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Deutsche Bank Championship

Once-scorned long putter now the choice of champs

Success of users prompting debate about banning club

By Michael Whitmer

 |  Globe Staff  

If golf consumers base their equipment purchases on what’s in the hands of the PGA Tour’s best players, expect long putters to fly off store shelves.

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