We see it all the time on putter threads...comments such as "X putter puts a good forward roll on the ball." Which I am honestly guilty of a time or two as well.
The questing here is, can you really tell? Not sure I've ever picked up a putter that didn't put a forward roll on the ball. If it skidded more at first, there wasn't really a way I could tell with my eyes or without the use of a camera or something along those lines. Has anyone ever played a putter that didn't roll the ball forward? Genuinely curious, because it honestly feels like it's just a phrase thrown around that at this point, really has no meaning anymore to me. I have 5 putters in my house currently, all with very different faces, and all putt the ball generally the same from what I can tell. I'm more so concerned with how the ball sounds off the face than any other factor at that point.
So if there is a difference - is it more insert/face related? Something to do with the putting stroke? Or is it maybe have more to do with making sure you have the right loft on your putter?
The questing here is, can you really tell? Not sure I've ever picked up a putter that didn't put a forward roll on the ball. If it skidded more at first, there wasn't really a way I could tell with my eyes or without the use of a camera or something along those lines. Has anyone ever played a putter that didn't roll the ball forward? Genuinely curious, because it honestly feels like it's just a phrase thrown around that at this point, really has no meaning anymore to me. I have 5 putters in my house currently, all with very different faces, and all putt the ball generally the same from what I can tell. I'm more so concerned with how the ball sounds off the face than any other factor at that point.
So if there is a difference - is it more insert/face related? Something to do with the putting stroke? Or is it maybe have more to do with making sure you have the right loft on your putter?