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Thats great Aggro. I've never tried a T.P. Mills, but can't wait for the chance.
lol, spoken like a hawk!
Don't you mean "spoken like a Razr!"
First, I will not spend 300 bucks on any club. Not even a driver.
That said, IF I had the money, I would pay more for a new driver. Why? Because, personally, I cannot find a way to justify the price in a putter.
I will say this. This philosophy does not apply to custom putters. They are not mass produced like a Scotty or Redwood.
Most of us pay what we personally deem affordable for a quality golf club. Some wait a year or two to buy their clubs used, avoiding first year "sticker shock." Many golfers never upgrade once they find the set of clubs (or putter) that works for them. Others buy the newest stuff every year, others are bargain hunters.
Its the same off the golf course. Look at your golf course parking lot - not every car is the same - old or new, shiny or dirty, big or small, expensive or thrifty, etc..., they all do the same basic job - get their owners to the golf course! LOL
Life would sure be dull if we were all the same!
Nice post. I'd rep you if I wasnt ob my phone.
Tapatalk: Not just for the bathroom.
Every time something like this comes up there are two sides.
Side 1
How can anybody spend this kind of money for a putter. Tour pros win with putters that are next to nothing (see Furyk) and there has not been a tone of change in shapes, styles, etc... done to the putter to justify the cost.
Side 2
The putter people just do not understand how anybody could think this way. Drivers cost X amount of money and you hit that a third of the time as a putter per round. The putter is personal and fitting is such an important thing.
In the end, there is no right or wrong answer. To the OP, I do find it a little funny that at the last outing, you won in an incredible proto putter and really didnt even know what to do with it. You were ready to sell it and fast forward a year and now you are a collector and love your flatsticks. Ironically, you also still use a VERY cheap putter and say you putt the best with it, showing that maybe it does not matter.
To the people that use the argument that drivers cost as much or more, so why should it matter, well I do see a difference there. The driver is a full swing, a violent swing, and has many more parts to reach success. An example, take a brick on a stick and swing it like a driver. You would get almost nothing close to being able to play it like a tour level driver. However do the same thing and putt with it and with in a few days of practice, you could get by.
Now I am not saying that money should not be spent on a putter. I would never and have tons of them myself, but I do not think the technology is the same in that comparison. I can see them price wise for the art they have and the confidence they instill, but without the full swing, I just do not see the same argument being valid.
Again all of this is strictly my opinion.
You lose a little cred if you think a driver swing and a putting stroke are equal. A stroke that most of the time is less than 4 feet in length to a swing that
travels in excess of 15. Why are you more accurate with your wedge than your driver? I can easily show you a new $100 putter that will perform almost exactly as the new $300 putter. Show me a driver that is $100 new that consistanly performs like the top 5 drivers and I will consider changing my stance. Even second tier brand drivers are $200+ new.
Like I said before, if the $300-$400 putter is best for you, perfect. That is preference. Actual performance is a different story. And this has nothing to do with the importance of putting on the game. So stop already with equating money spent on putters to whether said player thinks putting is important. I use a $170 corza ghost, not because of cost, because I am confident with it.
JMan and I and probably Due for that matter are guys cut from a very similar mold as far as putters go. I think there are some fine SC putters out there. If there is one big difference in my view between something like a Lajosi or a Nead and an SC it is that guys like Lajosi and Nead give you a chance to work with a guy that knows what he is doing with the intention of building a putter to a set of specs that make sense for you. The result can often be something that at least for you specifically is very hard to beat. If I could gift every serious golfer something truly special it would be the opportunity to do that at least one time in their golfing life, recognizing that not everyone can just go and do it. You may well find a putter at a lower price point that works just as well but that is more of a try one, put it aside, try another, put it aside until you find one that seems to work for you. In the case of SC, you can pay twice as much as what Lajosi or Nead want and still be using the try one after the other approach and for me as much as anything else that is what makes SC's price points a little tough to swallow.
Now blowing $300.00 on a putter just because you can does not make much sense to me. Heck just because you can does not mean it will be a good putter for you. You could easily spend that much or more on a putter and not have anything that you can putt with worth a darn. That might be OK if you collect putters and need something to fill a specific hole in your collection.
My exploration within the world of custom/relatively costly putters is now in a pretty narrow range, mainly because I know pretty much what has a shot at working for me. While there is the whole thing of building a putter collection I really don't have much interest in going down that road. I'm totally OK with folks that like to do that. Heck there surely is nothing wrong with it. In my case I look for putters that I am likely to game under a certain set of circumstances. So much like Jman, there is not a single putter I own that does not get some bag time.
I would love a Scotty California Montery. I would love a Ping Redwood ZB. I would really enjoy a Gambler. And a $300 stick may actually help somebody get more confidence and drain more putts. If you don't understand $300 putters don't buy them.
Sw fla,
We can agree to disagree, but I find it hard to believe your $69 driver performs like the new razr, R11, burner or even an R9 etc unless it was bought used. No offense, but that is bs.
Give me any 15 year old putter and I can make it at least serviceable in any round. With a 15 year old driver it would probably be ugly! Haha
Sw fla,
We can agree to disagree, but I find it hard to believe your $69 driver performs like the new razr, R11, burner or even an R9 etc unless it was bought used. No offense, but that is bs.
Give me any 15 year old putter and I can make it at least serviceable in any round. With a 15 year old driver it would probably be ugly! Haha
Sw fla,
We can agree to disagree, but I find it hard to believe your $69 driver performs like the new razr, R11, burner or even an R9 etc unless it was bought used. No offense, but that is bs.
Give me any 15 year old putter and I can make it at least serviceable in any round. With a 15 year old driver it would probably be ugly! Haha