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Ban the belly putter?

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INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 30: Kyeong Bae in the 12th hole during round one of Hana Bank Kolon Championship at Sky 72 Golf Club on October 30, 2009 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Over the last year, it has become the hottest equipment question in the game of golf. Does using a belly putter create an unfair advantage? Should anchoring the club against your body be banned by the game’s governing bodies? Should they adopt a rule similar to the one proposed by Tiger Woods at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, calling for the putter to be no longer than a player’s sand wedge?

Feel free to share your thoughts here and start the discussion. To ban, or not to ban, the belly putter?