nickjdavis
Head Pro
Back in the summer of 2020 I lost my putter....left it on the roof of the car and drove off from the club...walked as much of the 15 mile route as was practical over the following summer evenings but never found it.
I loved that putter. I'd had it maybe 14 or 15 years, won all the club major comps with it in the bag. Sure there were periods of time when I had dalliances and even long term affairs with other flatsticks....but I always went back to my beloved mallet and knew I would never sell it.
However, after losing it, I needed a replacement, tried quite a few younger models in shops, some I even took out for a practise round. Some I even betrothed myself to, by way of a credit card transaction. There were several quick divorces. Eventually I thought that I could work at a long term relationship with a Scotty Select Flowback and for a year or so we've been enjoying a relationship....but sadly, the spark is not there, I have no feelings for the putter. I don't love it. When things go awry on the greens I don't offer up words of reassurance, I don't tell the putter that it was a one-off, that it wont happen again. Sure we work at the relationship....I take the putter out for lots of practise, I buy it new grips, I look after it well, but sometimes I get the feeling that the putter is just leading me on, doing just enough to maintain my interest....teasing me almost with a promise of things to come.
So. Recently I decided to end our relationship and spent some time searching through putter dating websites....and I foundsomeone something...almost by accident, it was hot stuff, a putter that well....is "high class" by anyones imagination, with an appetite to put a dent in ones credit card like few others can. It arrived yesterday, could almost be the twin of my lost putter, but I know its not. But, even after just a few tentative strokes of my balls across the deep living room carpet....there's something there....a fire has been lit...there's a warmth in my belly...perhaps too early for the L-bomb....but its there, I could be falling...
Do you love your putter?
I loved that putter. I'd had it maybe 14 or 15 years, won all the club major comps with it in the bag. Sure there were periods of time when I had dalliances and even long term affairs with other flatsticks....but I always went back to my beloved mallet and knew I would never sell it.
However, after losing it, I needed a replacement, tried quite a few younger models in shops, some I even took out for a practise round. Some I even betrothed myself to, by way of a credit card transaction. There were several quick divorces. Eventually I thought that I could work at a long term relationship with a Scotty Select Flowback and for a year or so we've been enjoying a relationship....but sadly, the spark is not there, I have no feelings for the putter. I don't love it. When things go awry on the greens I don't offer up words of reassurance, I don't tell the putter that it was a one-off, that it wont happen again. Sure we work at the relationship....I take the putter out for lots of practise, I buy it new grips, I look after it well, but sometimes I get the feeling that the putter is just leading me on, doing just enough to maintain my interest....teasing me almost with a promise of things to come.
So. Recently I decided to end our relationship and spent some time searching through putter dating websites....and I found
Do you love your putter?
