Silver Fawkes Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I get the milled putters are cool looking and all that, but there's really only so much you can do with milled metals. Why aren't companies designing putters the way they design drivers? You can build a putter head frame out of carbon fiber and then you have an insane amount of flexibility on where to place weight to affect things like off center hits. You have the flexibility to place inserts made of whatever material you want to achieve whatever feel you want. Is there anyone here that's involved in club design that could explain why this isn't being done? BallsLeon, Nick_D, Rob Person and 1 other 3 1 Quote Carter the Silver Fox Ping g400 - Driver, 3w, 7w, 4h Mizuno CLK 5H/MP-18 irons Edel wedges and putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallsLeon Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I believe LA Golf is attempting this to some degree, they are using "forged carbon" to make their putter heads. Maybe it will be something we start to see more. Nick_D, Rob Person, Michael.Sandoval33 and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Driver : GBB Epic, 10.5° loft, autoFlex Dream7, SF405x flex (44.75") 3-Wood: Rogue ST LS, 15° loft, MCA TENSEI AV Blue 65g, Reg flex (42.25", tipped 0.5") 3-Hybrid: Z H85, 19° loft, HZRDUS Black 85g, 5.5 flex Irons: T350 5i & T200 6i-GW, 23°-48° lofts, Nippon Modus3 120g, Stiff flex (+0.5”, 1° upright) Wedges: JB Forged Raw 54° & 58° lofts, Nippon Modus3 120g, Reg flex (+0.5/0.25", 0.5° upright) Putter: DS72 C, 35”, PP60 grip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I think you are seeing some companies take different angles with various materials. Cobra 3d printing is likely the biggest example. I have a few others I can name, but may be giving away some testing secrets Rob Person, BallsLeon, Silver Fawkes and 1 other 2 2 Quote as of Oct 5, 2024 (Past WITB) Driver: GT2 with Graphite Design AD CQ - check out the Driver Shootout! Wood: GT2 with Graphite Design AD CQ shaft (still love my Cobra F7's) Irons: T Series - T200 5 Iron T150 6-9 Iron Wedge: Toura Golf - A Spec 53,57 or SM10 45,49,53,57 degree wedges Putter: LINK! Full putter shootout incoming Balls: Vice Pro Plus Drip (Blue/Orange) Golf Bag: Ghost Anyday 5.0 Golf bag - Maverick colorway with MGS Logo Other: Vortex Anarch Rangefinder, searching for electric cart, Red Rooster The Root Glove and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Person Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 There have been a few companies that are using mixed material builds for putters. The hardest part I see for them is the weight systems used. Odyssey for example uses 4 different types of weight designs, and they made sure there size and insert type are very unique to ensure no cross compatibility. I believe PXG also just released a putter that is built using mixed materials as well. Silver Fawkes, Nick_D and BallsLeon 3 Quote WITB- Driver -Titleist 910D, 3w- Titleist 910F, 5hy/7hy- Titleist 910H, 6-PW - Stix , 52⁰, 56⁰, 60⁰ - Stix , Putter- AI-ONE DB / Lombardi Tour 34 custom Just an old newbie golfer, trying to learn and improve 1 club at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 12 hours ago, Silver Fawkes said: I get the milled putters are cool looking and all that, but there's really only so much you can do with milled metals. Why aren't companies designing putters the way they design drivers? You can build a putter head frame out of carbon fiber and then you have an insane amount of flexibility on where to place weight to affect things like off center hits. You have the flexibility to place inserts made of whatever material you want to achieve whatever feel you want. Is there anyone here that's involved in club design that could explain why this isn't being done? The question becomes what are you trying to accomplish by doing this. You're off center hits fix is simply about moving weight to the heel and toe. Putters like the Cure RX3 do this already and provide high MOI. You could look at the old Machine putters that enabled players to customize the look and weight placement. Boutique putter makers have been providing inserts of all types in milled putters. Companies like Spry evo have been making specialized inserts for mainstream OEM putters. You control the putter and as many people will say you don't move the club that fast; therefore, you should have the strength in your hands to minimize the twisting and loss of speed on off center hits. Silver Fawkes, Nick_D and Rob Person 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: Paradym AI Smoke Max HL 16.5* w/MCA TENSEI AV Series Blue Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Render w/VA Composites Baddazz Backup Putters: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe, Milled Collection RSX 2 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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