I told an associate (I had a brief tour working in a golf shop in West LA) one day that Cameron's putters were nothing more than fancied-up PING Ansers, and he looked at me as if I were some unenlightened fool.
Here I am several years later, proud owner of several Camerons (I like the old oil-can finishes), Bettinardis, etc. and still say that none of them are any better than an Anser (or hundreds of others like my 8802). They are just more nicely finished and perhaps prettier. While with the Cameron's and other small custom shops you're getting a decent putter, you're really paying extra for the jeweled appearance. Same with everything. While you won't get a watch that'll keep any better time than a $20 Timex, you can pay over $100,000 for a real pretty one from one of the Swiss manufacturers. "It's the Indian, not the arrow" Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just finished reading the article about new putters in this month's edition of "Golf". I got to wondering; does anyone really believe the crap the mfr's are trying to sell? MOI, better roll, shorter/longer, heavier/lighter, 2 ball, 2 bar, tungsten weights, copper weights, steel weight, peripheral weights, face balanced, toe heavy, heel heavy, center weights, center shafts, bent shafts, straight shafts, short shafts, long shafts. The list goes on. Then I watch Woods make a zillion putts with a Cameron Karsten Solheim Anser knockoff and wonder what the hell all the hype is about. Either you can putt, or you can't, and the multi-gizmo ugly, $300 branding iron won't make you a good putter. (And does anyone agree with me that Cameron's Ping knockoff is no better than the original?) Oh sure, I have about a dozen putters, and I've tried out just about every new one that came along. I have yet to find one better than the ca 1967 Ping "Z" Blade I've used for years. I'm a pretty good putter (thankfully, cuz I can't hit a green these days), and I do o.k. with most any of the tools out there. However I cannot imagine why anyone would spend a bunch of money for a putter that won't do any better than any other putter. As the old saying goes, it ain't the bowling ball, it's the bowler - or something like that. Rantingly yours; TFlan
