Oh sweet. They were out of stock last I looked. Will have to check again.
Astral Putters Review
They just updated. Should show in stock now.
I really like the putter and have used it a bit lately again .
One thing I've mentioned before, but I'd be interested in knowing if future gens could have a flap of some sort for the screw chambers
Playing in the rain they are exposed and will rust. I imagine this may compromise the screw in some way, or make it difficult to pull
One thing I've mentioned before, but I'd be interested in knowing if future gens could have a flap of some sort for the screw chambers
Playing in the rain they are exposed and will rust. I imagine this may compromise the screw in some way, or make it difficult to pull
Not a bad idea. I haven’t thought about water getting in the hosel.
I’ve posted before about how much confidence a custom fit astral putter gives you. Today I had an hour to kill after dropping my kid off at a birthday party. So I went to a course down the street and practiced putting. I was primarily focusing on speed drills for the first half. Towards the end I decided to do some work on hitting my line. After a couple of other drills I pulled out the 2 inch putting gates. Instead of finding a flat or even straight putt I decided to try a gate drill on an uphill right breaking 6 footer. The gate was about 4 feet from me and 2 feet in front of the hole. If the putt went through the gate cleanly the ball would hit the center of the hole. Before being fit for my astral putter I never would have attempted this. NGL I really didn’t like gate drills. With this putter I’m intentionally making the challenges tougher because I know that the ball will go where I expected it to.
Was able to get a round in yesterday with some buddies. Good ole game of wolf was on the agenda.
The Astral banged in a couple 7 or 8 footers to win me two holes as the lone wolf. Hit my line all day. Didn’t make em all, but they all started where I wanted them to.
The Astral banged in a couple 7 or 8 footers to win me two holes as the lone wolf. Hit my line all day. Didn’t make em all, but they all started where I wanted them to.
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I am having the same experience. Everything starting on the intended line and making so many more. Now I am free to start reading greens better!
The fitting process really did get me dialed in. And I like that if you start to see a push or pull miss tendency on the course, you can go back and make adjustments
Last weekend I signed up for 2 tournaments in the next 6 weeks. To get my prep started I’ve been hitting putts in my office every day this week.
To help me focus hitting putts I have the tour aim setup as a putting gate. Today I’m hitting a 4 1/2’ putt with the gate 12 inches from the ball. Hitting the same putt a bunch of times in a row through a 2 inch gap has helped me notice a couple of things in my setup. When I get lazy in my setup and my eyes start to get over the ball I pull my putts. Nothing wrong with getting your eyes over the ball if that’s what you do. When my eyes get over the ball my lag putting goes down hill.
Also this week I swapped the brass face out for the copper. No actual reason for the change other than the copper face is red and looks cool.
To help me focus hitting putts I have the tour aim setup as a putting gate. Today I’m hitting a 4 1/2’ putt with the gate 12 inches from the ball. Hitting the same putt a bunch of times in a row through a 2 inch gap has helped me notice a couple of things in my setup. When I get lazy in my setup and my eyes start to get over the ball I pull my putts. Nothing wrong with getting your eyes over the ball if that’s what you do. When my eyes get over the ball my lag putting goes down hill.
Also this week I swapped the brass face out for the copper. No actual reason for the change other than the copper face is red and looks cool.
Haven’t been on the course in three weeks.
My Astral was the highlight of the round. Several long putts dropped. And anything that didn’t go in was left close enough. No three putts. The putter feels so balanced. Speed control was perfect all day. Still love the ping sound of the brass face.
My Astral was the highlight of the round. Several long putts dropped. And anything that didn’t go in was left close enough. No three putts. The putter feels so balanced. Speed control was perfect all day. Still love the ping sound of the brass face.
I played my first individual stroke play tournament in close to 3 decades today. The putter was the thing that constantly worked for me today. I said to my playing partner that there are a bunch of pars on my scorecard that have no business being pars. I made a lot of way too long to actually expect to make par putts today.
I played 9 for the first time in weeks on Sunday afternoon. It started raining on 5, pouring on 7-8, then backed off slightly for 9, so the last few holes were quite wet, standing water in low areas it was coming down so hard and fast in that ~30 minutes.
But I tried to really just focus on my fundamentals, trust my Tour Read slope selection and chart, and make good strokes. Only 3 putt was a lip out from around 6 ft where the first putt slowed down faster than expected going downhill. Left my self a lot of tap ins with short game, but hit some good longer putts and a great 30+ lag on 9 for an easy par. Played the senior tees due to my hip, but shot my handicap for those tees at +3, which was cool. The Astral was a big part of that.
Best putting by SG in months, best since getting the Astral, heck best since June 2023 according to my ShotScope data. I hate it was only 9 holes lol
But I tried to really just focus on my fundamentals, trust my Tour Read slope selection and chart, and make good strokes. Only 3 putt was a lip out from around 6 ft where the first putt slowed down faster than expected going downhill. Left my self a lot of tap ins with short game, but hit some good longer putts and a great 30+ lag on 9 for an easy par. Played the senior tees due to my hip, but shot my handicap for those tees at +3, which was cool. The Astral was a big part of that.
Best putting by SG in months, best since getting the Astral, heck best since June 2023 according to my ShotScope data. I hate it was only 9 holes lol
Another good round with the putter yesterday. No 3 putts. No sweating the second put as they were all close except for 1. Yesterday was my first time in really fast greens with this putter and speed/distance control was good.
Biggest thing I noticed yesterday was how good the results were even if I didn’t hit center of the putter face. The brass insert gives a very distinct ting sound when you center it. I had a good number of putts where I did not get that sound, but the ball still started on line and rolled out really close to the expected distance. The results are great when you hit center of the putter face, but off center strikes don’t penalize you.
Biggest thing I noticed yesterday was how good the results were even if I didn’t hit center of the putter face. The brass insert gives a very distinct ting sound when you center it. I had a good number of putts where I did not get that sound, but the ball still started on line and rolled out really close to the expected distance. The results are great when you hit center of the putter face, but off center strikes don’t penalize you.
Anyone tinkering with hosel settings?
I did play around with the mallet head a couple of weeks ago before putting the blade back on.
I’m actually going to be playing my first non-Astral round of golf in a long time when I go to California and play with the set that lives in the parents garage. Going to be interesting. I should probably hit some putts today with another old putter to get ready for the round. My gamer bag the astral is safe and not going anywhere.
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I am pretty happy with my setup so I have not. I do plan to experiment with a second shaft, and it's time to get my wife to try the fitting.
What did you think about the mallet? Any noticeable differences in results?
Same for me. I’m pretty locked in on my current settings.
Honestly I’m just not a mallet guy. If I wanted to play it I would need to figure out some stuff with my putting stroke to get the feel right. I would probably want to switch to a skinnier grip.
Not messing with perfection. I may have never felt more confident putting than I am currently with the Astral combined with Tour Read. Unless I do something stupid I am hitting my lines and controlling speed really well. Letting the sleeping 85* toe hang lie.
Played a nicer course yesterday with good Bermuda greens that rolled well and held their line and hit a +0.55 SG vs Scratch (-0.19 vs Tour Player) in Putting even with a 3 putt from ~60 ft. Lipped out another and burned the edge on a few that just didn’t break like they looked even though I hit my line with good speed. Rolled in 3 birdies from 15 to 23 ft and a par from around 25. Almost 100 ft of putts made total. One of my best days putting since I started using ShotScope a few years ago.
Yesterday I played my first non-astral round since my astral fitting. The set I keep at the parent’s house has a 13 year old ping anser2. I putted so horribly. That old ping is so light and short compared to my astral. Speed and line were a challenge.
Can’t wait to get my astral back in my hands.
Can’t wait to get my astral back in my hands.
My first post in this thread from April hahahahaI don't need one.
But looks fun as heck to play around with.
Spoiler alert - I needed one!
Since my 2025 is over (new hip, who dis?) I looked back at my 2025 stats. My putter comparison from my previous gamer (Toulon Las Vegas 2022 w/All-In, 1/2 shaft offset, 45* toe hang) vs my Astral mid-mallet (zero offset, ~80* toe hang):
Clear improvement in every meaningful category (total putts is an approach and short game stat, not a putting stat).
But it gets even better. My final 5 rounds improved to:
HUGE difference. I feel so much more comfortable about picking my lines, starting the ball on the intended line and focusing on speed control.
From January to end of September my total average strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP was -1.62
My last five rounds with the Astral my strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP is +1.20
+2.82 SG per round better!!!!!
Thank you @BC.Astral and team!
That is incredible!My first post in this thread from April hahahaha
Spoiler alert - I needed one!
Since my 2025 is over (new hip, who dis?) I looked back at my 2025 stats. My putter comparison from my previous gamer (Toulon Las Vegas 2022 w/All-In, 1/2 shaft offset, 45* toe hang) vs my Astral mid-mallet (zero offset, ~80* toe hang):
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Clear improvement in every meaningful category (total putts is an approach and short game stat, not a putting stat).
But it gets even better. My final 5 rounds improved to:
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HUGE difference. I feel so much more comfortable about picking my lines, starting the ball on the intended line and focusing on speed control.
From January to end of September my total average strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP was -1.62
My last five rounds with the Astral my strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP is +1.20
+2.82 SG per round better!!!!!
Thank you @BC.Astral and team!
Awesome stuff. Love to see this.My first post in this thread from April hahahaha
Spoiler alert - I needed one!
Since my 2025 is over (new hip, who dis?) I looked back at my 2025 stats. My putter comparison from my previous gamer (Toulon Las Vegas 2022 w/All-In, 1/2 shaft offset, 45* toe hang) vs my Astral mid-mallet (zero offset, ~80* toe hang):
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Clear improvement in every meaningful category (total putts is an approach and short game stat, not a putting stat).
But it gets even better. My final 5 rounds improved to:
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HUGE difference. I feel so much more comfortable about picking my lines, starting the ball on the intended line and focusing on speed control.
From January to end of September my total average strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP was -1.62
My last five rounds with the Astral my strokes gained putting vs a 10 HDCP is +1.20
+2.82 SG per round better!!!!!
Thank you @BC.Astral and team!