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Help on choosing a putter

• bypass07 1,360 Posts

  Mon, Oct 12 2015 7:15 PM

  SweetiePie:

  Robbo81303:

  I think recommending any specific putter is silly

  
  I don't. The poster asked for the help...a short cut. While it may be true that several players of success still use the starter and you are comfy with the Daytona, these rare cases are in a teenie-tiny number so small it is a disservice to even mention it. In the large number success world of greats, the Versa is, as I said, Top Banana. Fact of life. Your Daytona is also a great putter to own. But staying glued to it is costing you improvement. Another fact of life...  

  Sorry Sweetie but I also disagree. I think keep the putter you have and start upgrading your other equipment, wedges first.

  As stated in many other posts drop the hybrid and go with 3 wedges.

  The most useful advise is   play often - have fun !!

• Jhorn188 40 Posts

  Mon, Oct 12 2015 10:38 PM

  When I wrote the original post, I had the L19+ Spider. I reached level 35 before anyone had replied yet so I bought the L35+ Ghost spider after the free rental to get the 10% off. I think I will be happy with this choice for a long while. Can't afford to change putter until I get good enough to win credits in Tournaments or ready go.

  Right now I just have enough credits to get two more wedges (L27+ and L29+ Cleveland 588). And then for the L48+ R1 driver as well as the L59+ Ping irons when I reach those levels.

  Hopefully that equipment will get me far enough to start winning some credits for further upgrades after that.

  Thanks for all the advice, even if it came after I had already made the choice, it might still be useful in the future! 

• 11BC2 555 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 10:12 AM

  Putter > Driver > Wedges > Irons > 3wood, unless you have CR to burn then get the wedges before your Driver. The most important thing is improving your distance to pin on approaches.  A Big Stick off the tee literally takes off 25-40+ yards on your approaches.

  Obviously a closer to pin average makes putting easier at which point your One putt % and scoring will both improve.  Hole out % should drastically improve once you get some nice wedges too (just divide your hole outs by total rounds) where punches/pitches reign King (flop is a low % hole out).

  Cheers.  Sean.

   

• Robbo81303 417 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 1:36 PM

  SweetiePie:

  Robbo81303:

  I think recommending any specific putter is silly

  
  I don't. The poster asked for the help...a short cut. While it may be true that several players of success still use the starter and you are comfy with the Daytona, these rare cases are in a teenie-tiny number so small it is a disservice to even mention it. In the large number success world of greats, the Versa is, as I said, Top Banana. Fact of life. Your Daytona is also a great putter to own. But staying glued to it is costing you improvement. Another fact of life...  

  First off, congrats to the OP on your new putter & wish you continued success with your putting.

  As for you Sweetie,

  1)  The OP asked for opinions.  I gave mine & stand by it,  I don't see where my opinion is any less valid than anyone elses.

  2)  To come in here & spew your opinion as 'fact', as well as belittling the opinions of others - mine - is pretty darn pompous.  Especially when...

  3)   For a 'top player', your putting statistics are quite mediocre.  Compared with myself, your one-putts are significantly better (lots of factors beyond putting can contribute to this but that's for another thread) as are your putts from 5-10 feet.  My putting stats are significantly better in all other areas, most notably '3-putts or more'. Certainly nothing here to back up your assertions of 'fact'.

  I've tried all the Versas many times - I wanna like 'em, I really do - but they just don't work for me, period.  I do like the L101 Nike very much, but i still score better with the Rossa and, for me, 4700cr for a backup putter is just ludicrous.

  And so my opinion stands.  As valid as anyone's.  Get over it - and yourself - please!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 7:11 PM

  Robbo81303:

  1)  The OP asked for opinions.

  If you take another look, you will see that the thread title is "Help on choosing a putter", I gave him the best advice he could possibly receive. Your opinion is of no help or value at all and is in no way valid. By the Bye, I thank you for your response. ;-}   ~ SP ~

• MichaelStroke 2,066 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 7:53 PM

  MainzMan:

  A cheaper option would be the Daytona at L55.  Some of those old putters can still really hold their own against the newer models.

  And if you find you hate it you won't lose a ton of credits.

  This.

  If you just want to blow your money on marginal upgrades, either the Versa or the Ghost Spider are the way to go.  If you're looking for "bang for your buck", Daytona is the alpha and omega.

  If you can't putt at an acceptable level with it, chances are that the firing problems are with the indian, not the arrow.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 8:05 PM

  Robbo81303:

  1)  The OP asked for opinions.  I gave mine & stand by it,  I don't see where my opinion is any less valid than anyone elses.

  Fair point, and after all, our advice is probably just our opinions and vice versa. 

  2)  To come in here & spew your opinion as 'fact', as well as belittling the opinions of others - mine - is pretty darn pompous.  Especially when...

  In all fairness, probably was not aimed at belittling your comments, but as insensitive as I am, perhaps SP hit a nerve.

  3)   For a 'top player', your putting statistics are quite mediocre.  Compared with myself, your one-putts are significantly better (lots of factors beyond putting can contribute to this but that's for another thread) as are your putts from 5-10 feet.  My putting stats are significantly better in all other areas, most notably '3-putts or more'. Certainly nothing here to back up your assertions of 'fact'.

  A top player? Hardly and I do agree that the putting stats are not great, and as many of these rounds are played from baby tees, could and should be better. Do not be fooled by the "average". it is an average of one round.

  I've tried all the Versas many times - I wanna like 'em, I really do - but they just don't work for me, period.  I do like the L101 Nike very much, but i still score better with the Rossa and, for me, 4700cr for a backup putter is just ludicrous.

  I chop and change between the versa and the method - both good putters with the former just pipping the method. But whatever putter you use, stick to it, learn the idiosyncrasies and persist with it.

  Yes putters are personal and what works for me may not work for others (and I am no top player), but knowing how to use any club is half the battle. But if you cannot read the greens, it will always be a battle regardless of what putter is in your hands.
  

   

• Jhorn188 40 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 10:37 PM

  What makes the Daytona better than the Ghost Spider? At almost the same price, stats don't differ all that much. Slightly better precision on the Daytona at the cost of worse forgiveness and faster meter speed.

  Stats of course don't tell the whole story. Just curious about what you think makes one of them the alpha and omega and the other a marginal upgrade.

  I try to hit the ding, but rarely do, so for me forgiveness and slow meter speed would probably help. only on really short puts (<3ft) do I intentionally "off ding" as a way to aim. 

• Jhorn188 40 Posts

  Tue, Oct 13 2015 11:27 PM

  Absolutely agreed on the driver part. This is no fun at all:
  

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Oct 14 2015 3:41 AM

  alanti:

  A top player? Hardly and I do agree that the putting stats are not great, and as many of these rounds are played from baby tees, could and should be better. Do not be fooled by the "average". it is an average of one round.

  Easy now...I have never nor did I make a claim to being a "Top Player". As for my putting, I considered the "mediocre" label to be a kind compliment. I have never nor would I ever offer any advice on "how to putt'. I must rely upon the abundance of attributes the putter offers to gain better results and secure improvement. Because I have no "gifts" in putting, like most players here, it would seem, my experience with many different putters and unbiased judgement of their attributes has given me an education to qualify me to give sound advice on "putters". As for my average being one round, the remark is strange since my average is 50.55 and based upon closer to 50 rounds....from the "Baby Tees"... obviously; from anywhere else is an impossibility. Hi Alanti  :-}