed another 1,000 golfers (not narrowed to just those with a USGA handicap) about their opinion on anchoring and the results were as follows:

31% - I golf for fun so it doesn’t matter
20% - I didn’t know there was a proposed ban.
20% - I agree with the proposed ban.
16% - I don’t care what the USGA does.
13% - I don’t agree with the proposed ban.

“When we surveyed the general golf population, made up of roughly 75-80% recreational golfers, the support for the USGA ban on anchoring was even lower,” said Felker, “only 20% of them agreed with the anchoring ban. The 24 million golfers in the US are a large and diverse group; so diverse that the USGA cannot hope to appeal to and support all of their varied interests.  Recreational golfers represent about 18M golfers in the USA. These are the golfers who just want to play golf for fun. They don’t follow the USGA Rules, and most have never even seen a USGA Rule handbook, but they represent the largest part of our golfing community.  The USGA has an opportunity to clarify its role in golf and to actually help grow the number of golfers in the US by simply clarifying its position and making it perfectly clear that their ban on anchoring was never meant to apply to the golfers who simply golf for fun.” 

About Polara Golf:
Polara Golf is the leader in game improvement equipment for the recreational golfer. Polara Golf’s mission is “To make the game of golf more fun”.  All of the Polara Golf balls and clubs are designed for use by recreational golfers who want to take advantage of technology improvements designed to help them score lower and enjoy the game more.

For more information about Polara Golf, visit www.PolaraGolf.com or call 866-556-3100.

Media members interested in field testing any of the Polara Golf products for an editorial review should contact Joe Wieczorek joe@themediagroupinc.com of The Media Group at (847) 956-9090.

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Does the USGA Have Authority Over Your Game? - Comments Roundup

We asked, you answered. We compiled all of the USGA authority comments from our last email and here are some great comments. Some will definitely even get you thinking about your own golf game.

The USGA has no authority over my game.  I view the organization as obsolete and irrelevant.  What other sport has a full-time entity making "rules" without any other real responsibility? Golf has been around for hundreds of years and all the rules that are needed have been in place for decades.  Sensing their irrelevance and trying to re-establish some semblance of authority is why I think the USGA and R&A fight unnecessary battles over anchored putters, equipment, balls, etc.  It's more about power than anything else. It seems as if the USGA and R&A are focused on the pro game and don't give a damn about the 99.9 percent of the rest of us.  We would all be better off if the Tour developed rules for those who play the game professionally and the PGA of America developed rules for competitive amateurs and another for recreational amateurs and the USGA and R&A went away.
- Paul S.

I’m a 100% recreational player.  I use Polara Golf balls, belly putters, and F2 wedges, all non-confirming equipment as far as the USGA is concerned and so do my playing buddies. We all love the game and all shoot in the 100’s, even with the “illegal” equipment.   If the USGA makes us stop, our play will be even slower and make life miserable for the groups behind us and the Marshalls at the courses.  Allow the pro’s to use conforming equipment and allow us to continue to fellowship on Saturday’s and enjoy the game.
-Chris B.

USGA? Telling me what to do on the public links? You’re kidding right? My question is with all the improvements in the equipment, the hot golf balls, titanium drivers, that afford these guys the ability to it 295 yard three woods, why are the Polara balls outlawed?  Perhaps because Titleist pays off the USGA?
-TP

If the USGA wants to make me go back to slicing then maybe they would like to help me find my drive. It will be in the forest on the right. Nah, I'll just stick to playing Polaras! I really like hitting my second shot off the fairway!
-Bob H.

What's the USGA? They've never been in my game.
-Michael E.

Heck- I don't even have authority over my game!!
-Panda Bear

USGA only has Authority over my game if I am a conscientious golfer and follow all the rules.  That’s what makes the game challenging.  But mulligans and gimmies are still fun for recreational golfers.
-Bob G.

Because I play recreationally, the USGA has no authority over my game.  I carry a second bag with just water balls.  I use "illegal" clubs and probably don't dress correctly either.  Life is good.
-Elizabeth B.

No!!!!!  As a senior citizen who enjoys fun golf and plays within the general guidelines of the USGA rules, as do most of the people I play with do, golf is great exercise, fun, provides fellowship with fellow players and challenges to one self. Using equipment that helps me to enjoy the game seems OK to me. The USGA is the biggest reason golf equipment is so expensive due to their approval requirements. Hell, pro golfers are overpaid prima donnas just as, but not as bad as, pro basketball players, football players, tennis, baseball and so on. USGA rules regarding what pro golfer can use as equipment and guidelines for play is OK.  I am not a pro and just enjoy the game using the equipment that helps my game and I can afford.
-FP

False!  The USGA has no authority over MY golf game.  "Authority" insinuates that some enforcement power exists.  As a purely recreational player who doesn't even keep score, I am totally immune from any sanction the USGA might dream up - if they gave a damn.  Add me to the 85%!  Thanks for the opportunity to insert my 5 cents.
-Norman J.

As far as I'm concerned they can take their ridiculous rules and shove them where the sun does not shine.
-Robert S.

The USGA has nothing to do with my golf game. I play for fun and the Polara Golf extra straight balls have made my outings enjoyable again.  Before I tried these balls my slice was so bad that I almost hated to play. This year on my first time out, I hit 13 out of 18 fairways.  No lie!! I lost one ball, but it was because I didn't quite make my long drive over a lake on 18.  Golf is fun for me again and I'll never use another ball. Period!!
-Tony P

I have purchased your golf balls and see no reason why they should not be used by the recreational golfer to further his experience of being able to play from the middle more often. For this I thank you as it has made my golf experience much more enjoyable. 
-Bruce H.

As soon as they start paying for my game, they can have complete authority over it.
– Vince S.

I think the USGA is off the page with the putter ruling. They need to focus on club improvements off of the green that have rendered many golf courses obsolete. Technology has by far surpassed golf course design and redesigning existing golf courses for longer play has only hurt clubs & club members monetarily. I’m surprised the USGA has such a small focus on the game, they need to be looking at the drivers that produce the 350+ yard drives, fairway rescue clubs that hit balls 250+. Granted the club & ball improvements have enhanced the Joe Average players game but has taken the Pro to a level that most courses cannot support. Leave the putter alone, it's only another tool in their arsenal of goodies.
-Steve J.

If they really wanted to make it a level playing field, they would make everyone play with the same clubs, the same golf balls, and the same tees.  If it can be purchased by anyone, how can it be an unfair advantage?  It’s not like the olympic swim suits that some said gave the western nations an advantage because it reduced drag and not everyone could acquire one.
-RS

I think this rule is stupid theoretically speaking a belly or "long putter" gives you no statistical advantage, because if you look at the past major winners only 4 have been won with a belly putter. The USGA banning the anchored putter is stupid on so many levels because of the people it will affect. Being as I have experimented with a long putter that has helped me with my stroke going back to a shorter putter, I’d say the USGA is just trying to keep people happy instead of doing what is right for the game of golf.
-Jason C.

You might be a recreational golfer if.....

You drink more beers than pars or bogeys. - The Art and Science of Breaking 90

You have 10 range balls and use them all on your big Bertha driver. - Scott Conwell

You have iron covers!! - Kip Bilo

You mention "snowmen" in July. - Kevin Loveridge

Your score equals a 10 times table. - Gord Condie

You write down what score you think you should have. - Keith Martinson
 
You take a mulligan on every hole. -Chris Knox

You spend more time looking for balls than hitting them. - Chaz Shugars
 
You consider losing only one box of balls a good round. - Dan Patrick
 
You don't have a tour card. - Timmy Denny

You find a ball plugged in a hole and think it’s a pot of gold! Extra ball! -Jack Ashurst

You spend more than you make. -Sean Giles

The eraser on your pencil is smaller than the point. -Panda Bear

You don’t even think about NOT taking a free drop on a plugged ball! -Adam Manika

You improve the lie - Gary Plunk 

You think a plugged ball is normal! - Jack Gamble

You think a plugged ball is not only 'normal' ... but you're excited that you've actually FOUND your ball at all! - BallTalk Golf Balls and Gifts

You find your ball and take a picture, instead of just taking a free drop and playing on. - Froggie-Sharon Brady-Shimp

Unlike the Pro's, you can't afford to damage yourself or your clubs, for that reason you move the plugged ball. - Gary Owens

You play with 3 buddies, all with 22 handicap and you never win a bet. - Manus O'Donnell


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For the Good of Whose Game?

The golf world is abuzz with the aftermath of the Anchor Ban 2016. With this great debate, comes those that are actually most affected by this - the PROS. The USGA's tagline is, For the Good of the Game. I can't help but wonder, for the good of whose game?

(Article from BleacherReport.com, written by Michael Fitzpatrick on May 28, 2013)

A group of nine golfers, including Tim Clark, Masters champion Adam Scott and Carl Pettersson, have joined together to begin exploring legal options against the USGA, R&A and potentially the PGA Tour, depending upon whether the tour decides to go along with the USGA and R&A or bifurcate for the first time in modern history.

“We do have legal counsel,” Tim Clark said, according to Golfweek. “We’re going to explore our options. We’re not going to just roll over and accept this.”

Clark and the others will be represented by Boston-based attorney Harry Manion, who specializes in complex civil and white collar criminal litigation throughout the United States. Manion currently represents several professional athletes, owners of professional sports teams and numerous CEOs and board chairmen.

This group of nine, with the help of Manion, will likely fight this anchored putting ban tooth and nail in the coming years.

It’s also possible, if enough members of the PGA Tour are adamantly against banning anchored putting strokes, that the PGA Tour could bifurcate and continue to allow anchored putting strokes at Tour events.

However, no matter how hard the group of nine and the PGA Tour resist the implementation of rule 14-1b over the coming weeks, months and years, this battle is essentially over.

Outside of the players, bifurcation could also unleash a PR nightmare for the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour would be the only major professional golf tour to allow anchored putting strokes, which would beg the question: Does the PGA Tour contain players who can only perform at a high level through the use of anchored putters, while the rest of the golf world has gone on and implemented rule 14-1b? 

Is the PGA Tour more concerned with protecting a few of their younger stars than doing what is in the best interest of the game by continuing to play under one set of rules?

Should the PGA Tour decide to bifurcate, the backlash could be considerable against not only the players but also the tour itself.

In the grand scheme of things, players' legal action and the PGA Tour deciding whether to bifurcate will have very little impact on the end result.

The R&A and USGA have officially changed the Rules of Golf or really just further defined what a “stroke” is within the Rules of Golf, and this rule in here to stay.

Should the PGA Tour decide to bifurcate, you may see a very small percentage of players throw away the majors and decide to use an anchored putting stroke anyway, and you may see this go on for five or even 10 years.

But between 75 percent of the majors banning anchored putting strokes, virtually every professional golf organization around the world also banning putting anchored putting strokes and anchored putting strokes completely banned from the amateur game, in the next 10 to 15 years, anchored putting will be a thing of the past, whether the PGA Tour decides to bifurcate or not.

It is easy to understand why players such as Clark, Pettersson and Scott are so concerned with rule 14-1b, as it could potentially impact their ability to perform on the PGA Tour and earn the type of living they have become accustomed to over the years.

Not to sound overly harsh, but that’s life.

This is by no means the first, nor will it be the last, time that golf’s main governing bodies—the USGA and the R&A—have modified the Rules of Golf based on what they feel is in the best interest of the game.


Read entire article online: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1653853-why-the-anchored-putting-ban-is-essentially-a-done-deal

Anchoring: Reaction from the world of golf

 As the USGA and R&A announces their ban on belly putters, the world reacts, and in what seems, in the opposition. The Golfweek Staff compiled comments from all over the golf industry. We compiled some of our own through social media. All in all, some great comments that I hope the USGA will listen to. And even if they don't, we are still going to play golf the way we want to play.

How does this affect your game? Email us at opinions@polaragolf.com

Compiled from Golfweek.com 

Bernhard Langer, two-time Masters winner and current Champions Tour player who has used a long putter since the mid-1990s
It's disappointing . . . very disappointing. It's the same thing I've said for months: I don't know why they couldn't come to the same conclusion 40 years ago that they did today. Why does it take 40 years? Just because we have major winners, that's what it comes down to.

Tim Mickelson, coach, Arizona State University
Sad day for the growth of golf. No matter where you stand on the ban, this doesn't help grow the game.

John Daly, PGA Tour player
NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL....all professional organizations create their rules, PGA should also create rules as professionals in our organization

David Feherty, broadcaster and former player
Horrible decision. Professional golfers need to make the rules for professional golf. Not rocket science.

Butch Harmon, Teaching Professional
Pro golf is the only sport in the U.S. that has an amateur body making its rules. Time to change

Bob Philion, President, Cobra Puma Golf
Golf lost today. This is not the direction we should be going, it will only continue to alienate people from golf. Cobra Puma Golf has been stressing the importance of game enjoyment since we formed in 2010; game enjoyment is how we are going to bring people back to golf. This decision is a giant leap back on that front. With this decision, bifurcation needs to be front and center in golf's conversations and we should be focusing on adapting the rules and the game to be inclusive and fun.

Nike Golf
In cases like this, the USGA and R&A's decision to redefine the Rules on a product that has already legitimately been in play for many years has an impact on both manufacturers and golfers. Despite this, Nike always manages to adapt to the changes and deliver innovative products within the redefined Rules. The USGA and the R&A have the right to make these changes for competitive play. Beyond this decision, we believe that the best interests of the sport of golf are better served by focusing on providing experiences that inspire golfers to play more; developing products that help them to perform better; and better connecting to the golfer in a world where alternative recreational choices are increasing.

TaylorMade Golf
We appreciate the process the USGA used in its decision to ban the anchoring of putters, but we don’t agree the decision is in the best interest of the game.

(read full article: http://golfweek.com/news/2013/may/21/anchoring-ban-reaction-to-decision/?Ref=1)

Compiled from Polara Golf - found through social media outlets:

geddylee
I take at least one mulligan every hole. Are they going to start banning that?

ChiefIlliniwek4Life
They should ban alcohol at golf courses. It provides an advantage. See, if you suck, and you can drink, you don't think about how much you suck as much.

mlbogey75
I play the course, not the other golfer. I don't care if they anchor a shovel and putt with that...

Parkerusa
This is utterly silly. Rules and equipment change all the time in sports. It's part of the game varying as time passes. You might as well say that football records are unfair now because of rules protecting the QB's and WR's. But you wouldn't do that, obviously.

hansgruber87.75
Pace of play, please fix that.

ProbsGolfing ‏@ProbsGolfing The only anchoring my putter is going to be doing is at the bottom of the pond on 5. #PGA #USGA

Alex Everhart ‏@EverhartAlex Can't wait for the new "LEGALIZE IT" shirts to hit the market! Only these will sport a picture of a belly putter. #USGA #AnchorBan

Bill Schmedes 3, PGA ‏@BS3 Golf Good job growing the game #usga not only does this affect tour players but more importantly the average golfer! #brilliantwork

Riley Johnson ‏@rileyjohn Let the boys play #Stupid #LetThemAnchor #BellyPutters

Steel Van Veen ‏@steelmtg Anchoring ban is a crock. Were trying to grow this game, not make it harder. A MUCH larger issue is slow play. @GolfChannel #anchorban

Eric Ortiz ‏@ericortease The #anchorban is ridiculous very few guys even putt like that. I say you ban clothes like Rickie Fowlers on the course first

Scott Johnson ‏@scottiej70 Speed of play, growing the game & cost to play golf much larger issues than #anchorban #USGA

Bishop is Not Going Down Without a Fight

The PGA of America's Ted Bishop remains outspoken about his anti-anchoring stance

By Tim Rosaforte
Follow: @TimRosaforte
Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America

May 6, 2013

The open comment period on the USGA and R&A's proposed anchoring ban may have officially closed at the end of March, but a month later the PGA of America's new president is still not going quietly.

Ted Bishop, the man -- or maverick -- who orchestrated Tom Watson as the 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup captain and continues to push back against the anti-anchoring campaign by golf's ruling bodies is now questioning the Royal & Ancient's non-inclusiveness in its leadership role.

After being told by R&A chief executive Peter Dawson that it was not the PGA of America's responsibility to grow the game in America, Bishop, in both an interview and email exchange with Golf World, responded by questioning the R&A's male-only membership.

"I find that to be very curious and perplexing given the fact that the R&A has not been inclusive as evidenced by their unwillingness to accept women as members to the R&A," Bishop said. "This is a much different approach than we have taken in America."

And Bishop is taking a much different approach than past PGA presidents, being publicly candid -- and even outright critical -- of a fellow association leader. Yes, it has come to that in the anchoring crossfire.

Is this latest salvo the work of a shoot-from-the-hip rebel or the bold directness of a change agent? Maybe a little of both. Bishop says his stance against the anchoring ban is not a "personal mission," but comes with being the voice of his 27,000 members, after hearing from a portion of them in a straw poll in March at the PGA Conference of Leaders, where no one raised a hand to support the proposed ban. He admits "some have thought it inappropriate because few in my position have ever done that."

Bishop's R&A comments follow a testy meeting between Bishop and Dawson at the Masters that was first reported in Golf World (Behind Closed Doors, April 22). When Bishop made the point that the PGA of America was standing up for the "best interests of the amateur golfer," Dawson bristled and, according to Bishop, pointed a finger at him and said, "That's not your role."

Bishop tried to be diplomatic by saying to Dawson, "I hope you don't take this personally." According to Bishop, Dawson said he did take it personally, adding he felt like Bishop "and others in the U.S. grandstanded." And that by the PGA of America taking a position opposed to the rule-making bodies "set golf back." As reported in Golf World, Dawson told Bishop "irreparable damage had been done."

Bishop, general manager and director of golf at Legends GC in Franklin, Ind., said he kept his cool and told Dawson "frankly I don't see it that way." That night, at a reception at the club hosted by Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, Dawson engaged Bishop in an exchange that was "more civil" than the one that morning in a room that included PGA Tour commissioner Finchem, PGA of America CEO Peter Bevacqua, USGA executive director Mike Davis and president Glen Nager.

"The PGA of America has gotten the impression from the R&A that we should have just accepted the proposed rule change and not issued any comments," Bishop said in his email. "Then why have a comment period at all? If you remember, Dawson stated on Nov. 28 that he doubted if any new evidence would surface during the comment period that would result in the ban on anchoring being dropped. That hardly set the stage for an 'open' comment period.'"

Bishop is proposing a compromise to the USGA that would make the ban a condition of competition. He says Davis and Nager have "openly welcomed" his comments and respected his position as leader of the largest working sports organization in the world. As it relates to the R&A, he is pitching a game of hardball that transcends the ruling bodies.

"In the end, I pass off the differences between the PGA of America and the R&A to be a result as the difference between our two cultures," Bishop said in his email. "Europeans have a tendency to accept the things that are imposed by their respective governments, while Americans will debate, argue and vote on issues. I think that is the fundamental premise that America was founded on."

As for the fundamental premise that the rules were made in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Far Hills, N.J., well, that is left for interpretation. If Ted Bishop is pushing for his organization to have more of a voice with the rules-makers, he has succeeded. The PGA of America's position on anchoring is certainly being heard.

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