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Originally Posted by agent99 For some reason putters do seem to have less stringent rules than other clubs. Perhaps because industry and individuals like to experiment more with this club than any other? |
I suspect that the rules are the way they are because of the R&A and USGA not keeping their rules up to date visavi developments in the industry. When they woke up to the long putter issue, the market was already full of them (and other putters with untraditional design and sporting novel innovations).
It's a bit like when they set restrictions on how long a golf ball may travel: they had to make the rules so balls already available were not rendered illegal. Since the available balls already could travel quite a distance, the rule has had little effect.