Major tournament winners Ernie Els and Keegan Bradley have warned golf's ruling bodies that they will face a legal backlash if they ban controversial belly putters.
Both will use one in this week's $7m WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shenzhen, but the Royal & Ancient and the United States Golf Association intend to ban their use from 2016.
Els had previously been critical of the putter, which is tucked against the stomach, but then had one in his bag when he won a second Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes in July.
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