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What Putter/s Do You Own? & Do you alternate?

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I've just changed my putter yesterday for a Ping Karsten Anser after playing with my Odyssey 2-Ball SRT for a while and mis reading putts by a long way (leaving them short mainly) I decided to pop into two place yesterday to try the Yes! Callie, Ping and Scotty Cameron Studio Select.

I must admit for a while i've thought that £180-£200 for a putter is rediculous, but having tried one yesterday and thinking logically about it, i've just spent £185 on a new G10 Driver, which would I play more shots with?

Anyway, the Scotty was very nice indeed and I would have probably bought it but as there was very little difference between the Ping and Scotty, i could also afford a new MX-700 5-Wood custom fitted. I got both for £150 cash! which i was well chuffed with.

Anyway, I used the ping last night for 18 and what a difference! Distance control and reading the putts was so much easier. I am one happy bunny.

The thing is now, and finally this is the question, when I 1st started I had a Tad Moore putter (which I still have), the 2-Ball and now the Ping. Do you keep all of your putters which allows you to alternate or sell the others which makes you stick with one, hence continuity?
 
I started with my Yes! Tiffany (courtesy of GM) and it was great, I had a fall whilst playing in Spain and thought I had bent the shaft a bit and so bought the Callie, turns out after many months of struggling with a blade putter that my Tiffany wasn’t bent and now I am putting better than ever. I think a lot of putting is mental more so than the putter, a guy at my home track has some 20 year old putter but he is defiantly the best putter I have seen, its confidence not technology that sinks them in my eyes, I guess that’s why they say golf is 80% psychological more than anything else.

Going back to the OP post, I tend to keep my kit recently as selling on EBay & tradins just isnt worth it, I would though give stuff to friends if they became interested.
 
Keep at least one "spare" putter in the cupboard. If the one in the bag starts playing up you can threaten it with the the cupboard and bringing the other one back out!! :D
 
Keep at least one "spare" putter in the cupboard. If the one in the bag starts playing up you can threaten it with the the cupboard and bringing the other one back out!! :D
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spot-on that's why I've got three and they are all different. sometimes I'll take all three and practice on the putting prior to hitting the course. I'll then decide which two go back to the car :D
 
I use a Taylormade Rossa Daytona and love it!

I've been playing golf for about 7 years now and up until 12 months ago, used a terrible hippo putter that cost me a tenner from a man with a dog. It was very light and had a very long shaft and I always found a good 3 inches sticking out the top when I gripped....just read that back, but can't change it ;o)

I am a TM fan and wanted to add a putter to my irons, burner driver and 3 wood. I also like the classic shaped putters like the daytona and also wanted a shorter one. I went for a 32" version which looks great and feels fantastic. I am putting really well with it and think it's one of my best buys to date (though the burner driver is ace!)

I think my improvement on the greens is down to a few things. Obviously having a decent putter of the correct weight and length has helped, but most of all, it just made me instantly more confident. We all know golf is as much in the head as it is in the act of swinging the club. A bit of extra practice has also helped - I used to arrive at the course, dive out of the car, pull on the shoes and be teeing off before I'd tied the laces...now I arrive at least half hour early and spend a good 15 minutes on the practice green. Can only be good!

I'm really happy with the putter now and can't see me changing for a while. Good luck with your selections ;o)
 
Another TM user here. TM Tourisomo Rossa, I picked up in the US last year.

Tried out a few different makes and styles but out of all of them I just clicked with this one.

I have a very old cheap putter in the garage that I haven't used in 9 months. Never gets an airing now.

When I was having trouble with my putting a few weeks ago I just spent more time practicing putting rather than more money on a different putter.

I don't think I'll be changing it any time soon or investing in a 'backup' putter.

I'm of the same opinion as medwayjon, most of my putting problems are me not the stick.
 
I own 3 putters. A Bettinardi BC3 which is my current choice and by far the best putter I have ever used let alone owned! I was previously using a Ping G5i CRAZ-E which I still have but haven't used since acquiring the BC3, however it is a great back up option. My third choice putter is a Macgregor Bobby Grace M5K which hasn't been used in a while, it is a great putter for straight putts but I can't use it for short putts with break for some reason.

I don't tend to alternate however if my putting stroke is off I am likely to bring out the Ping instead of the Bettinardi. Whilst the BC3 really is superb it is not the most forgiving putter. It is definitely forcing me to improve my stroke and all round putting ability though, which is a definite positive.
 
I have a Scotty newport two platinum pro for practice in the office (was used on the course for a year) and an Odyssey 2 ball for the course.
 
I normally use a Ping G5i CRAZ-E, but I won a Ping Karsten B60 last year and use that sometimes when I go to courses with fast greens.
I struggle for pace using the CRAZ-E but struggle for line with the B60.
So I use the CRAZ-E normally because if it's a short putt I'm more likely to get it than with the other.
 
after a recent bout of putting nonsense, I also bought a Ping Karsten Anser to replace my Odyssey White Steel Rossie. They are cracking putters for the money.
I wil probably keep my old one as putters are a very personal thing. I may pick it up in 6 months time and putt better with it than the Ping. I am going to limit myself to 2 putters tho.
 
Only have 2 putters, a Benross Pure Red and the Taylormade Rossa Fontana. The Taylormade is working well but the heavier head on the Benross is sometimes useful in less than perfect conditions.

Whilst I will trade in or sell other clubs, I would rather keep any putters as you never know when a change may feel necessary.
 
My Main Putter is a Yes Tracy, it does get shelved on occasion when things get stale for another in the armoury, but the Yes putter always comes back out within a very short while.

Though I do have fond memories of the SPIDA putter I was given when I first started & that may well find its way back into my bag as it never actually let me down once & the old thing just feels right when I pick it up.

I don't often sell putter, but I do aknowledge that there are times when you really can have too many. so a few of the ones that don'tmeet my criteria have disapeared from the colection over time.

Oh & on the price issue, yes we do use a putter a lot more than an expensive driver, but we can often find really good putters that work well gor us that do not cost the earth, every bit as easily as those in driver like price brackets
 
I have this one and only this one.....

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But I really fancy getting this one....


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Started off with a cheap (£10) mallet style that wasn't face balanced, and I really struggeled with it. Then bought an Odessey White Hot No7 35". I really liked it to start of with, especially the way the fangs could be used to retrieve an errand ball! But I found judging distance with it quite tricky, though direction was generally good.

However when the opportunity arose to purchase a Bettinardi BC3 34" for £80 brand new, I had to have it. It had been on my wish list, but at £200 was expensive. Though as others have pointed out, it's the most used club in the bag.

I'm currently trying to get used to it when compared to the No7. Though my putting stats haven't gone up, I think this will be the putter for the time being. Though I have tried the Itsy and Sabertooth and both are very stable. I know where to head if my putting ever goes south!

I haven't sold the other 2 putters, well one's worthless, and the other is on standby, just in case.
 
Highjack Alert !! :eek:

I used to play with a Ping B60. But that has gone ( I miss her so... )

As I'm looking for cheap kit to replace her in the short term, I've looked at Amazon. My question.

They suggest that the Prosimmon putters used to be £50 ish, but are now down to £7.

Obviously that sounds like rubbish. But I live in hope that it's not, and that it's at least half way genuine. Anyone going to putt ( geddit ;) )me out of my misery, please.
 
I used to have an Odyssey White Hot 2 ball mallet, which was OK and helped my out alot with my alignment, but judging distance was tricky with it.

Bought the Redwood Anser about a year ago and absolutely love it (hence the forum name). Putter is beautiful, nice balance and weight for me, and judging distances is so much easier with this putter.
 
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