Hi; One of my fellow competitors uses a sidesaddle putter. He's a 4 handicapper. He putts like crap with any other style. The putter he has is a strange looking device. Its about 40" long. The head looks as though a flat piece of brass was soldered to a giant bullet. It's "T" shaped and not very heavy. The company that makes is also makes conventional putters, using the same head. The guy is a pretty good putter while using the sidesaddle tool, but really stinks using any other style.
I guess I've tried just about every style putter ever made; forged with hickory shafts, mallets, Bullseye, Anser, croquet, sidesaddle, extra long, extra short, heavy, light, big grip, small grip, no grip (tape only), wood head, steel, zinc, copper, and every combination ever made. They all work . . . for a while. Then the honeymoon ends and another putter hits the closet. Actually I've stuck with two putters for the past 25 years or so; a Ping "Z-Blade," and a Ping BeCu "B-60." Both plugged to 36 1/2". Both with jumbo Tacki-Mac grips. I recently started using a 2-Ball putter which, for the time being, is the best I've ever used. No doubt it too will jilt me soon. The point is, it seems to me that no matter what the style of putter one uses, what matters more than any other thing is confidence. If a person starts missing putts with one putter, changing to another often helps. However, rather than continually changing putters, it seems to me that changing technique - going to basics - would be a lot less expensive and a lot easier. I'm not knocking anyone. Just my opinion. TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: "new putter" > Arnie, > Played today and hit every put side saddle. I didn't have a > specific technique - just took my regular length putter and putted > side saddle. Short putts seemed automatic, starting around 6 feet > they got more difficult. Lagging was a little bit problematic, both > in direction and distance. My cobbled together stroke seemed to > break down on the long putts. > > I seemed to see the line better, which is a major problem of mine. > For the day I putted about like I normally do. > > Certainly worth more consideration, but not yet ready for prime time. > > /Ed > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > http://puttmagic.com/plans.JPG > > > > Interesting new putting style. Side saddle putter is an interesting > > winter project. Web site for Putmagic.com should have most reading till > > Spring before getting to plans and instructions for building. > > > > Arnie >
