VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Ernie Els is ready to “play ball” even without a long putter.
The four-time major champion, who won last year’s British Open with a belly putter, says the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf’s ruling bodies to ban anchoring and long-handled putters in 2016.
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