Prestige Monitor
general /

Putters- strong arc stroke using face balanced?

If you said I play a fade with my driver but I'm going to get a draw biased driver to straighten it out, the unanimous response would be don't change your driver it's not the problem pay for a lesson it's cheaper :whistle:

With arc biased, faced balanced, C of G, super stroke etc, it's so very easy to get confused. I was probably one of the worst putters you'll ever come across. A belly putter improved things however with all the controversy before the ban was announced, I decided to sell and invest in a quality putter.

I knew what I wanted as soon as I picked it up as everything felt dead right, it was one of those "this is the one" moments. You can talk about this that or the other when it comes to putting but for me it's all about feel and confidence. Most quality putters come with metal or insert faces so if you don't like the feel and control of one type of face opt for the other.

If a putter feels right and inspires confidence you're 90% there. Some people struggle with alignment, some with feel and others with reading the green.

Get your set up right, the alignment and then the feel and it then comes down to reading the green and applying the correct length stroke to get the ball 1ft past the hole.

If you struggle with reading the green it comes down to practice and experience. A pro can help however if he says you need this type of putter and it doesn't feel right forget it because once you have a brain worm it will eat away at your confidence until it kills your game. Pick the one that feels right and work with it.

It's a bit like finding the right wife, you know it's right but you still have your ups and downs and have to work at it to get the best out of it. You know if you try to trade it in it will be expensive and the next model may give you exactly the same problems ;)

Stick with it, find one you like and work with it.