Keegan Bradley, Carl Pettersson plan to fight ban on anchoring stroke

Keegan Bradley and Carl Pettersson are among the professional golfers who use long or belly putters, and both say they plan to fight the US Golf Association?s proposed ban on the anchoring stroke used with those putters. Both golfers spoke out from the WGC-HSBC Championship in China this week. ?I?ve kind of kept my mouth shut on this for a while, but I think it?s time that people hear our side of it,? Bradley (pictured) said on Wednesday. ?The last thing I want to do is speak out and attract a bunch of attention, but I just think they?ve got to do what?s right for the players, as well. There?s a chunk of us that have been doing this and put hours and hours of work in, and it would be a shame to take that away from us.? The issue came to the forefront after Bradley won the PGA Championship last year using a long putter. Webb Simpson and Ernie Els also won majors since then using belly putters. A decision is expected to come by the end of the year, according to Golfweek. A ban of the long p

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