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My first two sets of golf clubs were from Spalding - starter set when I was about 13, then Spalding Executives (when they were still forged) that I got as a high school graduation present. I remember when I started playing golf (early 1970s) the biggest brands of golf balls were Titleist, Spalding Dot, Wilson Staff and Maxfli (I think this was then owned by Dunlap but the name now is owned by Dick's/Gold Galaxy.

I have gone for a much more old man golf bag (although still with regular shafts, not senior shafts). Have a 7 wood and 25 degree (five iron substitute), 28 degree (for 6 iron) and 31 degree (for 7 iron) hybrids. Have had the 25 degree hybrid for a while and the 7 wood for a year and a half, but just got the 6 and 7 hybrids late last year. For the three newer clubs, I love the way the ball gets up in the air. My course has a couple of holes where I have to get the ball over water (one a par five and one a very long par four) from a downhill lie. The 7 wood is much better than my 5 wood or than the 21 degree hybrid I replaced it with at getting the ball up in the air. It is also great from thick rough. Love them.

LAB has a few good videos on how to use their putters. This one is helpful on where to place the ball. Ball Position With A L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1 Putter (youtube.com) I have found that couple that I have watched pretty helpful.

Played with the putter today for the first time. Went pretty well. I was surprised at how well I did with distance control. I only misjudged distance a couple of times and at least one of those times on a downhill putt I probably would have done so with my old putter - with weather changes over the past few weeks, grass is growing now and green speeds are getting faster (at least until Monday when the greens get aerated). Probably had a bit more trouble on direction, but most of this was on breaking putts where it is not always easy to tell whether my issue was line or speed. I feel like this was a promising first round and I look forward to getting to learn the putter better.

Just got my DF3 yesterday by FedEx. Went right over to my club and practiced with it. Excited to play with it today. Interesting video on ball position with the putter that seemed to work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mfm8yjUqCY - YouTube

I did a fitting at a local place. I also did a virtual fitting. The virtual fitting was pretty close to what I got with the actual fitting. But, with the actual fitting, I got to try a LAB putter with an Accra shaft and was able to tell the difference. Plus, I could see from SAM that I was putting the ball much better with a LAB putter than I was with my current putter - the numbers were significantly better and this was even before any adjustments for my measurements. To me, the fitting was well worth it, esp. since I did not pay anything for the fitting - they were having a deal where if I bought something the fitting was free. I will get the putter today by FedEx, so it will be a while before I know whether what I did works, but I am very optimistic. When I get the putter, my next stop will be to make an appointment with a pro at my club who has experience with a LAB putter and take a lesson from him on how to use it. He said that lesson is not that complicated - only takes 10-15 minutes, so I will spend the rest of the hour with him on some questions I have for him on hitting partial wedges.

Ordered a DF3 (left-handed!!!!) yesterday. Got it in black with the B alignment aid. Got a black Accra shaft. Got fitted on a SAM machine. Putted substantially better than with my current putter, even though I was using a Mezze stock to fit me that differed a bit from the custom DF3 I ordered with my specific measurements. Cannot wait to get the putter.

That certainly is where I am leaning. I know what I think I need but I may be wrong. Frankly, I need help. I think right now that the only place to get there is with PXG, but I started this thread to see if there are other alternatives. I recently bought some PXG hybrids that I really like. While I was there getting fitted, I played around a bit with the putters after the fitting. I thought what they did was interesting, so I started this thread to help me decide whether to go back to PXG or whether there was another putter company I should consider. If I were right handed, I really would be thinking about Evnroll, but I am not so this is not a solution.

Here is where I am right now. I have a light arc putting stroke and seem to like a plumbers neck shaft. But, I also llike a mallet putter. Cannot find too many of these off the shelf. Saw one by TaylorMade but did not seem to like putting it. Some companies have putters where you can mix and match heads and shafts (and get fitted for them) but the only one I see that does so for left-handed persons like myself is PXG. Might go for PXG (they have a fitting place about an hour from my house) but thought I would come here to see if there are other options. I have seen so are Edel and Evnroll suggested, and they would be great if I were right-handed. But, I am not and they don't offer this to a left-handed player. A couple of people suggested LAB, but from everything I have read center-shafter putters work best for people with straight-back, straightforward putting strokes. I could get fitted for a LAB putter on line, but cannot try one because the stores locally that stock LAB putters don't stock them in left-handed putters. So, my options for getting fitted where I can get a head AND shaft that work best for me seem to be limited to PXG.

According to their website, Edel does not make Left handed putters.

So far, the only one I can find who does this for lefties is PXG.

Not for left handers.

I can see paying the price of a LAB putter if I got to try it and knew that I loved it but it is hard to do that when I have not tried one or even tried any center shafted putter. Which LAB putter do you own.

Don't even know if I prefer or hate center shafted putters. Have never seen a left-handed one.

I would like a mallet putter but I don't have a straight back and through putting stroke. Most mallet putters are face balanced and, through experience, I am not sure they are right for me. I have seen when I got fit for PXG hybrids recently that with PXG putters that it possible to put different types of shafts on each of the putters that they make. I also have been told by one of the pros at my club that with Calloway putters this type of interchangeability is not available - that I can only choose between the options that they make and sell for different putters - being lefthanded, for me this is a much smaller set of options than for you right-handed guys. Which is more typical? When I look at the big box stores, there just seem to be a fixed number of putter options - a small number for left handed golfers. Are there other putter companies (possibly some of the major ones where I can actually find the putters) where I can get fit like with the PXG putters? At the big box stores? At smaller fitters? [Please don't recommend Club Champion. I once looked there and their options for left handers was pitiful.] Or, should I just be thankful PXG has what they have and run there and get fitted - they have a fitting place about 1 hour from my house. Thanks for any help.