Odyssey Deny New âArm Lockâ Putters Are Really Left Over Belly Putters With Shiny Sticker
Less than five minutes after the USGA and the R&A jointly banned anchored belly putting methods, Odyssey Golf released what they claim to be a new line of putters designed to help cheating golfers cheat legally.
The new âArm Lockâ putters are designed to be attached to the forearm. âItâs physically impossible to anchor this new putter in the bellyâ said Odysseyâs Chief Designer Rollie Exhaustieson as he pushed the new Arm Lock as far away from his body as possible.
However avid golfer Simon Webster, 38, wasnât convinced after trading in his illegal odyssey belly putter for a new legal Arm Lock version at a golf shop in Wigan. âTheyâve given me the exact same putter back again, itâs the same length and even has the exact same grip. The girl at the till said to just hold it against my arm. Are you shi**ing me?â said Webster.
Responding to this criticism Rollie Exhaustieson said âUnlike other Odyssey putters, which come with 3° of standard loft, the Arm Lock putters have 7° because pressing the top of the grip against the forearm creates a forward press. Weâve achieved this subtle loft change by throwing a whole bunch of belly putters into a giant car crusher, turning it on for a few seconds, then fishing them all back out again. Weâve even added the words "Arm Lock" to a red area in the section where the club should be fastened against the arm. Itâs hard to believe Mr. Webster missed that.â
More as it emerges.
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