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Are their any advantages or disadvantages to a face balanced putter? I've never owned one and quite frankly know nothing about them. Id assume they would fit certain people better than others? Any thoughts?
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Thanks for the info guys. I want to try one and just see if one will make a difference because right now with my ix #9 I literally miss everything right. I'm sure it could be my alignment or stroke but I wonder if the #9 isn't helping me.
I think the guys at SeeMore would beg to differ. They have built an entire brand on faced balanced at impact with an arched stroke.A face balanced putter puts the moment of inertia along the same plane as the shaft. This means you have the same weight in the putter head on the left and right of the shaft. This makes it easier for the putter to stay square during a straight/straighter putting stroke. If you have an arced putting stroke it then makes it more difficult to bring the putter back to square. Manufacturers always talk about increased sweet spot for off centre hits but tbh that's irrelevant.
Caeleric you shouldn't be using a face balanced putter for an a arced stroke. Try changing back and let us know how you get on.
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I think the guys at SeeMore would beg to differ. They have built an entire brand on faced balanced at impact with an arched stroke.
When I was fit by SeeMore last June at the THP event, wih my arced stroke, I was fit into the mFGP, which face balanced at impact.You are confusing face balanced with face balanced at impact. I am sure they would recommend a toe hang face balanced at impact putter for an arced stroke and a face balanced - face balanced at impact putter for a straight stroke.
They make both.
Face balanced at impact is a very interesting concept which in principle makes a lot of sense but I have not experienced it so I cannot comment on it effectiveness. Not for not trying to experience it but seemore putters are not sold anywhere close to the places I travel to.
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When I was fit by SeeMore last June at the THP event, wih my arced stroke, I was fit into the mFGP, which face balanced at impact.
Here is a video with Ted explaining the concept, the SeeMore he uses for the video is the PTM1, which is the same design as my mFGP.
Yet in the second video this dispose of the face balanced myth since we dont play golf at 90*, show that they dont have to be mutually exclusive and show the problem with face balanced but not face balanced at impact causing you to manipulate the stroke to close the putter face, qhere as face balanced at impact worked with every stroke they made in both videos not just an arch os SBSTYes but as you can see in the video face balanced and face balanced at impact are not the same thing. From the video you can see the putter he's demonstrating with is not face balanced. It is face balanced at impact. Thus they gave you a perfect fit for your stroke.
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I think blades, "anser " shapes especially , are predominate. I fact, I don't remember the last major won with a face balanced blade. Webb Simpson maybe?Yes but the fact of the matter is that you were fitted with a toe hang putter by seemore themselves.
Regardless I think the number of wins on the PGA with face balanced putters shows the strength that they offer.
From my recollection all of seemores wins have come through toe hang putters.
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That was a massively big blade putter. I remember seeing that and being astounded on the size.I'm not sure tbh. The most famous was probably jack nicklaus's last major
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That's awesome Neb, im hoping for something to match up for me as well. I like the #9 shape and have been grinding on the greens trying to make it work but it simply isnt. Starting to realize maybe it isnt a good fit for me. Going to roll some blades this weekend and see if anything is better. Haven't even held one in years lolI had a unique experience last night relating to face balanced putters. The first putter I ever bought was face balanced and was just sitting in the basement. For the heck of it I out a SuperStroke 2.0 grip on it and started putting with it and it immediately felt perfect to me. I made my first 8 putts in a row with it from 12'. I've been working on a slight arc stroke but using a toe hang or slight toe hang putter, and this one felt so much more natural. I need more practice with it to make sure it wasn't a fluke, but I might be going away from my $200 putters to play a putter I got off eBay for $12.50.
Which current Odyssey putters are face balanced?
That's awesome Neb, im hoping for something to match up for me as well. I like the #9 shape and have been grinding on the greens trying to make it work but it simply isnt. Starting to realize maybe it isnt a good fit for me. Going to roll some blades this weekend and see if anything is better. Haven't even held one in years lol
I think several things matter - it starts with a shape, lines, and hosel that allows you to aim where you intend to aim, headweight, shaft feel, counterweighting, length and lie that are fit to you to reach your potential as a putter.