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Re: Putter Pal ?

• Nightowl1 95 Posts

  Wed, Nov 16 2011 5:41 AM

  I notice that there is a putting assistant called Putter Pal. I was wondering for those who have it, is it worth buying? In some games I have found that assistants like these may hinder, rather than help the player  with their putting. So for those who have it, do you like it?

   

  Thanks in advance,,,

   

  Owl

• Chrishan24 10 Posts

  Wed, Nov 16 2011 5:39 PM

  Yes< have it, love it, and it's well worth the buy.

• jakestanfill7 949 Posts

  Wed, Nov 16 2011 5:56 PM

  Nightowl,

  If I were you I would buy the shortest putter pal they have to see if you like it.  I made the mistake of purchasing the big one, hated it, and was stuck with it for an eternity.  At least now they have the option to turn the display off.

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Wed, Nov 16 2011 8:51 PM

  It is one of those things that you buy and after a bit you start to wish you didn't have it.  As Jake says buy the lowest one you can to test drive it before you buy a big one.  For those of us who play a lot with the same putter I don't think it means much.

   

• Dan55ATY 37 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2011 6:32 AM

  I made mine on a similar method that Suzy made her , and I could not leave without it. Since it is always there, I use it to choke from wedge to putter.

     http://www.wgt.com/forums/p/71245/437068.aspx#437068 

• ThreeSpot 476 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2011 7:59 AM

  Good advice already given here. Personally, I like it. It gives me a little more precision on distance control when the desired distance is between avatar movements. I follow my putting stats pretty closely, and while I have also changed putters, I believe Putter Pal is the biggest factor in the small improvement in my stats since I started using it. My 1-putt percentage has gone from about 46.8% to about 47% and my 3-putt % has gone from about 4% to about 3.9%. That's a small difference, but I'm not a great putter to begin with so I'll take anything I can get.

  That said, there is apparently nothing on God's green earth that will help me get the read and speed right on 4-footers at Oakmont. :)

• Nightowl1 95 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2011 8:46 AM

  I am finding on a consistant basis, reading the greens is the hardest part of the game. I can judge distance pretty well but reading those breaks and elevation is very tough indeed. One hole I can blow way left of the hole and what seems to be the exact same break/elevation on the next hole I break right. Finding that middle ground where I can make birdie or even par on a regular basis is difficult at best

• 100plus 801 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2011 9:35 AM

  ThreeSpot:

  Good advice already given here. Personally, I like it. It gives me a little more precision on distance control when the desired distance is between avatar movements. I follow my putting stats pretty closely, and while I have also changed putters, I believe Putter Pal is the biggest factor in the small improvement in my stats since I started using it. My 1-putt percentage has gone from about 46.8% to about 47% and my 3-putt % has gone from about 4% to about 3.9%. That's a small difference, but I'm not a great putter to begin with so I'll take anything I can get.

  That said, there is apparently nothing on God's green earth that will help me get the read and speed right on 4-footers at Oakmont. :)

  I bought the 1 for 10 credits went to practice mode and duplicated it on a thin piece of cardboard which fits nicely under my meter in frame of monitor .Is always there and now free for eternity