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[mwkbmw]

BenSnead, on 05 December 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

mwkbmw, on 05 December 2012 - 09:39 AM, said:

For all of you guys panicking over the enforcement of "intent", or what you perceive will be widespread attempts at cheating, "The handle touched his shirt", etc., etc.  Do you remember the all of the "doom and gloom" predictions concerning Y2K?  Relax.  

Really bad analogy. I spent the 90's in big corporate IT and if the attitude had been "relax" there would have been MAJOR problems.

What good would it have done for the general public to panic?

[BenSnead]

mwkbmw, on 05 December 2012 - 11:56 AM, said:

BenSnead, on 05 December 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

mwkbmw, on 05 December 2012 - 09:39 AM, said:

For all of you guys panicking over the enforcement of "intent", or what you perceive will be widespread attempts at cheating, "The handle touched his shirt", etc., etc.  Do you remember the all of the "doom and gloom" predictions concerning Y2K?  Relax.  

Really bad analogy. I spent the 90's in big corporate IT and if the attitude had been "relax" there would have been MAJOR problems.

What good would it have done for the general public to panic?

That's a rigged question. Panic is never good. Without raising some "very serious concern" in public the CEO's would not have been pressured to do what needed to be done(spend big money w/o anything new to show for it).

[farmer]

By 2016, long putters will be museum oddities, belly putters will be gone or modified into a Kuchar type.  If Carl Petterson figures out how to putt with his long putter and conform, good for him, but they will be gone.  My biggest concern is that all the amateur rules gurus in every club will be making profound statements about the issue, which will make them even more annoying.

[pingman1]

farmer, on 05 December 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

By 2016, long putters will be museum oddities, belly putters will be gone or modified into a Kuchar type.  If Carl Petterson figures out how to putt with his long putter and conform, good for him, but they will be gone.  My biggest concern is that all the amateur rules gurus in every club will be making profound statements about the issue, which will make them even more annoying.

Exactly....Even though the USGA/R&A stated the ruling was not about equipment, they have in fact banned the belly/long putter.  Already the golf stores cant sell them and they are dirt cheap on ebay.

[Vindog]

There will be some that will use them out of necessity (physical condition), or even spite.

Edited by Vindog, 05 December 2012 - 01:19 PM.