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Cheers big ears

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  1. Actually Jack was custom fit. At times by his own work. As were most other pros of that era. Jack has even discussed his "back-weighting" of his irons. He said he pretty much played his whole career with back-weighted clubs. His drivers we most certainly in the 43" range at least during the era of Wood drivers. Granted Jack didn't have a launch monitor by his side but he certainly used swing weight scales and loft & lie machines to have his clubs bent to he specs. Those things have been around for ever and are still in use today for custom fittings. Custom fitting isn't new. Pros have always availed themselves of the fitting technology of their time. Only fairly recently have the average Joe been able to get a custom fit.

     

    Very interesting, I suppose the point I was making was that after a number of custom fits / lessons / endless reading I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that putting is a personal thing and getting too technical might be to my detriment!

     

    I recently heard a quote from Jack on British TV when discussing the recent trend for pistol / claw / left hand low grips.  He said rather dismissively "Its just putting".  Which made me giggle a bit!  It also reminded me of the number of times where I've stood over a putt and known that I was going to make / miss it, if I get this feeling I'm rarely wrong, I'm sure others have the same - so my new goal is to find a putting technique that most often gives me that confidence!

     

    Back on thread!  I think trying both Edel and evn roll is the only way - hopefully one will give you confidence and fit your eye and stroke but its hard to say!

  2. Have to say most people grow up and get used to a putter that's almost certainly off the rack, so I think there's a risk in going too far away from what your experienced with.

     

    I often think "what if Jack Nicklaus got custom fit?".

     

    Chances are he'd end up with a Fat grip, a ton of counter weight and a short length? He had none of this and was fairly successful.

  3. I'd say the Edel, putter fitting is excellent, to a point, it fits you for aim and speed, but not for stroke.

     

    So your Edelman will point where you want it to, thanks the the combinations of neck, headshape, sightlines. It's be effective at distance control thanks to the weight, placement etc. It'll fit you for length and lie, which again aid aim.

     

    The flip side is the torque balance suits only a narrow range of stroke. So if your Edel fitter can fit for the entire Edel range that covers all the toe hang option, then it's a no brainer.

     

    I think the holy grail, would be to go and get Edelman, fitted, then ask a good club builder to make you an evnroll to those specs?

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