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Putting feel and sound. Experimenting with SC weights.

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So I've been experimenting lately after customizing my SC California Monterey putter. The over size matador grip is a bit heavier than a standard grip and as SC are big on swing weight, been trying some heavier weights in the head. I've been after a solid feel for a long time. The kind of feel like the Rife putters (which I think is because of the grooves minimizing face contact with the ball) seem to have; really solid. Anyway, I didn't completely screw in the weights while swapping and checking during a putting practice session and I found the feel to be amazing. It actually felt great. It has a different sound because the weights vibrated slightly at impact. It made two sounds, one being high pitched "ting" and the other being a really deep "click." I screwed them up tight and the sound was back to normal and the feel wasn't a solid. So again, loosened the weights just slightly and it was pure. What have I stumbled onto here? Has anyone experimented with their putters like this?


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Sound = feel. Everyone has a different thought on what "feels" best. I may be different than most people and can deal with different sounds from putters; I just want to be able to tell where on the face the ball makes contact. The big reason is so I can understand my misses.
 
Sound is indeed feel, particularly in putters.

One of my favorite things to do is put headphones/music on a person at the putting green and then have them roll 5-10 different putters and tell me what's soft or not. Then, remove the headphones and repeat, the answers are always remarkably different.
 
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Sound is indeed feel, particularly in putters.

One of my favorite things to do is put headphones/music on a person at the putting green and then have them roll 5-10 different putters and tell me what's soft or not. Then, remove the headphones and repeat, the answers are always remarkably different.
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I've only ever had one putter feel different while putting with headphones on. It's a strange sensation for sure.
 
Jman said:
Sound is indeed feel, particularly in putters.

One of my favorite things to do is put headphones/music on a person at the putting green and then have them roll 5-10 different putters and tell me what's soft or not. Then, remove the headphones and repeat, the answers are always remarkably different.
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It's all sensory related. But sound has become even more of a driver with the fatter grips on putters IMO.
 
Sound is feel for sure. I love my Scotty because I love the sound. Not sure I would want to have weights not tight in a putter, but if you can keep from having them fall out, go for it.
 
Well, to keep them in place maybe a little piece of teflon tape would make it snug enough that they wouldn't work their way out.
 
For putting, feel is actually "feel" for me. A well struck put has little vibration.
 
There's only the slightest bit of screw tension taken off the weights but it changes it completely.


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