I am a new member and I recieved the new Bobby Grace Palma Ceia putter for Fathers Day '08 and I really think that it is the best putter technology on the market today. What do you blokes think??
Well for one thing I have never been a good putter. What this putter has is a DCT (distance control technology) insert that allows the player to mishit the ball and still allow the ball to go the same distance. So, if I can't hit it in the center 100% of the time, the ball will still go the same distance as if I had hit in on the sweet spot. Bobby Grace himself demonstrated how an Odyssey putter and a Ping putter was not consistent on mishits. He hit it on the toe, heel, and on the sweet spot. Its on the website www.macgregor.com and its on YouTube under Bobby Grace Putter. Also, I have tried all types of putters: Ping, Odyssey, Titleist, etc, and none of them have any type of insert that is forgiving on mishits. They aren't forgiving period. Those putters just look good in my opinion, they don't work. And I live in Northern California where we have [I]Poa annua[I] type greens on all of the courses here and this turf is always bumpy and never true. I know, I used to be an assistant superintendent. If you have bentgrass greens now, just wait they will be Poa soon. Golf course greens at the local city course are well manicured nowadays but they still aren't Augusta National greens, so how do you expect to putt well on a untrue green? The green is best just after being mowed in the morning. Not after 100 groups have been through with their footmarks and putter marks. So, to summarize, the Bobby Grace putter has all of the R and D to outputt the competition. There were originally listed as about 120.00, now they are cheaper on Ebay.
to be honest it really doesnt matter if your putter is the most technologically advance one on the market... all that matters is that your comfortable with it and you hole putts with it...
Learn to stroke it pure. You might like it, but it certainly isnt the best putter out there. There is a putter for everyone, it sounds like you have found yours.
I feel rather strongly about the great help that this putter gives the player and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
If you feel strongly then go with it. I don't think you can go wrong. Now that you've jogged my memory about the Bobby Grace putters, I might pick one up.
I had a Bobby Grace Amazing Grace several years ago. It was head and shoulders better than anything I had tried to date. However, I learned I liked a heavier feeling putter, so I next went with a No Compromise Voodoo Daddy, then all the way to my current Heavy Putter B1. For me, a good high MOI center shafted heavy feeling putter works with my pendular stroke. For others, it's something different. Very subjective stuff, with no right and wrong answers.
I agree DM. It's just interesting to see where the line is drawn here on GR. Personally, if I found a putter that gave me a few less strokes a round I would use it no matter who though it was gay. Myself included.
I have never used a bobby grace putter but I've never even seen on in LH. So? It sounds very similar to the new Ping anser line. Never seen one of these in LH either. I'm not a big fan of inserts. I don't like the way the feel. The only thing I've considered is porting the back of my putter to give a tonal difference on well struck putts.
I agree with Pingman and others. If you have confidence with a putter then you'll make more putts.
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