The Perfect Putter

[3565]

http://www.theperfectputter.com

got a shared post on Facebook from an Aimpoint instructor and before anyone starts, it has nothing to do with Aimpoint

just sharing.

 

[One Planer]

Not what you'd call cheap.

 

[virtuocity]

Not what you'd call cheap.

Very ouch.

I'm sure that if it's very good that it will come down in price as stores clamber to stock it.

 

[3565]

Not what you'd call cheap.

No. Well made and personally if your a putting guru teacher possibly worth getting, but for the like of us idiots a plastic one might of been better and cheaper and may of bought it.

 

[CMAC]

I don't get it, is it a stimp meter but more expensive?

 

[Duckster]

Apart from being made of metal and very expensive, pretty sure you could knock up something similar using track from "Hotwheels".

Or what you could do, instead of rolling the ball down, seeing where it goes and then trying to putt a ball along the same line.... you could simply just putt a ball and see where it goes?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Where is the handle ?

Big face to hit the ball with though

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Don't get it. You roll the ball and see where it goes and then have to go and replicate the line. Why not make a read (I'd Aimpoint but that's my preference) and hit a putt. If you miss adjust the line and pace. Can't see why anyone would fork out for that

 

[MGL]

I just don't get it or how it could be of any use!

 

[3565]

Don't get it. You roll the ball and see where it goes and then have to go and replicate the line. Why not make a read (I'd Aimpoint but that's my preference) and hit a putt. If you miss adjust the line and pace. Can't see why anyone would fork out for that

I get its priciple behind it, after using it to get the speed of the green you ask a player to aim the device where he would start his putt, then from a specific height on the rail which corresponds to the speed of the green release the ball to see if it's holed. If not it shows the player isn't reading the green properly. Adjust and do again. It would be interesting to use along side Aimpoint but it's expensive and with a bit of experimenting think I could use my Stimp meter to do similar.

 

[gdc]

Don't get it. You roll the ball and see where it goes and then have to go and replicate the line. Why not make a read (I'd Aimpoint but that's my preference) and hit a putt. If you miss adjust the line and pace. Can't see why anyone would fork out for that

Exactly - can't really see the point even if it was free.

 

[brendy]

And for all if the above reasons...im oot.

 

[pendodave]

That's a lot of money. This must be possible for about 1/10 of that.

Having said that, there seem to be a lot of closed minds on here this evening. Putting proficiency is a function of ability to read and ability to stroke the ball. By isolating one component (arguably the most important) it allows practice without the variable of the poor stroke clouding the results. Doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

After all, a lot of golfers practice hitting straight putts to perfect their stroke, this is just the flip side.

 

[Rocstar]

That's a lot of money. This must be possible for about 1/10 of that.

Having said that, there seem to be a lot of closed minds on here this evening. Putting proficiency is a function of ability to read and ability to stroke the ball. By isolating one component (arguably the most important) it allows practice without the variable of the poor stroke clouding the results. Doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

After all, a lot of golfers practice hitting straight putts to perfect their stroke, this is just the flip side.

tend to agree with you on the fact that it's expensive, we all agree with that but it seems as though they explained its principle behind it so I'm struggling in what they don't get? With that, would I buy one, possibly not but I can see teaching pros getting use out of it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

That's a lot of money. This must be possible for about 1/10 of that.

Having said that, there seem to be a lot of closed minds on here this evening. Putting proficiency is a function of ability to read and ability to stroke the ball. By isolating one component (arguably the most important) it allows practice without the variable of the poor stroke clouding the results. Doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

After all, a lot of golfers practice hitting straight putts to perfect their stroke, this is just the flip side.

tend to agree with you on the fact that it's expensive, we all agree with that but it seems as though they explained its principle behind it so I'm struggling in what they don't get? With that, would I buy one, possibly not but I can see teaching pros getting use out of it.

I work on my putting a lot and use my Aimpoint read and always find a hole with a degree of slope so never just groove a stroke with straight putts. I just find it difficult to see how watching a ball break on a 9 foot 4 inch stimp reading (as a random example) equates into something that's easily replicated by the average golfer

 

[Rocstar]

I work on my putting a lot and use my Aimpoint read and always find a hole with a degree of slope so never just groove a stroke with straight putts. I just find it difficult to see how watching a ball break on a 9 foot 4 inch stimp reading (as a random example) equates into something that's easily replicated by the average golfer

Ok I understand what your saying, but you use Aimpoint which is a green reading system that deals with a specific working outs to get a number of inches right or left of the hole and that's where you try and putt the ball on right line and pace. Those who don't know how much a ball reacts after its stroke by slope, Gravity, speed and angle, this device can provide a better visual, then possibly someone who does Aimpoint with a dodgy stroke. This is possibly the Iron Byron of putting, and a lot less metal then Dave Peltz Putting machine Perfleet, I think it's called.

 

[ColchesterFC]

The "perfect putter" is the one that gets the ball in the hole in the fewest number of hits. Whether it costs £1 or £1000 doesn't matter if it works for you. The perfect putter for me is the one I bought for £30 from the for sale section on here a few months ago for the simple reason that I like it and have confidence in it.

 

[delc]

One practice drill I use quite a lot is to go round the practice green with two golf balls. The first one gives me the read and then I try to hit a perfect putt with the second. Not sure that I really need what is essentially a Stimpmeter to replace the first putt! :mmm:

 

[Slab]

Don't see the value in this

But further proof that there's always a golfer out there willing to buy anything

 

[mcbroon]

Don't see the value in this

But further proof that there's always a golfer out there willing to buy anything

And therein lies the value. Captive market of eejits who'll swallow just about any old nonsense for the sake of an extra few yards, never mind fewer putts.