Byeong Hun An posts hilarious social media message after Collin Morikawa makes controversial claim about AimPoint

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Lucas Glover caused quite a stir last week after calling for AimPoint to be banned on the PGA Tour.

AimPoint is a method many professional golfers use to read the greens. Instead of using their eyes to read a line, AimPoint sees players straddling their putting line and determine the severity of the break using their feet. Essentially, if one foot is under more pressure, the putt is likely to move in that direction.

AimPoint, however, has proven controversial. Glover called AimPoint ‘rude’, and at a time when pace of play is very much in the headlines, there are some who believe the technique should be outlawed.

Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott are some of the high-profile names who consistently use AimPoint when on the greens.

Ahead of this week’s Genesis Invitational, Morikawa was asked about Glover’s comments, and the two-time major winner delivered a snappy response.

Byeong Hun An reacts to Collin Morikawa’s AimPoint claim

“I have nothing against Lucas, but if we’re banning AimPoint, I think we should ban long putters as well,” Morikawa said. “I don’t know. I guess no one has said it, right?”

Glover uses a broomstick putter – and there have been calls for the piece of equipment to be banned. Back in 2016, anchoring a longer putter was outlawed after the USGA and R&A looked to prevent an unfair advantage.

Byeong Hun An, who uses a longer putter and also AimPoint, posted a hilarious response to Morikawa’s comments on X.

“Me, who is doing both long putter and aim point,” he wrote whilst adding an anxious-looking gif to his post.

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Should AimPoint be banned?

The debate around AimPoint largely centres around pace of play. Typically, eye-balling a putt is quicker, and if every player used a traditional method, rounds would undoubtedly be faster.

Given the time it takes for golfers to straddle all aspects of their putts, there’s an argument to suggest AimPoint is causing more harm than good.

Furthermore, if two or three players are using AimPoint, it can often prove distracting for those who still traditionally read their putts. Having two or three players walk in front of the hole and in close proximity is far from ideal.

Outlawing AimPoint altogether would be controversial. Instead, the PGA Tour could look to set guidelines to ensure the practice doesn’t get out of hand throughout the 2025 season.