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I too am planning on doing a putter fitting this year. While I’d consider myself a good putter (unless I’ve left myself with some seriously long putts I’m under 2 putts per home average) I KNOW that my lie angle is off, as my toe is up at address. I also noticed that my stoke is a little wobbly on the start from watching the putter head in slow motion, which suggests I need more weight in the grip.

So even though I putt well and love the putter, I’m going to get fit because I want to know the tendencies I have and what my strokes do aim looks like.

I think I read somewhere recently that if you can’t putt a ball consistently down a yard stick without it falling off you’re off by 1at least 1 degree on your line and miss a 10 foot putt.


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My take on some of the posts.

1. Will a putter fitting make you drop 3 strokes a round? Maybe, depends on your putting issues. You may be better off with lessons. If you are a good putter probably not per round but over several rounds.

2. The advantage of a properly fit putter is that it should work for you without manipulation to consistently roll the ball at a certain speed in a specific direction. If you can’t control speed and direction you will struggle reading greens.
3. With a putt all you can control is speed and direction. The ball rolls on the ground and has outside influences that impact whether the ball goes in the hole. With every putt You want to be able to say I rolled the ball the way I wanted to.
4. While you use the putter more than any other in the bag you probably won’t separate yourself score wise from an equal handicap players unless you have lots of three putts or miss a lot of close range putts.

Fitting can be accomplished lots of ways. Some people are number driven others feel and looks. Neither is right or wrong but for me, I want to understand the numbers so I can adjust the putter to manage and minimize my variations in rotation, path , aim, impact fact angle, tempo, stroke length, etc. by minimizing those things I am on my way to a better stroke, better green reading, and better long term performance.

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Don’t worry about putter fitting. They all play the same. Just find one that you like the look of that makes you feel confident.





Seriously, get fit at some point. Even “good putters” can benefit from stroke analysis and slight or significant putter modification. You can either compensate with changing your stroke to fit a putter, or get a putter that naturally fits what you do. This really shouldn’t be a question. Get fit.


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A couple of weeks ago, I did a fitting with Artisan Golf. It was worth it.

I cannot begin to count the number of putts I hit that day. We used every putter head model, every sight line and changed the weights 100 times. 

I play left handed and I'm right eye dominant...I learned I need the alignment mark on the top of the putter as opposed to the bottom flange. With a heavier overall weight, my distance control is much improved. With extra weight in the grip, again I had much better distance control. 

If you get a good fitting, you will get a putter that fits you in length, loft, lie, weight, style, alignment aid, and finish. 

I have always been a good putter, but I can always get better. By having a putter I know is fit correctly, I take out any doubt about the tool and will putt with more confidence.

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Putter fitting was tremendous for me. I was using the correct type of putter, but I needed a change in loft. I went from 0* to -3.7 and it was game changing. I dropped over 2 strokes the next season. So many variables.... And a good putter fitting will definitely help drop strokes.

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