Expensive putter or exclusive course?

[MashieNiblick]

Prompted by discussion on the "club lust" thread just wondered what people's choice would be if offered £300 to spend on an expensive putter or a day's golf at a really top end course.

Think I'd probably go for the golf but maybe that's because I already have a load of putters including a Scotty.

 

[Doh]

The putter would only be worth it if it made a difference to your putting being expensive is not a guarantee. I would opt for a putter fitting.

 

[patricks148]

Ive already got a few Scotty's so a nice course, though prob for that money up here you could get both

 

[One Planer]

I've just done the former so for me, I have to say Putter.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

I have recently been thinking about should I have a new driver plus fitting or golf at a say 3-4 nice courses. And a putter would be no different.

After much thought I decided on golf at a few nice courses.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Based on that strict criteria, in reality I would split it £100 putter / £200 course, I would go for the course on the basis that is would be a heck of a memory and experience. My game is not going to radically improve by buying a £300 putter so the experience wins the day.

 

[Slab]

I've gone putter

My TM was a £90 jobbie and while I've drooled over some of the nicer ones I've seen in shops etc I'd never spend that much of my own dosh on any club, so given the chance to spend £300 someone gave me then I'll take the club and say thanks v much

 

[Spear-Chucker]

I'd go for the golf every time, £300 buys a round at a real humdinger or better still two really nice ones.

 

[Alex1975]

Putter.... then probably the golf too.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

You can never play too many nice courses

 

[BrianM]

Golf for me.
£300 for a putter 😳😳😳

 

[Capella]

Neither, to be honest. I am quite happy with my putter and I am way too cheap to spend 300 quid for a single day of golf. I seriously could not enjoy the round then. That said, I just purchased lesson vouchers for 6 one hour lessons with Peter Finch for that amount. So I am willing to spend that amount of money for golf related things. Now that I think about it, I might even spend it on a putter or any other club, if I had the feeling it really helped my game. Just don't see the need for it at the moment. If I seriously wanted to improve my putting, I'd probably go to an aim point class, for my putting problem is more reading the putts correctly than the execution. So a Scotty Cameron, Kramski or whatever other fancy putter really would not change anything for me.

 

[Fyldewhite]

I've said the golf, but I suppose that depends on how much I needed a putter. To be honest though, I'd rather trouser the 300 quid than do either.

 

[Alex1975]

Golf for me.
£300 for a putter 😳😳😳

But £300 is ok for a game of golf?

 

[Cheifi0]

My putter is in the bag for life, golf game everytime.

 

[Snelly]

This is a no-brainer.

Clubs make very little difference to anyone's game, despite the hogwash you read on this forum about "new shinies." Whereas a day at Sunningdale is very special, irrespective of how you play, and will live in the memory forever as one of the best golfing experiences of your life.

More to the point, as I said on the other thread, a day at Sunningdale represents fantastic value for money. A putter at £300 is simply the emperors new clothes recreated in metal for the terminally gullible.

The world is full of mid-handicap golfers with Scotty Cameron putters that have made sod all difference to their golf game.

However, there are almost no golfers in the world who have had a day of 36 holes and a superb lunch at Sunningdale who feel shortchanged by the experience.

 

[USER1999]

Golf for me.
£300 for a putter just isn't enough, it's like shopping in the pound shop, so might as well spend the cash on a golf day.

 

[BrianM]

But £300 is ok for a game of golf?

It's going to be a day out and for £300 it's going to be a top course.
So in my opinion £300 is ok for a game of golf.
If money was no object and it was a putter I really liked, I'd buy it as well.

 

[Piece]

This is a no-brainer.

Clubs make very little difference to anyone's game, despite the hogwash you read on this forum about "new shinies." Whereas a day at Sunningdale is very special, irrespective of how you play, and will live in the memory forever as one of the best golfing experiences of your life.

More to the point, as I said on the other thread, a day at Sunningdale represents fantastic value for money. A putter at £300 is simply the emperors new clothes recreated in metal for the terminally gullible.

The world is full of mid-handicap golfers with Scotty Cameron putters that have made sod all difference to their golf game.

However, there are almost no golfers in the world who have had a day of 36 holes and a superb lunch at Sunningdale who feel shortchanged by the experience.

Yup, i would go along with this.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I much prefer spending my money on experiences rather than stuff so don't need to think about this one for long!