{"id":15547955,"date":"2024-08-27T07:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?post_type=article&p=15547955"},"modified":"2024-08-27T07:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:19:43","slug":"rules-guy-how-lie-angle-bryson-dechambeau-putter-legal","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/golf.com\/instruction\/rules\/rules-guy-how-lie-angle-bryson-dechambeau-putter-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules Guy: How is the lie angle on Bryson DeChambeau’s putter legal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0Rules of Golf\u00a0are tricky! Thankfully, we\u2019ve got the guru. Our\u00a0Rules Guy\u00a0knows the book front to back<\/a>. Got a question? He\u2019s got all the answers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is a putter allowed to have a lie angle more perpendicular than 80 degrees? Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s putter appears to be closer to 90 degrees. \u2014Jim Morrissey, South Bend, Ind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Please rest assured, Jim, that our reigning national champion does things by the book \u2014 especially the cult classic, The Golfing Machine, <\/em>by Homer Kelley. BDC is an innovator but not a scofflaw; there\u2019s no question his equipment hews to the relevant standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For your edification, the pertinent portion of the Equipment Rules, Part 2, 1d, reads: \u201c(i) the projection of the straight part of the shaft on to the vertical plane through the toe and heel must diverge from the vertical by at least 10 degrees…. If the overall design of the club is such that the player can effectively use the club in a vertical or close-to vertical position, the shaft may be required to diverge from the vertical in this plane by as much as 25 degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rules Guy: I made my own USGA-conforming putter grip. Can I use it in competition?<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Rules Guy <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

For more putter-conformance guidance from our guru, read on …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have an old TaylorMade Spider putter but didn\u2019t like the white line on the black clubhead, so I stuck a piece of white tape on the head and drew a red line with a Sharpie. Is this legal?\u00a0\u2014Vince Zachetti, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A confession, Vince: Over the past half-century, Rules Guy\u2019s father, Tinker Guy, has butchered untold number of putters in his basement workshop, a.k.a. \u201cThe Lair,\u201d including sawing off the toe of a Scotty Cameron. Blowtorches to the hosel, Wite-Out dabbed on the topline, chair glides stuck to the sole, ball bearings shoved down the grip and into the shaft: We have seen flatsticks suffer all manner of dubious plastic surgery through the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never once did Tinker Guy ask if he was violating the Rules, and in filial deference, nor was this information imposed upon him. Now it can be told: Tape affixed to the putter is a nonconforming external attachment and renders the club nonconforming. Under Rule 4.1a, once you make a stroke with said club, you are disqualified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need help unriddling the greens at your home course? Pick up a custom Green Book<\/a> from Golf Logix.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got a question about the Rules? Ask the Rules Guy! Send your queries, confusions and comments to rulesguy@golf.com. We promise he won\u2019t throw the book at you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does Bryson DeChambeau’s putter’s lie angle toe the line of what’s legal, according to the Rules of Golf? How so? 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