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[Titleist876]

Have to start with Azinger's winning the '92 Tour Championship with Natural Golf's "The Thing"





Cant forget Parnevik's win at the '01 Honda using Stickygolf's P2 Solution II



Arron Oberholser's win at the '06 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with the Scotty Cameron Futura





What are some other Strange Putters that have Won on Tour?

[highergr0und]

Nicklaus' response putter in 86.  The thing was huge

[Titleist876]

Yes forgot that one! He won the Masters too!! Eeeeesh!

[hogans71]

Didn't Mickelson win with a futura? I certainty recall him using one for a stretch...

I actually liked that putter. Got a nice chunk a change when I swapped it for a Newport...

[KYMAR]

Man could this topic, like most topics, use Mat562

[RobS14526]

Curtis?

[highergr0und]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 04:41 PM, said:

Man could this topic, like most topics, use Mat562

Yeah, haven't seen him around in forever.

[highergr0und]

The models might be hard to find pics of, but if you could go back into the 60s and some other older eras, you will probably see some crazy stuff.  The putter rules were looser than they are today up until the Snead croquet ruling in 67.  I believe that's when they installed the dimension requirements and put a angle requirement on the shaft.  Man, just go find some pics of some old Ping prototypes from back in the day.

[KYMAR]

Someone won with the original STX putter but I can't think of who it is.

[rich13]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 04:41 PM, said:

Man could this topic, like most topics, use Mat562

Yes it certainly could, can't we do something??????? Come back Mat562!!!!!

[hogans71]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 04:56 PM, said:

Someone won with the original STX putter but I can't think of who it is.

Thought that was Parnevik as well...

[Titleist876]

Anyone got pics of the original STX?

[KYMAR]

[Ogre41]

Didn't Rich Beem win with the STX?

[nbg352]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

STX.jpg

Wow! Better strike that dead center perfect, or else!

[KYMAR]

It had 3 different faces, one soft, medium and firm. I never had one and cant remember if they were interchangable or if you picked the one you wanted. Seems to me they were replaceable but i could be wrong.

Edited by KYMAR, 04 January 2013 - 07:15 PM.

[rymail00]

I went and looked at the STX website and I believe most of their putters now have removable faces

Edited by rymail00, 04 January 2013 - 07:20 PM.

[hogans71]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

STX.jpg

I actually owned this one as well- couldn't give it away after I gave it some time in the bag...

I don't believe, back then, the faces were interchangeable...

[KYMAR]

hogans71, on 04 January 2013 - 07:51 PM, said:

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

STX.jpg

I actually owned this one as well- couldn't give it away after I gave it some time in the bag...

I don't believe, back then, the faces were interchangeable...

Yeah i think I remember reading somewhere (probably here some where) years ago that you could send them in and they would replace the insert for a cost. Which seems like a huge wast of time for that putter. To be honest, I have rolled them a few times with the firm insert (on crappy industrial carpet at Play it again sports) and it wasn't really that bad, and I actually remember thinking how easy it was to find the center of the face.

[iBanesto]

Any broomstick or belly putters.

[cxx]

How about VJ winning the Masters with the Dandy.  I got one.  Freaky, but worked great.

Edited by cxx, 05 January 2013 - 10:47 PM.

[farmer]

I don't remember if he won with it, but Gene Littler used a Basakward for a while.  They were very common, but the Zebra was a weird looking tool, particularly in context of time of introduction.

[BrianL99]

http://www.tigershar...m-flood-design/

[mr smith]

iBanesto, on 04 January 2013 - 08:35 PM, said:

Any broomstick or belly putters.

+1

[swingdoc80]

I remember seve using one called a plop in the nineties, can't remember if he won though. The ping doc 17 incher was pretty strange, think mark James won with hat one.

[Shiram]

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

STX.jpg

Ha! Had mine in the bag until last year!

[jwrogers]

nbg352, on 04 January 2013 - 07:07 PM, said:

KYMAR, on 04 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

STX.jpg

Wow! Better strike that dead center perfect, or else!

I've got a buddy who uses one and he is DEADLY with it.   He's a great putter.

[beruo]

Antonio Maldonado won the Mexican Open with a PING Craz-E.  What makes it unique is that it is actually the junior/kids version of the putter.

(pics are of the gold version sitting in ping's vault)

[AP2 712]

The original STX Sync Tour was not interchangeable but the later versions were. I recall Jesper using the STX during the 1997 Open Championship @ Royal Troon

I have owned one of each.... I liked the changeable one especially on fast greens but have since gotten rid of the putter

[KYMAR]

Thinking of the STX I mentioned prompted me to visit their website to see if they had any info on "classic" or "retired" clubs.

If anyone wants a good chuckle, especially anyone who likes to complain about TM or any other OEM's marketing efforts, should really check it out. It's Bizarre Chic, feels totally phony and really does nothing to make me want to put a putter of theirs in the bag,

Edited by KYMAR, 06 January 2013 - 06:54 PM.