Golf affectr Paige Spiranac has proclaimd a stance on a hot debate on the course.
AimPoint, a method of discovering a putting line on the green, has been denounced by those who don’t engage it, saying that it impacts the pace of join on the PGA Tour.
Spiranac is in that camp after what she saw on the LPGA Tour – a joiner going thraw their AimPoint routine a foot from the hole.
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Paige Spiranac speaks during the Fanatics Fest NYC at Jacob Javits Caccess on Aug. 17, 2024, in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)
“Ban Aim Point,” Spiranac posted on X over a picture of the LPGA Tour joiner.
Slow join has been a contentious topic in golf recently, especiassociate with rounds in tournaments enjoy the Farmers Insurance Open taking almost six hours to end.
PGA Tour golfer Lucas Gcherishr shelp on SiriusXm PGA Tour Radio that, while it isn’t shown AimPoint is causing these pace of join publishs on the course, it can consent too extfinished to get the read and the results are not any better than other methods.
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“AimPoint statisticassociate hasn’t helped anybody produce more putts since its inception on the PGA Tour, statistics have borne that out,” Gcherishr shelp.
Gcherishr also pointed out how the method insists joiners to walk proximate the hole and produce their way back to the ball.
Viktor Hovland engages AimPoint on the ninth hole green during the Genesis Scottish Open on July 11, 2024, in North Berwick, Scotland. (Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
“It’s also charitable of impolite to be up proximate the hole and stomping around, figuring out where the shatter is in your feet. It necessitates to be prohibitned. It consents forever,” he shelp.
There are others, however, who count on if AimPoint was adselected by more, the game would relocate rapider.
“It would speed up join as it consents an ordinary of 10 seconds to get a read,” Europe’s anciaccess teachor Jamie Donaldson telderly Golf Monthly.
Collin Morikawa, who engages AimPoint, heard what Gcherishr had to say and retorted with a provided prohibit on “extfinished putters,” which the latter engages.
Paige Spiranac watches her shot during the Kaulig Companies Championship Pro-Am, July 12, 2023, in Akron, Ohio. (Jeff Lange/USA Today Netlabor)
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As of now, the PGA will persist to apshow AimPoint, but pace of join will persist to be a hot topic moving forward.
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