Love a putter that doesn't love you?

[GolfSpy Tim]

Have you guys ever picked up a flat stick that you LOVED - and at first sight it even gave you some love back, but over time you realize that the darn thing just doesn't work? It's like the hot girl with a bad attitude.

 

I've finally run into one. So sexy, feels so good, even does the trick when I practice indoors at home with it - but I just CAN'T sink putts with the thing.

 

Is there anything worth doing to try and make it work? Paint it? Light it on fire? Piss on it? Dance naked around it?

 

Or do I just hang her up as an art piece in my golf collection?

 

[Walkerjames]

What a beauty I'd just hang it up and look at it unless the shaft flips the other way and then I give it to me LOL.

[The Dansome]

Have you guys ever picked up a flat stick that you LOVED - and at first sight it even gave you some love back, but over time you realize that the darn thing just doesn't work? It's like the hot girl with a bad attitude.

 

I've finally run into one. So sexy, feels so good, even does the trick when I practice indoors at home with it - but I just CAN'T sink putts with the thing.

 

Is there anything worth doing to try and make it work? Paint it? Light it on fire? Piss on it? Dance naked around it?

 

Or do I just hang her up as an art piece in my golf collection?

 

 

Yup I have one. I can tell you from experience that naked dancing does not help, I've tried 3 different grips and even lengthened to my standard. It's a magic wand on the putting green but once I'm on the course it's all down hill from there.

 

Mines visiting the back of the closet as we speak.

 

[Super Tuna]

Odyssey Tour Back #8. Love that putter. The shape and feel is excellent. The lack of sightline and the low head weight mean I just can't get a feel for it to actually sink putts.

[RoverRick]

Unrequited putter love. The Scotty Cameron Newport 2.6. Love the looks at address. So clean so perfect, just one problem. I miss a 10'er but 3' either way.

 

On the other hand the 1.5 looks so crooked at address it hurts my teeth. But is deadly accurate. What can I say? I own a 1.5 but not the 2.6.

[Walkerjames]

I love the look of the SC Coronado but its not available in LH So it doesn't love me back.

[Paul S]

This explains how I felt about that SC Circa 62 #7 that I recently got rid of. I didn't really want to get rid of it, but I wanted other clubs more after I gave it more time than it deserved.

 

C'est la vie. I actually have this feeling more about irons (the MP-59s that are now gone as well)

[GolfSpy Dave]

Owning a putter that is not your gamer? Why that just seems wasteful. Who needs more than one putter?

 

 

Don't start hoarding putters Tim. Soon, you will be like me, The Official MGS Cat-Lady of Puttersâ„¢

[RookieBlue7]

I've bought more plumbers neck putters to try and force to work than makes sense. I know they don't work for m, but every time I see one that's the least bit sexy, I buy it. Sounds like dollar night at the local watering hole when I was 21.

[RoverRick]

 

C'est la vie. I actually have this feeling more about irons (the MP-59s that are now gone as well)

 

But the MP59's now have a loving and caring home. They are being well taken care of and get out almost daily.

[SPY ZINGER]

Try the same putter with a SuperStroke grip.

[hckymeyer]

Have you guys ever picked up a flat stick that you LOVED - and at first sight it even gave you some love back, but over time you realize that the darn thing just doesn't work?

 

 

Yup, I call them putters.

[whiskey golf]

Wilson Staff 8802 and all heel shafted putters similar to this. I love the looks and feel of them but can't make anything with them

[apprenti23]

Every single ping anser head shape I've ever tried. Gorgeous putters that please the eye, but man, I don't even sniff the cup when I use one.

 

Heel shafted mid mallets are kind of in the same boat. I'll make heaps of long ones but miss too often inside ten feet to bag one.

[Jgolf]

Yea guys, I never have any putter problems

 

Whatever putter I use you just know the ball is guaranteed to find the hole!

[MattF]

Quite honestly, no. The first putter I bought in 2006 was a Yes! Tracy...it's still in the bag.

[Matt Saternus]

Absolutely. I love the look of the odyssey 9 more than anything (not the odyssey much as some bettinardi versions) but I've never played well with one. But the rack looks so lonely without it....

[JBones]

Absolutely. I love the look of the odyssey 9 more than anything (not the odyssey much as some bettinardi versions) but I've never played well with one. But the rack looks so lonely without it....

I'm in the same boat, love the #9, but can't put for sh!t with it or any other version. Although the other day I was rolling the Versa #9 and was dropping putt after putt.

[hckymeyer]

For me it's anything center shafted and belly putters. They look good but there could be a 2' wide hole and I'd still not be able to make anything.

[Damon]

Have you guys ever picked up a flat stick that you LOVED - and at first sight it even gave you some love back, but over time you realize that the darn thing just doesn't work? It's like the hot girl with a bad attitude.

 

I've finally run into one. So sexy, feels so good, even does the trick when I practice indoors at home with it - but I just CAN'T sink putts with the thing.

 

Is there anything worth doing to try and make it work? Paint it? Light it on fire? Piss on it? Dance naked around it?

 

Or do I just hang her up as an art piece in my golf collection?

 

 

What type of putter is this?

[Hula Rock]

Try the same putter with a SuperStroke grip.

 

GREAT COMMENT !!!!! I do not know what it is about that grip but I installed a slim 3.0 on a Nike Methode 002. different animal now....

[JMiller]

Well, no not really, because I have have the same style of putter for as long as I can remember. I have tried 100s of putters in the store but Io always gravitated to the Anser / Anser 2 style of putter. The center shafted putter never fit my eye, the heel shafted putters never really worked well for me, it was more the same style of putter and different lengths in trial / error.

 

I have tried different offsets in that style of putter 1/2 offset, 3/4 offset, full offset tended to lean more at the 3/4 and full offsets. It really wasn't until I started working with Bruce Rearick that I realized i had stumbled across the putter design that works really well with my stroke.

 

I ended up right back where I started currently, in college I played the SC NP2 33" long, I am back to the same head at 33" long with the same exact grip as in college. I just have an understanding of why it works for me and why not to change anything moving forward. The head weight is really the only last trial and error for me, I need to find a weight that is not so light I tend to steer it and is not to heavy that it wants to fight my stoke motions.

 

I currently own 3 putters all 3 have a middle intersection with the shaft and a full shaft offset.

 

Scotty Cameron Newport 2

>> Raw head weight of 332g, when it got re-shafted I had the builder bring it up to 340g with an 8g tip weight.

>> I more recently have added 5 tungsten 2g weight squares to the cavity to get it up to roughly 350g, but removed two of them to get around 346g

>> I need to get the loft checked on this one again and see where we are at with it, I'm thinking it's around 4*.

 

SeeMore DB4

>> Roughly 350g raw head weight

>> I had this changed to 4* of loft

 

YES! Callie-f

>> Roughly 355g raw head weight

>> I had this changed to 4* of loft.

[bargolf]

David Hicks Putter from the UK isn't it?

[GolfSpy Tim]

Zinger... I did just that!!! and again, it worked soooo perfect at home on the puttist, then when I hit the golf course, NOTHING works with it.

 

I'm obsessed with the super stroke grip and was convinced that was the solution.

 

I do play with the super stroke on my gamer, and it works.

 

I'm gaming a radius and we get along well, but I'm a ***** for things more unique and more expensive :-(

 

Dave - dude.... you freak me out every time I play a round with you there's a new putter in your hands - that's an addiction I'd love to have, but I think would also send me into overdose quickly!!

[GolfSpy Tim]

David Hicks Putter from the UK isn't it?

 

 

Yup, Dave Hicks Putting - out of business :-(

[Damon]

Yup, Dave Hicks Putting - out of business :-(

 

Since you and that putter don't get along, would you want for it to find a new home - someone who loves center shafted blade putters (especially brass)?

[GolfSpy Tim]

ddelise - hmmmmmmmm I'm a center shaft lover myself - partly my obsession with this stick

[Bubba Long]

Scotty Cameron Detour. Loved the look but we just werent meant to be together.

[Bubba Long]

Ditto!! It's the first Scotty that I've ever unloaded cuz I gave up on it, haha. And like I said in Danno's(GS MBP) post, it's me, not the putter, however it was in my locker, a guy saw it, and with out even trying it out, offered me a great price, so I handed it to him right there, lol.

 

FWIW, He still has it in his bag and this will be his second season with it, so it's in a better bag, lol

 

 

Fairways & Greens 4ever

 

Thats funny. lol I bought mine off of my cousin for a decent price because I loved the look. Sold it to a friend of mine after about a year because I couldnt get it to work. My friend has since passed it down to his brother. Most the time I think its the person putting not the putter but in this case its gotta be the putter!! haha