so you have this magical putter. It lowered your score, you loved it so much, blah blah.

You buy a different putter thinking its time to change, or just for fun or too much money to wipe you a** with.
You couldn't get over your ex-putter so you went back.
You buy another one later, you still couldn't forget your last putter so you went back AGAIN. so on, goes on, etc.

Anyone done this with a putter? Name the putter that REALLY lasted inside of you and the bag.

A cheap Never Compromise putter off ebay... I always go back to it. It's been out awhile but in isn't going anywhere.

studio stainless 2.5 bought it sold it bought it sold it bought it and now its not leaving...

My piece of s*** ping zing that i swear i hate. Just keeps coming back just to ruin game.

ping zing 2f... not sure why that one is so special ... just part of the rotation

I rotate through my line up of putters faster than most, so I've gone back to many putters at least twice. Most recently, though, I bought a TM Spider to try out all the technology and put my Byron 006 aside. I went down to Texas for a "friendly" match against my father-in-law and the Spider didn't even last 9 holes (I brought the Byron down as club #14 just in case). I lost the match, which I deserved, because I never should have turned my back on a putter that has my name on it.

An odyssey white hot #1. I have tried at least three putters in the past two years and after a dozen rounds or so they just stop working. ( you know it is the fact that the putter stopped working, it has nothing to do with the puttee). On a whim, I threw the white hot back in the bag for a quick trip to Scottsdale this weekend, Played Troon North and shot 76 with only 27 putts ( a minor miracle for me).
So for now the old #1 is back in the starting line up.

Just in the last year and a 1/2, I have bagged all of these at least 2-3 times (each time is ususally for about a month or so) and the reasons they got left behind, but I just could not stay away:

Never Compromise GM2 #1 mallet (bagged 3 different times) (HATE, HATE, HATE how it looks cheap like a Walmart putter, but damn if I can't putt well with it; never lose my touch with it, just get to the point where I cannot stomach the site of it)

Scotty Phantom Futura (bagged 3 different times) (the small rounded version, not the Futura twin)

Odyssey Marxman Blade (bagged 3 different times) (loved it, but hated the too soft XG insert)

Ping Craz-e i series (bagged 2 different times) (loved it, just for change of pace, went to the Marxman again, and switched back to the Ping, and it would be in the bag today, but the current Marxman 224 knocked it out)

For some reason I put a nice roll on the ball with an old Ping G2 MyDay. I hardly ever use it anymore, but it is fairly reliable. It's my "caddie" putter. Those guys don't want to mess with putter covers so I don't use my "good" putters when I have someone on the bag.

I have noticed that different putters of mine work good on certain greens. Slow greens, the heavy putter is in. Fast greens the white hot #1 works better. You can really tell in the first few greens if the putter is hot or not.

My now 10 year old TeI3 Newport putter, it looks like crap, but after every stint with a new putter, I go back to that one and always end up putting the lights out.

I have to say, my latest 006 is a solid putter.

odyssey rossie II. I just aquired another one (used) as i find the shape and alignment simple and easy and the feel soft but not too soft. I go away from this, away from mallets but always come back.

For 25 years I've had a center-shafted Bullseye-type putter made by Plop. When my stroke gets hopelessly out of whack I go back to it. It's a very unforgiving putter so it makes me keep it simple. It will work for a while and then . . .

SeeMore Brass Blade.

I've gone back to it about 3 times since '99. However, it's on it's 4th sebatical now.

This one: I have the Studio Select in the bag right now...but it's New! I'm afraid the Gauge is still the better...but change is needed for that fix.

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This one made me smile. I have always said that putters are as human as you and I and can sense when they are being betrayed or tested. It is up to the putter as to how they respond. It has been my experience, however, that rarely do the warm up to the idea of being replaced.
I hope that the 006 came back into line and is now the "gamer of choice". Byron's work is getting better and more recognized every day.
Great story, BTW,
LaMont in AZ

When I just feel awful about my game, I keep going back to my Slighter Portland...just an old friend!

I've got eight putters in my stable, seven of which are Newport/Anser designs of one type or another.

To be honest, they've all beenin and out of the bag at least three times in the last few years, but an old Mil-Spec and Ping Anser 2 are the mainstays of the bag and probably have 80% of the last five years' bag time between the pair of them.

Currently, I'm bagging a Newport TeI3 that's on about it's tenth 'I'll just give it another go' period since I got it.

Ping Darby
Odyssey DF 330
White Hot 2 ball

I seem to rotate these 3 most frequently, with one or two others sprinkled in.

Still go back to the dos juevo!

Putter I came back to twice is the TaylorMade Nubbins....seriously. A friend was going to trade it in, realized that the shop wouldn't give him anything for it, then offered it to me. I used the Nubbins for over a year and guess I really got a feel for that weird insert.

Got caught up in the GolfWRX Kirk Currie hype in January, picked one up off of eBay, and sold it a month later. Back to Nubbins.

Tried the White Hot XG insert at a local store, liked it (or thought I did), bought a Marxman Mini off of eBay about 2 months ago. It's back up on eBay for sale right now.

I think I'm the only GolfWRX member with a Nubbins in my bag.....a little embarrassing, but, oh well....

Well I have to say I have gone back to my Odyssey 2-ball blade DFX a few times and looks like it will be back in soon. Had the Spider in but changed to oversized grip and I am not putting like I was with it. DFX always seems to be warm and fuzzy.


Scotty B

about to make a leap as we speak....i am putting around the pro shop with a scotty studio select newport...just a beauty...no site line...no dot....i am nailing every table leg head on...


it is really hard for me to part with #7 ......we've made a good run...made some great putts.....


but sometimes, change is neccesary

I've got 11 putters that have any shot of seeing time in the bag but the one that i'll always fall back on is my Gauge Design Japan "The One". I won't even change the well-worn Pingman Blackout grip because it just feels "right" in my hands.

Necessary change, yes indeed...And Right Now I'm gaming the Studio Select Newport, and you won't be disappointed in the least.

I have gone back to my Nickent Pipe and my Grace long-putter a couple of times each...but now that the DCT from Grace is in my bag I doubt that anything else will get a look for quite a while.

i left her sitting behind the counter until tomorrow. we have a tournament (mondays....arggggggh)....so i thought once we get them out on the course i would take her to the practice green and give it a whirl....

can't believe i fell for it actually. totally not my style in the least.....but the feel is amazing. and the look....there is nothing better than standing over a putter and the sight of it gives you goose bumps....true love. i tried to be in love with the 1.5 but it just isn't there for me.


SS Newport screams lurv. It wants me.

My black bullseye-shaped putter. I don't even know what brand it is, but it works. It was given to me from my dad which he got from his dad. I thought I'd get over it, but it still works even now after being all scratched and banged up. I don't use it anymore though. I keep it as a commemorative gift from my father, which he gave me after my first round of golf . Besides, I've already found replacements which are as special as my black bulls eye; My BB1 Dass, and Bobby Grace M1

It's dos juevos!! That's what 4 years of Spanish will get ya!!

In my case, when I get in a putting bind, I always go back to some sort of mallet (STX belly mallet, Rossa Maranello, etc.)

My Cleveland 588 56* sandwedge. If my putting is horrible, I know the cleveland can do better! I'm not even joking.

My old SC Pro Plat Newport 2 Midslant. Tried to replace it with 2 different Odysseys this year and learned my lesson. It was my gamer for 10 years for a reason.

That said, just picked up a Studio Select Newport 2 Midslant yesterday and putted the lights out with it (same putter basically, just feels better). I forsee this one lasting another 10 years in my bag.

I never liked insert putters, decided to try them this year, but had issues with distance control off the insert. Tried and true milled carbon steel is the only way to go.

I've went through 3 Never Compromise Milled Series #4. I'm anxouisly awaiting my Byron Channel Island 18! I hope this is the one. I have a Scotty Del Mar 3.5 that I put like crap with but can't seem to give it up just b/c its a Del Mar 3.5. Damn you Scotty!

You just like those "plumber's butt" putters..uh, I mean "plumber's neck" putters.

Mine is the Newport, without any site aids..but I kind of wished that it had a site dot, just something different to look at.

Did you notice that the length of the Studio Selects are somewhat shorter than other Cameron's of similar length?

MrParr-

I actually don't like the plumbers neck.....I love me some double bend....that's why I am shocked that I like it so much.

As far as length....all of my putters are at least cut 31" with a few as short as 29". This one is 34" and I found a club guy who is among the top clubfitters in the world...has one of those Circle T fancy shmancy Cameron Putter loft/lie machines in his basement and will play with my putter ( ) for a decent fee. One of our members got his lie and loft adjusted, cut down, regripped....35 bones. Best part....he's local...YAY!!


I also forgot to add that i think the reason that i like the SS Newport so much is that it doesn't have the sight dot or line. i was talking to one of our members about it the other day and his reply to me was "ahhh you're a purist". i laughed and thought to myself....no not really....more of a nudist. it looks naked. and i like it.

i just came from rolling it on the green grass......true love.

The Ping G2 Tess. Everytime I am putting bad I change to that putter and i become better. I have bought 4 putters since i first benched it. Oddly everytime i switch away from it my putting says good. Still have it in my locker at the course just incase.

yes callie the old faithful!

This old Rossa Daytona I have. It is a tour issue putter. It is beat up, the grip is an old worn out Winn USA one. But every few months, I'll bring it out for no reason and putt lights out for a round. Then after that it seems to forget how to make them then back in the closet it goes. I wanna get rid of it, but I never will. It is only good for 18 holes every two or three months.

I've got to say the Red X5 has been in the bag all year. Only the Odyssey Black Series-i #1 and TaylorMade Spider have been tested, but both were pushed out of the way within a day of testing. Can't find anything to replace the Cameron so far.

I've been getting off track here but the main reason I bought the Cameron Studio Select Newport was out of boredom. I've been back and forth with the Gauge by D Whitlam for about 4 years now. First time on the putting green with the CSS and it wasn't for shat. I then compared the putters side by side and noticed that the Gauge Design was way flatter, and with less loft than the CSS.

Fast forward, I jammed that Cameron in my vise and bend it to like type angles of the Gauge Design. Ta Daaa!! I can now put lights out with both...well maybe not lights out...but I can make some dayuum good Juans.

What I wouldn't give to have some guy wiff sum fancy shmancy Cameron loft lie machine in my necca da woods.

p.s. I like necced putters too like my Gauge Design.

i cannot wait to pay this guy a visit. if it is going to be as good as i think it will....i could become a putter ho real fast.

This is my putter, and it will not leave my bag any time soon. TM Rossa Daytona Tour 1-02.

Is that how all of the inserts of the Rossa Tours are??? I've never seen the insert that color. Or a custom thing?

Odyssey 2 ball. It's ugly so I've tried to change, but it putts the ball in the hole too well.

This is a good thread. I own putters older than over half of the people on this forum. The one putter that has been in and out of my bag since 1985 is a Ben Crenshaw Improved 8802 by Walter Hagen. Wilson Staff owned Walter Hagen in those days and the were their upscale line. I paid 40 dollars for this putter. In todays money, that would be over 200 dollars.

Yep, My Gauge, but it is Zman's fault. I putt very well with the Byron he sold me on my neighbors indoor practice green, but since itis a piece of jewelry I have a panic attack every time I take the head cover off. I cannot drag it through the damp grass with the shiny mistic pearl and the gold paintfill. What kind of sick twisted person would do this to an innocent golfer like me? Way to go Zman as if I did not have enough issues as is!

OH yeah I have a couple of Camerons too, but the Gauge wins for now. Tom Slighter says he is going to change this!

When i was younger i had a Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum Del Mar 3 which used to find the hole by itself!! (Had 19 putts with it one day!!) I chop and change putters alot but always went back to it until it mysteriously disappeared from my golf bag!!!

I have an Odyssey White Hot #5 on loan to my dad. I used it for three years and had some great times and great memories with it. Though I don't use it, I would never let it go. I would be very angry if I lost it. In fact, the memories with that putter seem to help to restore my confidence. Just before Pennant season last year (Australia), my putting was shaky and I had no confidence with my Callaway. I pulled out the Odyssey for month or so which gave me the confidence and it transferred to the Callaway, fortunately. So, now I have two putters that I have confidence with, and two putter which I will never get rid of!

I've tried so many putters I can't keep track... cameron, bettinardi, TM, byron, mizuno, ping, Rife.... and the list goes on and on.... but, I find myself keep going back to my Hiro MZ-60 a pretty rare putter. I don't have the actual picture handy... but here's a image I found online. This putter is only limited to 300 pieces. I was lucky enough to have found one.

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Mine Hiro Putters...
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My Bettinardi bb41. Im always looking for something new, but when money is on the line or its tournament time, I always go back to the bett.This putter will be with me a long long time.

Trusty Zebra teardrop mallet, I got caught up in the moi craze.. tried the monza, voodoo, inza and finally the cameron fastback over the past 2 years. The monzas were amazing from 5 ft and in, the voodoo was brutal, the cameron was nice.. I just couldn't get the confidence that comes from making so many putts and great rounds with the zebra.
Just goes to show you that feel and confidence can have the advantage over space age technology and exotic materials. The Zebra costed me $40 and I cant find anything that works better.