Xander Schauffele wants arm-lock putting banned – but is doing it anyway!

Xander Schauffele has revealed that he has switched to an arm-lock putter… despite insisting that the practise should be BANNED! 

The world No.5, who carded a four-under 68 in the opening round of this week’s Memorial Tournament, made the change a little over a week ago.

Matt Kuchar, Bryson DeChambeau and Webb Simpson are amongst already using the technique, which has under some scrutiny for its similarities to anchoring (itself, banned under the Rules of Golf since 2016).

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Schauffele’s logic? If you can’t beat them, join them.

“I am for banning the arm-lock putters but if everyone else is going to use it and I feel like they have a bigger advantage, I may as well do the same,” said the American.

“You could say it’s anchored. I don’t know because I guess anchored is having one point against somewhere and a fixed point. I know that’s not fixed but it’s something similar to an anchor style.

He added: “It’s just, it’s better, it’s easier, it’s more consistent,” said the American. “My coach Derek Uyeda and I work a lot on start lines and making sure the ball’s doing what we think it’s doing.

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