A golfer won a tournament using a self-standing putter

The self-standing putter is no longer a gimmick after it was used to win a golf tournament.

Former major league baseballer John Smoltz has turned the self-standing putter from a gimmick into something more golfers may be considering buying.

Smoltz won the celebrity title at the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions last weekend using a self-standing putter.

If you think the video of Smoltz using the putter looks photoshopped then you’re not alone.

We too thought the self-standing putter was some sort of joke when we first saw it but this is very much a real golf product that is somehow within the laws of the game.

Smoltz uses a Bloodline Golf putter and S7K also have a version. There are probably more out there.

Needless to say, it’s now created a real stir with many wondering if it’s in the spirit of the game of golf by taking out the skill in lining up and correctly standing over a putt.

https://twitter.com/AussieGolfer/status/1218804523415654401

I don’t see how deskilling a game has long term benefits

Setting up a putter is fundamental to the skill of putting
As is reading greens

Like greens books, should this have ever been allowed?
Yet @gooseteegolf’s tee is banned?@Rod_Morri @mikeclaytongolf @MattMollica https://t.co/zxvK3zu3qV

— Andrew Marchbank (@MarchbankAndrew) January 19, 2020