{"id":7736,"date":"2025-10-20T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/golf-tips-for-seniors-are-long-putters-legal-4\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:27:33","slug":"golf-tips-for-seniors-are-long-putters-legal-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/golf-tips-for-seniors-are-long-putters-legal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips for Seniors: Are Long Putters Legal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Robin All<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many golfers wonder about the legality of long putters. If they weren&rsquo;t allowed, top players like&nbsp;<strong>Adam Scott, Bernhard Langer, and Akshay Bhatia<\/strong>&nbsp;would be breaking the rules&mdash;but they aren&rsquo;t! The key is&nbsp;<strong>how the putter is used<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some important points to keep in mind:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lie Angle:<\/strong>&nbsp;The angle of the putter head to the shaft cannot exceed&nbsp;<strong>80 degrees upright<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grips:<\/strong>&nbsp;You may use two grips, but they&nbsp;<strong>must be identical<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stance:<\/strong>&nbsp;You&nbsp;<strong>cannot straddle the line to the hole<\/strong>, but you&nbsp;<strong>may side-saddle<\/strong>&nbsp;if that helps your setup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Back Relief:<\/strong>&nbsp;A bonus for seniors&mdash;standing up straighter while using a long putter is easier on your back during long practice sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re struggling with your putting, a long putter might be worth trying. As always, grab a&nbsp;<strong>rule book<\/strong>&nbsp;to review these and other regulations so you stay within the rules of golf.<\/p>\n<p>I have a few long putters available if you&rsquo;d like to try one&mdash;sometimes a little change can make a big difference in your game!<\/p>\n<p>For personalized instruction, you can reach Robin All at (803) 238-1655 or via email at&nbsp;<a>robinallgolfpro@icloud.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robin All Many golfers wonder about the legality of long putters. If they weren&rsquo;t allowed, top players like&nbsp;Adam Scott, Bernhard Langer, and Akshay Bhatia&nbsp;would be breaking the rules&mdash;but they aren&rsquo;t! The key is&nbsp;how the putter is used. Here are some important points to keep in mind: Lie Angle:&nbsp;The angle<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/golf-tips-for-seniors-are-long-putters-legal-4\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[992,955],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-golf-tips-for-seniors","tag-robin-all"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Robin-All-Long-Putters_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}