Golf to ban anchored putting as of 2016

FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Adam Scott of Australia putts on the 15th green during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday, May 21, 2013 that Rule 14-1b would start in 2016. The new rule will make it illegal to anchor the club against the body when making a golf stroke. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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Golf to ban anch... FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Adam Scott of Australia putts on the 15th green during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday, May 21, 2013 that Rule 14-1b would start in 2016. The new rule will make it illegal to anchor the club against the body when making a golf stroke. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Woods: No plan t... Sergio Garcia, of Spain, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Play was suspended Saturday due to darkness. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Bae wins Nelson ... ADDS NAME OF GOLFER ON LEFT SEUNG-YUI NOH - Sang-Moon Bae of South Korea is congratulated by Seung-Yui Noh, also of South Korea, on the 18th green after Bae won the Byron Nelson golf tournament Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Johnson rallies ... Jennifer Johnson acknowledges the crowd after completing play in the final round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala. Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Anderson wins fi... Mark Anderson hits his tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic golf tournament in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
Venturi remember... FILE - This June 2, 2002 file photo shows retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves to Kemper Open winner Bob Estes from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open at the TPC at Avenel in Potomac, Md. The former U.S. Open champion has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday, May 17, 2013 in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
Ex-US Open champ... File-This June 2, 2011 file photo shows retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves to Kemper Open winner Bob Estes from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open at the TPC at Avenel in Potomac, Md. The former U.S. Open champion has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday May 17, 2013 in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea,File)
Korda leads Webb... Jessica Korda tees off on the 10th hole during the first round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic golf tournament on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)
Guan misses Byro... Amateur Guan Tianglang, 14, of China, reacts to missing a putt for par on the 16th green during the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Friday, May 17, 2013, in Irving, Texas. He bogeyed the hole. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Bradley cards co... Keegan Bradley watches his birdie putt on the second green during the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Irving, Texas. Bradley finished the day with course record 10-under par 60. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Woods fifth amon... Tiger Woods looks toward the crowd as he makes par on the 17th hole during the final round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. TIger Woods won The Players Championship. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Scrutiny on Wood... Tiger Woods smiles as he holds the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
LPGA to again ha... Stacy Lewis displays the trophy after winning the Navistar LPGA Classic golf tournament on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Woods wins TPC a... Tiger Woods holds the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Stenson in lead ... Henrik Stenson, of Sweden, watches his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Friday, May 10, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Former Georgia s... Brendon Todd hits at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)