Maninblack4612
Tour Winner
I've got this putter too. One of the best I've putted with. Fell out with it, sold it then bought another one.
Milled or Insert?
- Thread starter Imurg
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Maninblack4612
Tour Winner
Milled for sure. With an insert you have to hit it harder & that introduces more inaccuracy. My online guru, Stan Utley, says use a milled putter & his advice is good enough for me. Plain or bobbly - don't think it makes much, if any, difference.
Parsaregood
Head Pro
Do prefer milled though have used a putter with an insert the last 2 years, if I could get the same putter with a milled face I'd use that most probably. Does it really make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things ? No
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Parsaregood
Head Pro
Think ping use a polymer behind the inserts to dampen vibrations and give a softer feel. Used a sigma g for a while, good puttersJust had a look at my Ping, it's a milled insert ?
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
A nice milled face that rolls evnly
Odyssey White Hot #5 centre shaft. Tried milled. Just too clicky for me and I've always gone back to the #5.
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
Thats a misconception Brian. You can still be in our gang with your nasty insert
Good putters prefer a soft insert, and just a gentle caressing of the ball. None of your hooligan element, bang crash thud. A gentle zephyr as you stroke ball, tickling it gently into the hole.
Crow
Crow Person
I too have milled steel insert in an insert.
Odyssey White Steel No 1, great putter but too modern for me these days.
Odyssey White Steel No 1, great putter but too modern for me these days.
One Planer
Global Moderator
Whatever is in my Edel, Ian
Wildboy370
Active member
Could be contentious but.
insert 1%. Confidence 50%. Ability to read greens 49%. Hence why so many putters in dark closets and n Ebay regardless of insert type. Had my old Scotty seven years now wouldnt change it for world as so much confidence with it.
insert 1%. Confidence 50%. Ability to read greens 49%. Hence why so many putters in dark closets and n Ebay regardless of insert type. Had my old Scotty seven years now wouldnt change it for world as so much confidence with it.
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Not so bothered, it’s what actually feels right and I can line up. I dropped the odyssey white fang because I was using soft compression balls and it felt soft. Now on the scotty square back I customised. But that was a case of not using something that I liked ..
I have a EvnRol, it’s a thing of beauty, I was fitted at Core Golf in Thame, great experience and was really looking forward to the start of this season as it will most definitely shave a few shots off my score.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
<<<<<<< Just what that is
Maninblack4612
Tour Winner
That's a sweeping, inaccurate generalisation. If you watch the PGA of European tours you'll see lots of excellent putters using putters with milled faces. Spieth & Mickelson come to mind from memory but there are many more.
Er, it was a tongue in cheek response to Huds tongue in cheek response. Apologies for the lack of smilie
Wolf
Well-known member
Milled all day long, whenever I've tried an insert it just deadens the feel to me and I find a lot of the time they're to soft so I end up hitting the ball rather than making a smooth stroke.
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
I have a Scotty Squareback No1 that I've had for about 8 or 9 years now. Always putted well with it, love it to bits, never thought I would change it. However, last year I picked up an Odyssey Stroke Lab V line to try, and couldn't seem to miss with it. I tried it a number of times on different occasions before buying, even taking my Scotty in to compare, I just putted better with the V line, been using that ever since. May grab the Scotty out today for a try on my home putting mat, see how it goes, but at the moment, can't see myself switching back.
i think all the new SC have a milled insert, they have been doing this the last couple of years, but all mine are one piece milled, the black one being the best TBH
