Nope,even as I typed I realised I had it about face. I found the starter a bit erratic on speed of meter and so went back to the beginner. Today I rented the ghost putter, so now I have tried every putter available and still keep coming back to the beginner. My reasons for this are the meter speed chiefly, and the fact that I do not entirely believe all the blurb about how good the expensive ones are, when you take into account the really REALLY annoying 15feets scale that defaults on anything under 15ft.
The ghost, despite it being held until the very much later levels, has proven itself unreliable compared to the beginner, in that it comes up short across all of the scales that I tried, which were 15, 25, 50 and 100. Combine this with a very much faster meter speed and you have yourself a whole new learning curve which may in fact, make you a better putter providing your nerves/tolerance will stand the aggravation.
I remain thoroughly unconvinced that I could achieve better stats using any of the putters available, given that I am now so enamoured/familiar with the ease of use offered by the beginner. The use of the putter is so very different to all of the other clubs because of its' intended use, in that your own judgement has to be precise to a far higher degree, and if you get the break/distance right, then your ball should drop whether you fall for the ad mens blurb or not.
In fairness to most putters I have tried, I have not given over quite as much time as I have to my beginner, and as such I realise and acknowledge that my testing is thus necessarily flawed and moreover, biassed, but then I am me uniquely and even I cannot argue with that. Yes I can. No, I can't.
What I can recommend without hesitation though, is the addition of Sago or tapioca granules to your morning porridge mix. Completely Yumm yumm yummy pigs bum.
Lizzie xx