Nuevo_eph
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Not letting my acetone debacle hold me back on fiddling with my clubs, I decided to counterbalance my putter a bit.
I recently picked up a used Rife putter here and loved the feel and ability to lag my putts with it. However, that was just a week or so after the greens at my course had been punched and sanded. Now the putter feels too hot and I am blowing the ball by or leaving it short if I'm tentative. I blame the greens
Then I stumbled across the idea of counterbalancing it, a la Heavy Putters I understand. You can buy all sorts of Golfsmith or Winn counter weight to place in the shaft's butt, but I saw that some people do it with a 1/2" clevis pin. Winn weights = $9-12, pin = $2.50. that said, those weights are designed to pop in and out of the back of a grip while the pin is buried under the grip.
I figured it was worth a shot so I grabbed a 1 1/2" long and 3" long pin from my local hardware store, pulled off the grip, wrapped a layer of tape around the pin, put it in the shaft and regripped the club. I started big and used the 3 incher.
Now I have a much better feel and balance in the Rife and after one day of practicing I notice a big difference in my speed and the solidness of the club. I highly recommend doing this if you can and feel like your putter is too light in your hands and heavy at the ball (fast).
Here's a pin.
I recently picked up a used Rife putter here and loved the feel and ability to lag my putts with it. However, that was just a week or so after the greens at my course had been punched and sanded. Now the putter feels too hot and I am blowing the ball by or leaving it short if I'm tentative. I blame the greens
Then I stumbled across the idea of counterbalancing it, a la Heavy Putters I understand. You can buy all sorts of Golfsmith or Winn counter weight to place in the shaft's butt, but I saw that some people do it with a 1/2" clevis pin. Winn weights = $9-12, pin = $2.50. that said, those weights are designed to pop in and out of the back of a grip while the pin is buried under the grip.
I figured it was worth a shot so I grabbed a 1 1/2" long and 3" long pin from my local hardware store, pulled off the grip, wrapped a layer of tape around the pin, put it in the shaft and regripped the club. I started big and used the 3 incher.
Now I have a much better feel and balance in the Rife and after one day of practicing I notice a big difference in my speed and the solidness of the club. I highly recommend doing this if you can and feel like your putter is too light in your hands and heavy at the ball (fast).
Here's a pin.