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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Psychology
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Golf's governing bodies recently banned anchoring, where one end of the putter is held against the body.
  • This ban addresses concerns that anchoring provides an unfair advantage by reducing performance anxiety.
  • Anecdotal evidence from professional golfers suggests anchoring diminishes the psychological "nerves" in competition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally determine if anchoring a golf putter offers a technical or psychological advantage in competitive performance.
  • To investigate the influence of anchoring on putting performance under varying levels of psychological pressure.

Main Methods:

  • Participants' golf putting performance was assessed using both anchored and unanchored putters.
  • Performance was evaluated under conditions of low and high psychological pressure, controlling for putter length.
  • Statistical analysis was employed to compare performance metrics between anchored and unanchored conditions.

Main Results:

  • No statistically significant technical advantage was found for using anchored putters.
  • A significant psychological advantage was observed: participants performing better with anchored putters under high pressure.
  • Anchoring did not significantly impact performance under low-pressure conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Anchoring a golf putter provides a psychological benefit, particularly in high-pressure situations, by mitigating performance anxiety.
  • The study offers tentative support for the ban on anchoring from a competitive fairness perspective.
  • Further research with elite golfers is recommended to solidify these findings and their implications for the ban.