(CNN) -- The coach of four-time major winner Ernie Els has urged golf's governing bodies to come to a quick decision on the proposed banning of anchored putting. Golf's rulemakers Royal & Ancient (R & A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA), which governs the game in the U.S. and Mexico, announced in November they intend to ban the method of putting by which a club is anchored to a part of the body by 2016. The decision has been backed by the European Tour, but Tim Finchem, commissioner of the lucrative U.S.-based PGA Tour, opposes the rule change which would essentially outlaw the controversial "belly putter".
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Ernie Els' coach calls for a decision on anchored putting
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PGA Tour spoke out against a ban on the technique, which could be outlawed
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Claude Harmon III says a delay on the decision could damage integrity of golf
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Els, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson have all won recent majors using belly putter
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