What a mistake that was....

my little hacker and I (shes 7) did our usual and went into Golf Galaxy late this afternoon....

Ive never putted with a Scotty Cameron putter....
I shouldnt have done it.
The feel off the thing is something else.

I tried the California Series (I think) new model, Fastback version.

$350 - wow.

Are these things really worth it? Like I said, the feel off the thing is unbelievable.
But really, at the end of the day, isnt it the indian in control and not the arrow?

Do these things make a guy better or is it all in the head.....and maybe if the thing makes you think your better you might just putt better????

Care to opine?

Don't know how good the putter is but stop teasing us and post a picture of the putter cover already!

[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;273318]Don't know how good the putter is but stop teasing us and post a picture of the putter cover already![/QUOTE]

LOL. have no idea about the cover - I could care less about it really. I have read comments on the putter - and some mention the cover (which i thought was odd). Is it magical or something?

[QUOTE=Lord Helmet;273317]my little hacker and I (shes 7) did our usual and went into Golf Galaxy late this afternoon....

Ive never putted with a Scotty Cameron putter....
I shouldnt have done it.
The feel off the thing is something else.

I tried the California Series (I think) new model, Fastback version.

$350 - wow.

Are these things really worth it? Like I said, the feel off the thing is unbelievable.
But really, at the end of the day, isnt it the indian in control and not the arrow?

Do these things make a guy better or is it all in the head.....and maybe if the thing makes you think your better you might just putt better????

Care to opine?[/QUOTE]

Nah !!! It's beautiful in DE today and played around this morning, hit everything well, never a 3-putt with this RAM ZEBRA ... $15 brand new... I have 3 of them , with different length and grip size... This putter has not let me down yet

I removed 4 screw at the bottom, took out the foam, filled in the cavity with heavy fine sand... as balanced as it gets... the BEST

[QUOTE=Pky6471;273320]Nah !!! It's beautiful in DE today and played around this morning, hit everything well, never a 3-putt with this RAM ZEBRA ... $15 brand new... I have 3 of them , with different length and grip size... This putter has not let me down yet[/QUOTE]

You know I believe you that you putt well with that putter. I would find hundreds of reasons to kick that ugly stick out of my bag but if I made beautiful stokes with it, I'd have to let it stay.

[QUOTE=Lord Helmet;273317]my little hacker and I (shes 7) did our usual and went into Golf Galaxy late this afternoon....

Ive never putted with a Scotty Cameron putter....
I shouldnt have done it.
The feel off the thing is something else.

I tried the California Series (I think) new model, Fastback version.

$350 - wow.

Are these things really worth it? Like I said, the feel off the thing is unbelievable.
But really, at the end of the day, isnt it the indian in control and not the arrow?

Do these things make a guy better or is it all in the head.....and maybe if the thing makes you think your better you might just putt better????

Care to opine?[/QUOTE]

I had a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 and it felt better than other putters but that was the only difference. I didn't make more putts. It's a soft metal so the putter will tend to ding easily. I like the new black line of putters they have out now.

[QUOTE=Lord Helmet;273317]my little hacker and I (shes 7) did our usual and went into Golf Galaxy late this afternoon....

Ive never putted with a Scotty Cameron putter....
I shouldnt have done it.
The feel off the thing is something else.

I tried the California Series (I think) new model, Fastback version.

$350 - wow.

Are these things really worth it? Like I said, the feel off the thing is unbelievable.
But really, at the end of the day, isnt it the indian in control and not the arrow?

Do these things make a guy better or is it all in the head.....and maybe if the thing makes you think your better you might just putt better????

Care to opine?[/QUOTE]
I have a Newport 2.6 and I agree. If I hadn't gotten it for a bargain price, I wouldn't have bought it. The newest series feel even softer because they have deeper milling this year. Really nice feeling putters, but not worth the $350 price tag to me. The nice thing is that they do hold most of their value so you can always dump it and not lose too much.

[QUOTE=poe4soul;273323]You know I believe you that you putt well with that putter. I would find hundreds of reasons to kick that ugly stick out of my bag but if I made beautiful stokes with it, I'd have to let it stay.[/QUOTE]

I made several 1 putts yesterday and no 3 putts, that's the proof.. It's my first love and it will be the last. I've changed drivers, woods, gaybrids, irons but this love stays with me forever
Nuf said...

I have tried hundreds of putters over my Years of Golf ("YOG") and have come to the conclusion that price does not equal value which is one of the iron-clad pillars of the Canons of Appraisal of
Stuff.

Example: FD was uncommonly kind to send to me a box full of obsolute and obscure clubs that had and have no measureable Market Value. Included in this batch of Yard Sale/Solid Waste Landfill Collection was a putter made by the Nitro company and labeded "CG-One". It is surely an unlicensed, patent-infringing knock-off copy of something Really Expensive. I was thinking maybe Scotty Cameron but then maybe it was Scotty Cameroon, the West African clubmaker who originally knocked off the Cameron and, being on the Dark Continent where Western Law has no reach, was free to sell his flatsticks to his swarthy continent mates in great numbers. Anyway, Nitro golf seems to make a full line of clubs and balls and sells these items at the ultra-chic and exclusive Walmart stores. It appears, after intensive Ebay and Google research, that the putter I was given is not available separate from the whole set of sticks,

So since I have begun playing competitive golf again after more than two decades and my putting through two month's worth of rounds has ranged from bad to awful, I decided that it couldn't get worse and put the Nitro CG-One in play for yesterday morning's competition. As a preventative to potential ridicule and scorn, I discretely removed the small yellow shat band an inch above the putterhead hosel that read "Made in China" although anyone inspecting it closely would find that its probable geographic location of manufacture obvious. Now for the results:

I only 3-putted once and the missed second putt was from about 20" and my knees were still shaking from clearing the front pond retaining wall by three feet with my semi-clunked 9 iron from 129 yards in a swirling wind to the island green of the par 3. So it should have been a tee shot in the drink, a pitch from the drop area, and a two-putt for a double, so I could live with that 3 putt. Now the rest of the holes were characterized by sinking 10-40'ers for pars, one 50 footer for my first birdie on a par 3 in about 20 years, and a par-saving 45 footer on the 18th hole after a cold-topped pitching wedge and a mediocre pitch. The result of the fine performance of the Nitro CG-One putter is that I won the competition, the first place money, and a sh*t-load of points in the year-long race to the cup.

Now the gratis putter is not the entire story here. FD also included a Nicklaus driver in the Goodwill Box. I played one round with it but we didn't bond too well but it was playable. However, it played about 45.75" so I pulled the grip and cut it down to 45". Now that buggered the swingweight so I figured to attach lead tape to the back of the Jack Niclaus head but it is made of a composite that is so slick that the lead tape stick-um would not adhere. So, last Friday I buy a used Titleist 909 Dcomp. I have wanted to try a non-bore-thru Tit head for a long time and this one was cheap. But it came with a 45 gram senior flex Mitsu Bassara shaft--a real al dente stick that would flex ten inches if you just looked at it. I played last Sunday with it and it f*cked me royally but the head was perfect to my eye and even the shaft flexed 10 degrees open at impact and smothered my drive 80 yards into the right rough on a perfect impact, I would reshaft it and try to unlock its potential. Here's where the Niclaus comes in. It had a Fujirkura regular flex shat made-for-Nicklaus and I pulled it and put it in the Tit 909 D Comp head. Et Voila! The best fairway finding hit-it-under-the-wind driver I've ever owned.

I have a Newport 2 that I got off of ebay (new) a few years ago for a very good price. Agree with others that I wouldn't spend retail, but I will say that my putting improved with this putter... perhaps just due to confidence and the matter between the ears. However, I LOVE this putter. To each his own.

Every putter ever made blows chunks.

Once I realized that, I went for looks.

Now I putt with a hickory shafted replica of an early 1900s Spalding model.

It's every bit as good as anything else.

In fact, my putting has been better over the past two weeks.

Still, Scotty fans tend to be pretty loyal, so there must be something to it. If I didn't hate all putters, I'd like a couple of the shaft-aligned (non-offset) Yes! models among the modern ones.

[QUOTE=famousdavis;273326]I had a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 and it felt better than other putters but that was the only difference. I didn't make more putts. It's a soft metal so the putter will tend to ding easily. I like the new black line of putters they have out now.[/QUOTE]
This pretty much sums up my experience.

Scotty Cameron's do feel amazing. I pulled my old #3 out a few weeks ago and was rolling the ball beautifully, but I didn't drop any putts.

The vast majority of Scotties appear to be offset.

The shaft-aligned Newport 2.6 looks like a good club, but the steel shaft looks cold and unforgiving when it's the only steel shaft in the bag.

I've been playing a hickory shafted putter and doing a little better--although putting will never, after fifty years, suddenly become the strength of my game, I'm sure.

I refuse to use a putter headcover, as this was never a part of the game with which I grew up. Scotty users at the club seem to ALL use a putter cover, however. What a pain in the ass.

I ho'd one off ebay. Mint condition. Paid $260. Count me as one of the sheep. :)

[QUOTE=Lord Helmet;273609]I ho'd one off ebay. Mint condition. Paid $260. Count me as one of the sheep. :)[/QUOTE]

LH... as long as U are happy, that's all it counts, your money and enjoy it your way.

[QUOTE=Pky6471;273610]LH... as long as U are happy, that's all it counts, your money and enjoy it your way.[/QUOTE]

Thanks pky. Im a real believer the hardest part of this silly game is the space between your ears. If you think something is going to help you, then it will give you more confidence.

My driving and off the T was erratic until the 909d3 w/ Prolaunch Red shaft entered the pic...now I have the confidence I lacked off the T, and Im playing better golf, which is more enjoyable of course.

Will be bagging the new putter this weekend for a round w/ some buddies. Hope it works out! 6:20am T time...putter better be awake since I wont be! lol

[QUOTE=Lord Helmet;273611]Thanks pky. Im a real believer the hardest part of this silly game is the space between your ears. If you think something is going to help you, then it will give you more confidence.

My driving and off the T was erratic until the 909d3 w/ Prolaunch Red shaft entered the pic...now I have the confidence I lacked off the T, and Im playing better golf, which is more enjoyable of course.

Will be bagging the new putter this weekend for a round w/ some buddies. Hope it works out! 6:20am T time...putter better be awake since I wont be! lol[/QUOTE]

If it knocks 4 strokes off your cap it's $260 well spent. If not it's $260 wasted. Mind you, you could probably keep the putter and make a cool profit selling the head cover for $300.

I like the new Scotty Mallet I saw at the golf store today. I'm pretty sure it's the one Ricky Fowler is currently using. It be called the GoLo.

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