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Could the anchoring debate overshadow the year's first major? If Adam Scott, who's in the field this week at the Tampa Bay Championship, were to win at Augusta, the ramifications could grow exponentially, writes ESPN.com's Farrell Evans.

Tiger Woods reiterated his position on the anchored putting debate Wednesday, saying that he doesn't believe the practice should be allowed.

There's no shortage of anchor ban opinions, but one that doesn't fly? That's the belief that golfers would quit the game if not allowed to anchor their putters, ESPN.com's Bob Harig writes.

No matter how the anchor ban shakes out, the faces of golf could seriously stain their reputations with the public, ESPN.com's Farrell Evans writes.

As the comment period comes to a close Thursday on the proposed anchor ban, Bob Harig combs through the arguments to shed light on the topic.

Our experts analyze all the pressing topics in golf in our latest edition of Monday Four-Ball.

Two months ago, the anchor ban seemed all but a done deal. Now, the powers that be in golf appear to be at loggerheads. How'd that happen?

Could the PGA Tour go against a long-standing tradition of following the Rules of Golf when it comes to the anchor ban? Growing sentiment seems to point toward a possible rift, ESPN.com's Bob Harig writes.

With only a few weeks left before a decision on long putters, British Open champion Ernie Els hopes that golf officials change their minds.

When the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club proposed banning the anchoring of strokes on Nov. 28, they said there would be a 90-day comment period. At least one PGA Tour player is taking them up on their offer.

Carl Pettersson says the proposed rule to ban the anchored stroke for long putters feels like a "witch hunt," and that golf's governing bodies were only reacting to three of the last five major champions using a belly putter.

Our experts analyze all the pressing topics in golf in our latest edition of Four-Ball.

With golf's new anchoring ban, makers of belly and long putters just might use the ruling to break new ground on technology surrounding the flat stick, writes ESPN.com's Farrell Evans.

Colin Montgomerie blasted PGA Tour for opposing the long putter ban.

Kenny Mayne talks with five oft-penalized jocks and Mark Cuban to find out what goes through their mind.