New putter advice.. feel or technical..

[vkurup]

I now have a big to get a new putter.. no idea why but may be because my PP is sporting a new Method and is very hot with it. I only putted once with it and holed a 10 foot uphill left to right breaker!! Being a brand slave, thinking of a Scotty or a Method.

I currently game a TaylorMade Ghost Spider with its futuristic head.. it uS served me well for 4 years and is likely to see its retirement indoor as a practice putter.

I was at may neighbourhood big pro shop and was trying a few putters. My first reaction is how heavy the Scotty and Methods feel as compared to the Spider. They feel almost twice as heavy. So asked one of the fitters about the options. His first question was ... Are you a feel putter or a technical putter??? My mouth went dry and I felt like someone who just 3 putted to lose the US Open... I have no idea what that meant so I asked for some more help and it was interesting.. in his view people who use big putters like the Spider tend to be Feel putters while those who are more technical use a more traditional putter.. As I recover from my vertigo, I am still not sure of the difference. I am keen to look at the SC Futua X as it is the same shape as the Spider but I m pretty sure I can handle a traditional one too...
Do you classify yourself as feel or technical and do you have a matching putter head? Or is this just another way to upsell...

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Putting is all about feel for me,others like that technical information that kind of reassures them they've bought the correct putter.

Feel all the way for me.

 

[garyinderry]

Think he is talking nonsense about feely big headed putter and technical blades.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I'm technical in practice, feel on the course.

I play a big toe hang blade and putt straight back and through.

I used to think I had to arc due to my putter style, totally not true! You can putt straight back and through, the toe hang then keeps the putter head square!

I'm sure I never used to arc but started doing it in the last couple of years for some unknown reason.

 

[walliams8]

I'm technical in practice, feel on the course.

I play a big toe hang blade and putt straight back and through.

I used to think I had to arc due to my putter style, totally not true! You can putt straight back and through, the toe hang then keeps the putter head square!

I'm sure I never used to arc but started doing it in the last couple of years for some unknown reason.

I used to putt like an idiot . 3 putts everywhere,racing 15 footers past , leaving 6 footers short .

I read something you wrote the other day "make sure the ball comes off the middle of the club face" . Since I have concentrated on that it has helped hugely . Simple yet effective 👍

 

[One Planer]

I'm technical in practice, feel on the course.

I play a big toe hang blade and putt straight back and through.

I used to think I had to arc due to my putter style, totally not true! You can putt straight back and through, the toe hang then keeps the putter head square!

I'm sure I never used to arc but started doing it in the last couple of years for some unknown reason.

I too putt with a heavy toe hang putter (Napa style head), but have a very slight arc to my stroke.

With heavy toe hand ideally suited to a heavy arc, my putter is not really fit for my stroke.

I practice quite a lot when it comes to putting so I'm more of a feel player on and off the course.

Having said the above.

Well waiting for my pro at the range about 4 days ago, I tried a few putters on the practice green.

Deadly mistake!

Rolled a few with an Odyssey V-Line and I couldn't miss with it. Very solid inside 6 feet and even out to 12ft hold more than usual.

If I remember correctly, the V-Line is face balanced, so it's quite a departure from what I'm used to with the 882 head.

It felt very stable and the insert felt great (Which I knew anyway having had a White Hot Pro 2CS previously).

I'm currently in negotiation with the wife regarding the V-Line

 

[ScienceBoy]

I too putt with a heavy toe hang putter (Napa style head), but have a very slight arc to my stroke.

With heavy toe hand ideally suited to a heavy arc, my putter is not really fit for my stroke

My work on improvingy putting has lead me to understand you can arc but only from and to the ball. Once you get the club to the ball square the body, arms and swing path must be neutral to avoid off centre hits, pushed and pulled.

As we all know what we are doing just after impact is rooted in what we do before, if we are neutral after we can have a much higher chance of a square centre hit.

So arc away and to but aim to be neutral after hitting the ball.

 

[Roops]

Interesting. I have just recently bought an Odyssey #7 (Luke Donald style thingy). Absolutely love it. When chatting to guy in the shop he said that blade putters require a more reliable stroke to hit the centre of the club every time. This is what I was finding (previous putter was a YES blade). Lots of variable strikes. The odyssey appears to be much more forgiving and needless to say putting has improved dramatically.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I stopped reading the OP when I saw that you 'game' equipment.

 

[vkurup]

I stopped reading the OP when I saw that you 'game' equipment.

I blame Rooter for changing my language..

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Whatever the putter you have to feel confident with it so to an extent we are all feel putters. My stroke wobbles around a bit too much for a blade so I have a wonderfully balanced Odyssey Sabre Tooth thingy. Not too heavy but it goes back and through straighter than any putter I have had before. The ball doesn't fly off the face so it still gives me feel or touch. The current version seems to be the Versa 7. A bit of technical guidance, yes, but you then have to love it as well or it just wont work for you.

 

[Snelly]

Putters.

Try ten. Buy the one you hole the most putts / get close with. Or the one that feels nicest. Or the one you simply like the best.

It is as simple as that.

 

[pigmeister]

Have been using a Ping Anser for years. I was in our Pro shop the other sunday talking to Shaggy, one of our pros, and whilst walking round I was looking in the putter rack and saw the new Odyssey 2-ball, or to give it its full title The Odyssey Works Versa 2-Ball Fang Putter with a Superstroke Grip. I started to putt a few balls on the carpet, felt really nice. Played Friday with it, and after 3 holes and some instructions from Shaggy about keeping the head flat to the ground I putted awesome, hardly missed a putt from under 10ft. Took it out again Saturday, the same. I am now £169 lighter. It just gives me so much confidence with lining up, its so beautifully balanced and the Superstroke grip feels v comfortable in the hands. But would not like to use it on slow greens, that's when the old Anser will go back in the bag. If you are able to take a putter out on the course and use it in a game, its so much better than on a putting green where there is no pressure.