JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Would you consider carrying 2 putters in your bag so that if you went to a course and the greens were slower than you expected you could use the heavier one? or is it hard enough to learn how to use one putter properly?
2 putters?
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No - it's the one part of my game that I am actually comfortable with!!
viscount17
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If you had something like the Rife two-bars where you can change the weight it would solve the problem. Check it out on the practice green and set it up accordingly.
of course that does presuppose that the practice green bears some relationship to the course.
of course that does presuppose that the practice green bears some relationship to the course.
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
No, never. Would just bring more doubt into the procedings. It's bad enough having that on every other club selection....is nothing sacred! 
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Snelly
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A friend of mine actually carries two putters. One is a right handed putter for long putts and the other is a left hooker for putts of 6' and under!! And yes, he has had the yips before!!!!!!
RGDave
Money List Winner
I'd consider taking two to the course and then leaving one in the car after making a decision.
Our greens are super-slow, and I'm keen to get going with my fisher, but it's no good.
Never would. Its like admitting defeat before you started and that you can't putt.
Dunno about carrying both. But I don't see the problem with having a putter for slower greens and one for when they get faster.
Surely it would keep your swing length more consistant on the slower greens if you had a heavier putter, rather than trying to force a lightweight blade to hit the ball harder than you naturally like.
Makes sense to me.
Surely it would keep your swing length more consistant on the slower greens if you had a heavier putter, rather than trying to force a lightweight blade to hit the ball harder than you naturally like.
Makes sense to me.
I've no problem about having different putters for different conditions. I've got several including a nice odyssey dualforce 554 with a nice soft insert which is ideal in the summer but I would never take two out in the same round unless I was trying a few out with a view to buying them
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Not for me, I usually adapt pretty quickly to the pace of greens after a hole or two but there was a time I would have considered it.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Fragger turned up with 2 putters the other week. Said one was better for short putts and one was better for long ones.
Turns out he was crap with both.........
One putter's hard enough to get to grips with nevermind 2.
Turns out he was crap with both.........
One putter's hard enough to get to grips with nevermind 2.
Bigfoot
Tour Rookie
I tried to play without a putter at all!!
I went out on a golf day the other week when there had been rain about on the days before. On the Wednesday, I played at my home course with my carry bag so my trolley bag would be dry for the Thursday. On Thursday morning at the day out, I go to putting green and find no putter. I had left it in the other bag at home. I then had to ask in the Pro Shop if they had a spare I could borrow. The assistant said I could use his - it was a short Oddessey two ball - and I'm 6ft 5. The aasistant must have been 5ft 8 at most.
I actually putted quite well through the day even though the greens got very wet in the rain.
I went out on a golf day the other week when there had been rain about on the days before. On the Wednesday, I played at my home course with my carry bag so my trolley bag would be dry for the Thursday. On Thursday morning at the day out, I go to putting green and find no putter. I had left it in the other bag at home. I then had to ask in the Pro Shop if they had a spare I could borrow. The assistant said I could use his - it was a short Oddessey two ball - and I'm 6ft 5. The aasistant must have been 5ft 8 at most.
I actually putted quite well through the day even though the greens got very wet in the rain.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
viscount17
Money List Winner
the long one didn't have 37 deg loft did it?
bobmac
Major Champion
A belly chipper?????
didsbury_duffer
Challenge Tour Pro
No, a big mistake imo. You would find that you would just start shifting between putters once you had missed a putt, irrespective of the conditions on the greens. I have 6 putters at the moment - another massive mistake. The fewer you have, the least likely you are to keep switching when you have a bad round on the greens, and the more likely you are to persevere with one model until you get it right.
Leftie
Tour Winner
I have seriously considered getting a "two faced" putter. Putt LH for left to right breaks and straight ones, and RH for right to left breaks.
viscount17
Money List Winner
I've got a 'two-faced' putter (cost me all of £8). I got it because I had this theory that as I am significantly right-eye dominant it didn't make sense that I putt weaker eye leading.
Only used it for carpet putting to date but I can putt cack-handed, possibly because I have always putted left-hand leading so it's the natural grip for a lefty.
One day I'll have to try it on the practice green.
Only used it for carpet putting to date but I can putt cack-handed, possibly because I have always putted left-hand leading so it's the natural grip for a lefty.
One day I'll have to try it on the practice green.
