The U.S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club are expected to rule on the future of long putters and belly putters by year’s end. Chances are good that the ruling bodies will ban any kind of “anchoring” …
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Webb Simpson says ban on long, belly putters isn’t a good decision
The U.S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club are expected to rule on the future of long putters and belly putters by year’s end. Chances are good that the ruling bodies will ban any kind of “anchoring” …
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Cink enjoys walking clinics with Chase Sapphire cardholders
Stewart Cink didn’t come right and say it, but you know those practice range clinics PGA Tour players conduct from time to time? He doesn’t particularly like them. But the 2009 Open Champion enjoys the two-hole walking clinics he gives …
FootJoy’s Icon shoe wins again at U.S. Open
Not only did Webb Simpson play a bag full of Titleist equipment enroute to his U.S. Open victory, he also wore Icon shoes from Titleist’s sister company FootJoy.
This year alone on the PGA Tour, FootJoy players have won 16 ofthe …
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Webb Simpson an Olympic hero for Titleist
Webb Simpson played a bag full of Titleist clubs and a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball to win the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The Titleist brand led the U.S. Open count in balls (103), irons …
“Old school” Simpson keeps his trust in Titleist
The Acushnet Company doesn’t need much help more help in promoting its Titleist equipment line – the years of success speaks for itself – but Webb Simpson proved to be a good spokesman at this week’s Sony Open in Honolulu. …
In the Rules of Golf, the answer’s no longer blowin’ in the wind
Should Webb Simpson lose the PGA Tour Player of the Year race by an eyelash, he may look back at the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and wish golf’s powers-that-be had not waited so long to …
Luke Donald cashes in on golf’s Moneyball
Moneyball may be all the rage at the box office, but golf’s No. 1 and heavy favorite as PGA Tour player of the year Luke Donald turned golf’s equivalent of the sabremetricians’ baseball theory on its head Sunday with his …
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High-stakes shoot-out at Disney for Donald and Simpson
After all the hand-wringing over Tiger Woods’ never-ending losing skid, purists’ gnashing of teeth about long putters, and the annual yawn-fest that is the FedEx Cup series of “playoffs,” the 2012 PGA Tour season comes down to this: an old-fashioned …
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USGA considering rule change in wake of Simpson incident
A kinder, gentler U.S. Golf Association? Probably not, but nevertheless a new rule might soon go into effect regarding what happens if a ball moves on the green. USGA Vice President Tom O’ Toole addressed the subject at May 2 …
