Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting stroke used by three of the ...

Use of the long putters, sometimes called “belly” putters, or even longer putters braced under the chin, are said to offer more stability than a club gripped in the player’s hands. Those in support of ...

Carrying a traditional putter isn't like having a 2-iron in the bag yet, but there's no question the belly putter is in the midst of a surge in popularity. The watershed moment came last August, when ...