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Level 96 Versa Putter vs L92 Ghost

• Sanco 1,345 Posts

  Sat, Jan 18 2014 1:16 PM

  My experience with both putters.

  I own the ghost spider lvl 92 and recently bought the versa lvl 97.

  On the paper the versa is a better putter with same meter speed as the ghost -- not true.

  I used to ding my ghost 99% of the time, and since I am an aim and ding sort of putter dinging is important to my game on the greens.

  Well, the versa has proven somewhat difficult to ding and my average of hitting the mark has decreased to a very minimum and my one putt stat has suffered -- as has my average, a little.

  So, if you can tame the erratic speed of this putter's meter, then you're in the money (maybe), however my advice would be not to risk all that money if you are happy with your current putter. 

  I feel ripped-off, and an idiot for having fallen for another trick from the developers at wgt.

   

  My 5c...

  And now off I go to get my ghost back in the bag...

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Sat, Jan 18 2014 7:17 PM

  My previous putter was the Nike 001, with that I had a putting average of 1.508, I switched to the the L97 Versa mainly because I could lol, it was a good choice, my putting average with that (about 20 rounds now) is 1.45.

  With the Nike I was a mix of ding and miss-ding, i.e. I would aim off as a ding putter then deliberately miss the ding on the high side too. This worked quite well with the Nike but was a disaster with the Versa. For me the Versa HAS to be dinged, the slightest miss has serious consequences, but that's not really a problem as the meter is so slow anyway.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Jan 18 2014 8:02 PM

  Sanco:

  however my advice would be not to risk all that money if you are happy with your current putter. 

  I feel ripped-off, and an idiot for having fallen for another trick from the developers at wgt.

  No tricks at all here, it works. I thought long and hard about messing with my putting because it was half way decent with the 92 Ghost as long as you ding the putt. I use avatar moves and higher scales so the swing is very short and easy to ding. The problem was missing the ding almost always resulted in a missed putt, usually by the same amount you missed the ding by. I attributed this to using the larger scales to get that small swing. This is also where balance plays in.

  I went for the Versa solely because it had more balance and precision on paper and committed to learning it. It took a few rounds to get the newer scales under control as the Ghost's 25 and 50 were replaced by 30 and 60 but once the distance was under control the putter really started performing.

  The Versa absolutely solved the 8-12 foot issues I always had with the Ghost. No longer is the ding an absolute necessity. Putts that I know would miss with the Ghost by the way I hit them were dropping with the Versa. The more I use it the better it gets. I don't see a thing wrong with the putter or the meter speed and my average is dropping like a rock because of it.

• Sanco 1,345 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 10:09 AM

  I believe the ooening poster asked for personal experiences with the switch yankeejim, my post reflects my persona experience with the upgrade. Glad to read it works for you, however it did not for me, but to imply I did not put the time in to learn it (in italics) is a little ufair, as you really do not know me that well.

  All I know is that if I ding my putts they generally go in, versa made this little action very difficult, and yet speed is purported to be the same as ghost.

  It is all about what works for you in the end, with that I agree, but in my experience, and at this point in time the ghost is same if not better.

   

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 10:45 AM

  Sanco:

  Glad to read it works for you, however it did not for me, but to imply I did not put the time in to learn it (in italics) is a little ufair, as you really do not know me that well.

  That had nothing to do with you, it was for emphasis. Do not take offense. I've had it for 2 weeks and I'm still learning it but my average has dropped over a point since I switched to it. How many rounds over how many days did you try? That's the point

  I do find it laughable that you feel this is a trick by a developer to rip you off.

• skccvb 799 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 11:01 AM

  I appreciate all the feedback- not in a place where I am prepared to 'try' a $40 investment just now. Will wait for next free rentals and see what happens on a trial basis- clearly on paper the Versa offers a step up- but right now I cannot complain as stats keep improving-

  PUTTING

  SKCCVB

  Longest Putt Made	73 Ft.
  Putting Avg. Per Hole	1.33
  Putting Avg. Per Round	13.13
  One Putt %	65.75%
  Two Putt %	33.12%
  Three Putts or More %	1.13%
  % Putts Made from 0 - 5 Feet	44.54%
  % Putts Made from 5 - 10 Feet	19.02%
  % Putts Made from 10 -25 Feet	9.88%
  % Putts Made from 25 - 50 Feet	0.46%
  % Putts Made from 50+ Feet	0.03%

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 1:38 PM

  LOL. Save your pennies, Sk-you ain't gonna improve much on that. Nice putting.

   ;-)

• skccvb 799 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 3:31 PM

  Thanks Jim lol

• Sanco 1,345 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 8:06 PM

  YankeeJim:

  I do find it laughable that you feel this is a trick by a developer to rip you off.

  I am sure you do.  After all with stats like these in putting ...

  Putting Avg. Per Hole	1.54
  Putting Avg. Per Round	17.05

   you certainly belong to the olympus of WGT and I shall bow to you.

  Wait, you have better stats in posting at WGT... 

  BTW my post was not about the ability of the putter to find the hole per se, as anyone has a different way to 'feel' the precision of a putter, but merely the fact that whilst it states it has same meter speed as the ghost it actually hasn't.  Others have posted the same perception and this is where I feel ripped-off.

  Now, your reply will surely disprove my view on the speed incongruencies.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Jan 19 2014 10:36 PM

  Sanco:

  I am sure you do.  After all with stats like these in putting ...

  Putting Avg. Per Hole	1.54
  Putting Avg. Per Round	17.05

   you certainly belong to the olympus of WGT and I shall bow to you.

  What kind of douchebag response is that? I didn't make the idiotic claim of trickery. This is about a putter you obviously can't handle. Is what you get for thinking you were buying putts.

  You represent a first class CC real nice.