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New Putter not a better putter

• Joemaxhinsonjr 39 Posts

  Mon, Jan 16 2012 5:28 PM

  Saved up to get a better putter....Bought the Ping for 400 credits, had a more accurate/slower swing meter so I could lower my scores.....Ummm....no.. the meter is even faster than my Starter putter and I'm missing birdies all over....and I can't read the distance any more.  I understand that I'll learn the distances with more use but the swing speed isn't going to change.  What can I do?  Sell that one and buy another or just switch back and bite the bullet??

• NRWhiteKnight 29 Posts

  Tue, Jan 17 2012 10:02 AM

  The swing meter for the Ping putter (and I only see two available?) is faster than the starter putters, depending on which starter putter you have. Also, you did not mention which putter you switched from, unless it was the starter putter. The WGT Tour Starter (L7+) looks to have the about the same meter speed as the Ping Redwood ZB (L44+). I'm not sure what other putters you have tried, but I have had relatively decent success with the Spider and Ghost Spider putters.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Tue, Jan 17 2012 11:21 AM

  You'll have to get used to faster meters sometime. Now seems a good time.

• dryspot 736 Posts

  Tue, Jan 17 2012 12:37 PM

  The best putter in my opinon is the beginner putter

• DarkenRahl 2,115 Posts

  Tue, Jan 17 2012 6:08 PM

  I've had the Tour Starter, original  Spider, Anser, Redwood (level 44), and now the Daytona.... none of them will help if you don't put in the effort to understand what the putter can help you with and if it actually fits how you putt. Took me a long time and too many creds to figure that one out.  

  During the free rentals this past weekend I (and about 75% of everybody who was online here) tried out the new Nike Putters.  By the stats it should be excellent, but of the three guys in my usual foursome who tried it - only one of us could even smell the hole with it.  Just didn't fit the way I usually putt.  

  That said, there are Legends who still use the starter putters and guys who like the most precise thing they can find.  Most are somewhere in the middle, and if you didn't sell it back I would bet that in two weeks or so that Anser might seem a lot better putter than it does now.

• Joemaxhinsonjr 39 Posts

  Tue, Jan 17 2012 11:19 PM

  I took the hit and sold it and bought a Spider...I'm much much happier with it.  It was a costly lesson of not checking the reviews before hitting the buy button.  Thanks for the replys.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Wed, Jan 18 2012 5:32 AM

  DarkenRahl:

  none of them will help if you don't put in the effort to understand what the putter can help you with and if it actually fits how you putt.

  And that is not going to happen in one free rental weekend. You don't buy putts, you buy a better putter to get them with and you have to spend a number of rounds learning it on all the courses. The greens are different from course to course and until you've applied yourself you really won't know if it's any good.

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Wed, Jan 18 2012 6:11 AM

  YankeeJim:

  you have to spend a number of rounds learning it on all the courses. The greens are different from course to course and until you've applied yourself you really won't know if it's any good.

   

  Exactly what I went through with the L92 Ghost.  Loving the heck out it now after getting more time with it.   

   

  Certainly was an expensive lesson,   especially after buying the L35 ghost and L66 again after getting the L92.  

• DarkenRahl 2,115 Posts

  Wed, Jan 18 2012 5:57 PM

  YankeeJim:

  DarkenRahl:

  none of them will help if you don't put in the effort to understand what the putter can help you with and if it actually fits how you putt.

  And that is not going to happen in one free rental weekend. You don't buy putts, you buy a better putter to get them with and you have to spend a number of rounds learning it on all the courses. The greens are different from course to course and until you've applied yourself you really won't know if it's any good.

  I tried the Nike without any intention of buying it to begin with.  I am perfectly happy with the Daytona/Rossa and have absolutely no intention of changing to any other putter.  I just rented it for one round to see if a comment a friend made was accurate.  Just for clarification....

   

• Joemaxhinsonjr 39 Posts

  Thu, Jan 19 2012 2:14 AM

  Thanks for the help guys...I'm liking the Taylormade more and more...just shot my very first under par 9 hole at Royal St Georges.  Nearly got an Eagle...:)