Anchor men: Players who use long putters
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Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk is one of many players who has experimented with, but not committed to, a belly putter. (Getty)
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Fred Couples
Fred Couples uses a belly putter and doesn't think they should be banned. 'I just don't see anyone out there winning every tournament and doing things that have never been done before (with a long putter),' he said. (Getty)
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Bernhard Langer
Long-putter user Bernhard Langer passionately defends their use. 'For three decades nobody won a major with one. And now because three have, they're illegal?' Langer said this year. 'I'm sorry, don't accept that argument whatsoever.' (Getty)
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Webb Simpson
With his 2012 U.S. Open win, Webb Simpson joined the ranks of major winners who have used long putters. (Getty)
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Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley has wielded his long putter well enough to win a PGA Championship and become an emerging Ryder Cup star. He was the first major champ to use a long putter. (Getty)
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Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley has vowed to fight for his use of a long putter. 'People with long putters are going to do whatever we have to do to protect ourselves,' he said. (Getty)
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Colin Montgomerie
Like many other players, Colin Montgomerie believes long anchored putters should be banned, but will use one as long as they are legal. (Getty)
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Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar used a belly putter to win The Players Championship. He anchors the club to his arm. (Getty)
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Ernie Els
Ernie Els went to a belly putter to try to repair his shaky stroke and has said, 'As long as it's legal. I'll keep cheating like the rest of them.' (Getty)
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Ernie Els
Using a belly putter, Ernie Els sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole that eventually gave him his second British Open victory. (Getty)
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Casey Martin
Casey Martin is better known for needing a cart because of a leg condition, but he is also a user of a long putter. (Getty)
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Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson has used a long putter his entire Tour career and believes the effort to ban it is an overreaction to recent major wins by players using anchored putters. (Getty)
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Rocco Mediate
Rocco Mediate became the first player to win a PGA Tour event with a putter anchored to his body when he won the 1991 Doral-Ryder Open using a 49-inch putter. (Getty)
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Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson had a brief fling with a long putter at the 2011 Deutsche Bank Championship. It didn't last, but he later said banning long putters would be 'grossly unfair.' (Getty)
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Martin Laird
Martin Laird said he was 'tearing (my) hair out' over his struggles with a conventional putter before switching to a belly putter in mid-2012. (Getty)
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Tim Clark
Tim Clark won the 2010 Players with a long putter and says the club is easier to use due to a physical condition which makes it difficult to put his hands properly on a conventional putter. (Getty)
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Adam Scott
AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 14: Adam Scott of Australia celebrates after making a birdie on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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