Are Scotties overpriced

[drawboy]

I was fancying a new wand recently (just bought one off Haplesshacker) and thought I'd give the scotties a look. I cannot believe the price of those things, is he having a laugh? I think they are well overpriced for a putter.You can get the same thing off of Ping at half the price.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Yep, you can. But having recently moved myself from Ping to Scotty, it's definately worth the money for me.

 

[richy]

I was looking at putters yesterday and the price of the scotties kinda put me off considering them.

 

[Smiffy]

Yes Tracy all the way..........



Just a shame that "all the way" is usually about four feet further than it should be

 

[Imurg]

Most putters are overpriced.

OK there's probably loads of R&D gone into them and some are hand finished but I find it very hard to understand how any manufacturer can justify over £100 on a putter.
Grip £5-10, shaft - not much more. That leaves the head. You can buy a single Mizuno iron for £100. How can a putter be twice that? At least driver's use titanium (more expensive then steel?)

I've tried Scotty's and really don't think much of them - I know a lot use them and love them but they're not for me.

 

[Golfman]

I love mine and having had it in the bag for years it has saved me a fortune in other putters as I haven't had to keep changing them.

 

[DCB]

Let's turn this on it's head a wee bit. We're all happy to pay a lot of money for a driver that we'll use 9-10 times a round.

A putter, which we'll use 30-36 times a round is obviously a club we use more often and if we have confidence in it, will help our goal of getting as low a score as possible.

So, the OP asks are they over priced .... probably, but, hey, if they work for you then what price success ?

My BIL has one and has never putted so consitently as he does now. He's plays between 4-5 most seasons. I have gone for a Mizuno Bettinardi, same sort of price, but what a wonderfull feel and balance.

I remember paying around £60 for an early Odyssey way back in 1995. Putters have moved on a lot since then in both price and technology.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Was looking at the new equipment reviews in this months GM last night. Had a good chuckle over Scotty's in the putter section. GM list the Studio Select Kombi and the Squareback no.1 (which is what I have). For both putters, they list the don't like as pretty much the same thing "quality is good, but they come at a price".

However, turn the page and the Gear Team pick is the new Scotty Cameron California Monterey, the most expensive of the 3 listed at £238. The don't like doesn't mention the price, just that Scotty fans will prefer the classic silver finish to the honey dip finish .

 

[thecraw]

TBH Putters are down to YOUR own preference. I would still argue though that you can get just as good a putter from Yes, Ping, Mizuno, TaylorMade etc as Scotty Cameron can make.

I know someone who has one of these bad boys and the feel off of them is even better than ANY putter I have ever tried.


http://www.gaugegolf.com/whitlam/wgcompany.html

 

[JT77]

Let's turn this on it's head a wee bit. We're all happy to pay a lot of money for a driver that we'll use 9-10 times a round.

A putter, which we'll use 30-36 times a round is obviously a club we use more often and if we have confidence in it, will help our goal of getting as low a score as possible.

So, the OP asks are they over priced .... probably, but, hey, if they work for you then what price success ?

My BIL has one and has never putted so consitently as he does now. He's plays between 4-5 most seasons. I have gone for a Mizuno Bettinardi, same sort of price, but what a wonderfull feel and balance.

I remember paying around £60 for an early Odyssey way back in 1995. Putters have moved on a lot since then in both price and technology.

Totally agree mate, was having a putting lesson a little while back, and got chatting, the pro was telling me that in his opinion it is more important to be fit for a putter than a driver!
Like you say, people will pay 300 quid for a driver to use 10 times in a round, a lot less for some of us, hit mine 4-5 times a round, yet the will not pay for a club to use in excess of 30 times, the most used club in your bag really!

If you really want a scotty ou could always pick one up for less than £100 used. At least that way you get a quality putter, but dont have to moan about the price!! lol

 

[Fyldewhite]

Yes. There will always be one or two brands that are excessive in pricing because there will always be people willing to pay more to have what is perceived as "the best".

Pay £100 for a putter and it will be miles better in every way than a £20 putter. Pay £200 and it may at best be slightly better than a £100 putter in R&D and no better quality. The difference is all in the mind. However, as we all know golf is played there to a large degree so this is where the value actually lies if you are of that make-up. This type of person probably wears Galvin Green a lot too

 

[freddielong]

I have played golf for 27 yrs and possibly had 9 putters so I am not someone who changes for the sake of it, I have had my Scotty in the bag for the last 12 years, so I had 8 in the first 15 yrs, I dont think they were as expensive at the time (£185ish I think) but I think it has been very good value for money.

 

[Tiger]

Cheaper putters often have inserts more expensive ones a milled face. I hate inserts, I fell in love with my scotty, my putting is the strongest part of my game. Properly cared for it will last me years. I'm with DCB all the way £180 for a club that gives me confidence and great performance that I will use between 30-36 times a round. If you ask me that's cheap.

 

[Twire]

Cheaper putters often have inserts more expensive ones a milled face.

How did you come to that conclusion?

 

[Tiger]

With the exception of the Ping Ansers I couldn't think of a single mill faced putter for under a £100. Happy to be corrected. I tried the Anser we didn't get on. As a result the other putters I looked at were in that £100+ bracket.

I guess I haven't acknowledged that there are expensive putters with inserts. What I should have said is that I don't like inserts and mill faced putters were on the whole in that higher price bracket.

 

[USER1999]

Over priced?

Any club is worth what the market will bear. It can obviously carry a £200 putter.

If you were in the business of making putters (or anything else for that matter), I bet you would sell them for the best price you could get. It is a business, not a charity.

 

[Swinger]

Are scotties overpriced??

Yes.

Not sure how much research can go into a putter that is pretty much a ping anser with some extra weight. There is some research for some of the more exotic putters but not sure how much of an exact science that is, got a feeling its more down to what looks good. Some people have a weird idea of that too!!

Agreed that why not spend £300 pounds on something you will use the most during a round of golf when you'll do it all day for a driver that at most you'll use 15 times a round.
The R&D that goes into a driver seems more convincing to me, the materials are more expensive (I think in most cases) and they are way bigger!!(in most cases!!)

I got a Sabertooth earlier this year but only because I won an away day and got credit in their shop. Great putter but would never have spent even that much on one. I do own two scotties but they have been given to me.
I still often use my ping anser 2 and really don't think any of the other putters are any better.

 

[Twire]

Are scotties overpriced?

Yes they are.

Scotties are machined from solid, so 20 years ago you would have craftsman/machinists machining these heads on a conventional milling machine or a copy mill. He might produce 5-6 heads a day per machinist, and then they were hand finished, so very labour intensive, and probably worth what they were charging in those days.

With today's production methods, CNC machining takes all the skill from the machinist. From loading a CNC machining Center with a block of stainless steel, and running a program you could have a new putter head within 5 - 10 minutes with no hand finishing.

I think Scotties are living on their reputation of a hand crafted/finished putter, when in reality there not hand crafted anymore.

 

[freddielong]

It all about perceived value, If you think they are over priced dont buy one, if you think the price is fair then buy one, if you think they are a copy of a ping putter then buy one of them, its easy.

For me if I had known, when I bought mine it would still be in my bag 12 years later, I would have been happy to pay £1000

 

[muttleee]

I wonder how many people assume that because it's expensive, it must automatically be better? Putting's a mental thing (in more ways than one) and buying a very expensive club isn't necessarily going to help, unless it really makes you believe you're a better putter with it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: "It's the Indian, not the arrows."