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Tee to Green: Anchor ban just latest historic decision | Redux

Tee to Green: Anchor ban just latest historic decision

Golf Digest January 2010 cover
Golf Digest January 2010 cover by allaboutgeorge
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Excerpt:

Philadelphia, PA –  Wednesday's anchoring ban proposal by the USGA and R&A was viewed by many in the game of golf as a landmark announcement. While a final decision won't be made until spring 2013, the proposal has already reverberated throughout the community, with golfers and manufacturers of all sorts prepping for an official rules change in 2016. While this latest decision is sure to shape the game in the coming years, it is just that: the latest in a string of rulings and verdicts which have molded the ancient sport into its current form. Below are three relatively recent examples of other landmark golf decisions. But first thing's first: my opinion on the proposed anchoring ban... I'm for it.

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-0.442665Scott McCarron told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was "appalled Phil has put it in play," ...
-0.322582Scott McCarron told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was "appalled Phil has put it in play," and Mickelson responded with the claim that he had been "publicly slandered."
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