Billy Horschel Calls for Arm Lock Putting Grip to be Banned
First it was the belly putter and the anchoring that was a problem, now it is the …arm lock putting grip.
During his press conference following the first round of the RBC Heritage, six-time PGA Tour winner Billy Horschel called for the relatively new and popular grip to be banned.
“I mean, I’m bringing up something different here and I’m sort going out on a limb, but I don’t think this arm lock putting is — should be allowed either. I’ll give the belly putter back and take away the arm lock,” said Horschel in his press conference.
Horschel continued, “I think when you look at what guys are doing now with the arm lock and moving the grips to the side where it’s parallel or matches the face and then when you do that up against your arm, I mean, it’s — you know that face is dead square and that face doesn’t rotate at all. It’s just sort of locked in. Guys are doing it too good.”
Arm-locking is legal under the rules of golf.
According to Rule 10.1b, “a player’s putting stroke must not include an “anchor point” on which they plant their forearm.”
Players that use the group include Bryson DeChambeau and Webb Simpson, as well as, Will Zalatoris, who finished solo second at The Masters.