Putters - Your Thoughts

[HawkeyeMS]

Guys, let me start by saying I'm not a bad putter, but I do struggle with consistency for pace on long putts and on slower greens. I tend to find the harder I have to hit a putt, the less accurate I am. I suspect this is because my strike is less consistent with bigger swings which leads to inconsistent pace.

What I'm wondering is if a putter with an insert might benefit me and would appreciate the views of anyone who has swapped from a traditional putter to an insert and what the insert actually does?

P.S. I'm not in the Market for a V-easy

 

[Robobum]

Long putts - slow greens.........take up you chipping stance and hit the putt with a little wrist hinge.

 

[Imurg]

Depends a lot on the insert. Some of the Odyssey ones are very soft and I found distance control to be very tricky. Some, like the White Hot Tour, DFX, are firmer and I felt more comfy with these.
The Red X has an insert - it's German Stainless Steel and is firmer again than the Odyssey. My distance control with the RedX is getting better all the time.

I guess the answer is to try - as usual!

And hitting it harder on longer putts isn't ideal. Shouldn't you just be using a longer stroke...?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I've used a ping anser 2 blade style for about 3yrs and decided to try a fisher with an insert last month, but it only lasted 4 rounds as i couldn't get used to the feel of the insert.

I'm now back with the old ping and putting as well as ever.#

Horses for courses but be careful it could get expensive!

 

[FaldosJumper]

P.S. I'm not in the Market for a V-easy

Ah inserts, such a personal thing... I find myself over hitting with them but I suppose you've got to try it and see.

I'd say stick with what you have, you're a good putter just go round the course when it's quiet and try puts from different areas of the green to work on feel. It'll come, as people say you can't teach feel.

 

[EZprophet]

I don't really know mate but I would assume that if you putt worse when you have to putt harder that a soft insert would not help, as you would have to hit the putt harder to go the same distance as a putter without a soft insert!!

Personally I have always thought that it really doesn't matter how hard/soft a putter face is as long as you are used to it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I tend to use an odyssey white ice #9 with a softish insert for the quicker greens and my trusty Ping with its basic metal face for the slow greens like Ascot. I'm definitely interested in the new Ping range not so much for the inserts etc but for the fact you can buy them specifically weighted for your particular action such as in to out or stright back and through.

Mike having seen you putt, there is very little wrong and we both know Ascot's greens are slow and poor this year anyway and not likely to improve much now with Winter coming. You are still holing out well from 4-6 feet and never really look like 3 putting that often. The short game and wedge approaches are solid and you make birdies so I'm not sure what you are going to gain by going to an insert on our greens particularly over the winter

 

[sev112]

Long putts - slow greens.........take up you chipping stance and hit the putt with a little wrist hinge.

Wot 'e said


Plus Mr Pelz agrees too

 

[bobmac]

Have you experimented adding lead tape to your putter. It can help on slower greens

 

[HawkeyeMS]

And hitting it harder on longer putts isn't ideal. Shouldn't you just be using a longer stroke...?

That's hitting it harder isn't it

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Have you experimented adding lead tape to your putter. It can help on slower greens

I had thought about it but like I said, I'm not a bad putter, I actually consider myself a good putter. I just find on quicker greens I get the pace right more consistently on long putts. I've never really thought about putters with inserts but was reading something today and wondered what if any the benefit of an insert was.

I guess it's like everything, the equipment makes less difference than practice does

 

[bobmac]

And hitting it harder on longer putts isn't ideal. Shouldn't you just be using a longer stroke...?

That's hitting it harder isn't it

Definitely not

 

[HawkeyeMS]

And hitting it harder on longer putts isn't ideal. Shouldn't you just be using a longer stroke...?

That's hitting it harder isn't it

Definitely not

But it is surely? It is to me anyway. The point of a longer stroke is that the clubhead has more speed therefore hitting the ball with more force I.e. Hitting it harder.

What you absolutely want to do is hit it harder to make it roll further, that's basic physics. What you're saying is there are right and wrong ways to hit it harder. The right way is with a longer stroke the wrong way is the same length take-away and a quicker follow through.

 

[deesta]

I've just changed from an inserted Odyssey White hot to a milled Taylormade Rossa. I found the feel and sound really helped with judging putts. Was averaging 37 putts per round but have now done 29 & 31 putts. I will be sticking with a milled face for a while me thinks...

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I've just changed from an inserted Odyssey White hot to a milled Taylormade Rossa. I found the feel and sound really helped with judging putts. Was averaging 37 putts per round but have now done 29 & 31 putts. I will be sticking with a milled face for a while me thinks...

If I was taking 37 putts a round I'd have a lesson

 

[richart]

I have an Odyssey No.1 with a soft insert which is great for quick greens. In the winter and the greens are slower I go back to an old ping anser. Must admit I hate slow greens, but ours tend to be fairly quick ,except in deepest winter.

 

[Imurg]

but ours tend to be fairly quick

You think...??????

 

[HomerJSimpson]

but ours tend to be fairly quick

No kidding. Even with my odyssey and its insert it was challenging to say the least. Still I take heart in making the 15th look so easy. I hate to think how I'd have putted with a solid faced putter though especially from above the hole.

 

[Monty_Brown]

There are inserts and inserts. My TM Ghost Pure-roll insert is on the hard side... made out of something called Titallium, which just sounds like a load of marketing cobblers. But I like it becasue it's firm and clicky and was not too big a leap from my old Ping My Day, which is what I swapped from at the start of the season.

Worth giving a few a try to see what you like. I found the mallet head to be the biggest benefit - much more forgiving and easier to get a solid strike on the ball on long putts.

 

[patricks148]

I had a soft insert putter and really struggled with putts of any distance over 15 feet. Switched to a milled face putter and long putts improved straight away. We have quite large greens at Nairn and you need to be able to putt from just off the green sometimes up to 30 yards.