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[mike johnston]

Picked up my Versa #1 Wide WBW today.

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[Dscvrr St Louis]

Love the look of the #1 W...!! Thanks for the pic's!!  How's it rolling for you?

[VTHOKIM]

I'm a rookie to wrx but I have to admit, when you get obsessed with golf there isn't a better site to browse than this one!  In regards to the Versa, I have to admit I had a similar experience at Martin's in Myrtle Beach this weekend as some of the previous posts.  I saw the #9 WBW and started putting at holes between 10-20 feet and drained the first 10 in a row.  After about 5 in a row I kept thinking to myself this is stupid but they kept dropping.  My only complaint would be the insert just felt too soft but I've never been an insert person.  If I wasn't such a snob about how equipment looked the Versa would be in the bag!  I did just pick up a Black TD 9 on the BST... Can't wait to get it!

[Dscvrr St Louis]

VTHOKIM...welcome to the site!!

[bjwestner]

 Odyssey PM, on 21 February 2013 - 02:36 PM, said:

 bjwestner, on 21 February 2013 - 02:33 PM, said:

 Odyssey PM, on 21 February 2013 - 11:06 AM, said:

 bjwestner, on 20 February 2013 - 11:31 AM, said:

Apparently the tour issued Versa putters have a different insert? Can anyone confirm or deny this? I saw a #7 tour issued Versa on Ebay and it looked like it had a metal x insert that was painted black? I searched and searched and this was the only one that I could find. I was under the impression that the PGA players using the Versa series putters were using the same putters basically that are sold in retail and the insert was the same?

Two different inserts. Most of the guys using Versa are using the stock insert, but there are a handful of guys that love Metal-X so we wanted to have that available for them. The black one is actually anodized black.

Thanks for the answer. I really like my 1 wide Versa. I had the option of going with either the w/b/w or the b/w/b and ended up with the b/w/b because I wanted the white insert instead of the black. I was just on Odyssey's website and was looking at the White Hot Pro that is about to drop on March 1. From what I read, it appears that the White Hot Pro and the Versa have the same new White Hot insert?

Correct sir! Old White Hot feel, but we've improved the consistency of sound and ball speed across the face.

Thanks again......so I have to ask this question.....if the inserts are the same between the White Hot Pro and the Versa series, what makes the Versa series better/more expensive?  The msrp of the same model putter in the Versa line is more than the White Hot Pro line.  Why?  People see this and assume that the Versa series must be better or possibly higher quality?

I read about how the insert used to be expensive to manufacture but that Odyssey has tweaked this and been able to replicate the old feel but more cost effective.  This is great news, but if the insert is the same in both lines then what and why are the prices different from the two series?  (Note:  I'm talking about apples v. apples comparison, like for example the #7 putter is more expensive in the Versa line versus the White Hot Pro line).  

Thanks so much for all of your help!

[jeffrey r]

 bjwestner, on 25 February 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

Thanks again......so I have to ask this question.....if the inserts are the same between the White Hot Pro and the Versa series, what makes the Versa series better/more expensive?  

R&D?  The Paint?  Look, the White Hot Pro looks like another in the line of the basic Odyssey putters, White Hot, White Hot XG, White Ice, etc.  Odyssey has done these putters 1,000 times, they slap in a new insert, and the White Ice is now the White Hot Pro.  So they can price that accordingly.

The Versa is somewhat unique, and perhaps does cost more to manufacture, or requires a higher price to recoup some costs.  I have no real knowledge of this though.

[mike johnston]

 Dscvrr St Louis, on 24 February 2013 - 08:56 PM, said:

Love the look of the #1 W...!! Thanks for the pic's!!  How's it rolling for you?

Its great too bad cant golf for another 2 months.  Damn u Canadian winter

[TML]

ok - stopped by pga tour superstore and on a whim tried a few models.  The #7 white is what I ended up with.  Oh!  The feel of the insert, the alignment, the swing weight ....everything was awesome.

[bsquared25]

 blt2280, on 14 February 2013 - 08:58 PM, said:

Has anyone contacted Odyssey about adding a Site Dot to the Versa #1 just wondering coming from a Lefty

can you actually do that???

[Dscvrr St Louis]

 jeffrey r, on 25 February 2013 - 11:39 AM, said:

 bjwestner, on 25 February 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

Thanks again......so I have to ask this question.....if the inserts are the same between the White Hot Pro and the Versa series, what makes the Versa series better/more expensive?  

R&D?  The Paint?  Look, the White Hot Pro looks like another in the line of the basic Odyssey putters, White Hot, White Hot XG, White Ice, etc.  Odyssey has done these putters 1,000 times, they slap in a new insert, and the White Ice is now the White Hot Pro.  So they can price that accordingly.

The Versa is somewhat unique, and perhaps does cost more to manufacture, or requires a higher price to recoup some costs.  I have no real knowledge of this though.

To add to this...the alignment benefits of the 3 stripe system on the Versa costs more to apply to the putter, plus the customer gains a great alignment system, that in my mind blows away a line or a dot.  If someone wants the White Hot insert and not the alignment system...then they buy the White Hot Pro line.

[blt2280]

Is the 3 stripe really an alignment system or does it help keeping the putter square? The number 7 versa has 3 dots for ALIGNMENT and the number 2 versa has a site line for Alignment.. I agree that the white hot pro #1 could satisfy with the alignment line but I have yet to see a site dot on the odyssey #1 putters

[brew4eagle]

 blt2280, on 26 February 2013 - 08:36 AM, said:

Is the 3 stripe really an alignment system or does it help keeping the putter square? The number 7 versa has 3 dots for ALIGNMENT and the number 2 versa has a site line for Alignment.. I agree that the white hot pro #1 could satisfy with the alignment line but I have yet to see a site dot on the odyssey #1 putters

I absolutely view the '3 stripe Versa' as an alignment system.  The only difference between it and a traditional alignment line is that you align the Versa perpendicular to your intended line.  So, yes it keeps your putter square to the intended line, thus it's an alignment system.  Its effectiveness on traditional blade style putters is that the alignment system is WAY longer than the traditional sight line which allows you to better observe minor degrees of misalignment.

[Dscvrr St Louis]

 brew4eagle, on 26 February 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:

 blt2280, on 26 February 2013 - 08:36 AM, said:

Is the 3 stripe really an alignment system or does it help keeping the putter square? The number 7 versa has 3 dots for ALIGNMENT and the number 2 versa has a site line for Alignment.. I agree that the white hot pro #1 could satisfy with the alignment line but I have yet to see a site dot on the odyssey #1 putters

I absolutely view the '3 stripe Versa' as an alignment system.  The only difference between it and a traditional alignment line is that you align the Versa perpendicular to your intended line.  So, yes it keeps your putter square to the intended line, thus it's an alignment system.  Its effectiveness on traditional blade style putters is that the alignment system is WAY longer than the traditional sight line which allows you to better observe minor degrees of misalignment.

+100 here....good description of how it works!  None of my old putters from the last few years had any kind of Alignement lines or dots( SC Newport Beach 1.5 Prototype, and Deschamps HTR), played the SC for 8 years and really got used to just lining up the blade with the line on my ball perpendicularly.  Found it much easier to my eye than the alignment line or dot.  So the Versa is like SUPER easy for me to line up.  I just don't feel like I have not started a putt on the line I chose for the last 5-6 rounds since I have gotten it.  Doesn't mean I read it right or not for the line, but I started it where I thought the line was for sure.

[sheldonjhacker]

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 Dscvrr St Louis, on 26 February 2013 - 01:37 PM, said:

 brew4eagle, on 26 February 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:

 blt2280, on 26 February 2013 - 08:36 AM, said:

Is the 3 stripe really an alignment system or does it help keeping the putter square? The number 7 versa has 3 dots for ALIGNMENT and the number 2 versa has a site line for Alignment.. I agree that the white hot pro #1 could satisfy with the alignment line but I have yet to see a site dot on the odyssey #1 putters

I absolutely view the '3 stripe Versa' as an alignment system.  The only difference between it and a traditional alignment line is that you align the Versa perpendicular to your intended line.  So, yes it keeps your putter square to the intended line, thus it's an alignment system.  Its effectiveness on traditional blade style putters is that the alignment system is WAY longer than the traditional sight line which allows you to better observe minor degrees of misalignment.

+100 here....good description of how it works!  None of my old putters from the last few years had any kind of Alignement lines or dots( SC Newport Beach 1.5 Prototype, and Deschamps HTR), played the SC for 8 years and really got used to just lining up the blade with the line on my ball perpendicularly.  Found it much easier to my eye than the alignment line or dot.  So the Versa is like SUPER easy for me to line up.  I just don't feel like I have not started a putt on the line I chose for the last 5-6 rounds since I have gotten it.  Doesn't mean I read it right or not for the line, but I started it where I thought the line was for sure.

Which color combo worked best for you WBW or BWB?  thanks

[AaronS]

That is my problem, I am not sure of WBW or BWB. I think the WBW would be the easiest to see if you were open or closed.

[defurche]

What's everyones opinion on color scheme? I'm going to order a #7 and am leaning towards BWB but I am still unsure.

[slookx24]

I just got a Versa 90 #7, the one with the white between the black. I just feel the Versa 90s make more sense when it comes to the #7. It really helps with lining up, and that's the purpose of the #7 design anyway. The regular Versa #7 isn't very logical and pretty much defeats the purpose of the #7 design.

[TML]

 defurche, on 26 February 2013 - 05:44 PM, said:

What's everyones opinion on color scheme? I'm going to order a #7 and am leaning towards BWB but I am still unsure.

I went into the store not knowing which one I'd like, and far preferred the WBW - in the Versa #7 White

[AaronS]

 slookx24, on 26 February 2013 - 06:07 PM, said:

I just got a Versa 90 #7, the one with the white between the black. I just feel the Versa 90s make more sense when it comes to the #7. It really helps with lining up, and that's the purpose of the #7 design anyway. The regular Versa #7 isn't very logical and pretty much defeats the purpose of the #7 design.

If that is true they would not have made the 7 in the regular versa

[slookx24]

 AaronS, on 26 February 2013 - 08:39 PM, said:

 slookx24, on 26 February 2013 - 06:07 PM, said:

I just got a Versa 90 #7, the one with the white between the black. I just feel the Versa 90s make more sense when it comes to the #7. It really helps with lining up, and that's the purpose of the #7 design anyway. The regular Versa #7 isn't very logical and pretty much defeats the purpose of the #7 design.

If that is true they would not have made the 7 in the regular versa

Well many new clubs are not logical. The #7 and 2 Ball are designed to aid with alignment in that the balls/lines are aligned right down the target line. They're not designed to be used to aim perpendicularly to the target line, like the rest of the Versas. But to each his own. Maybe your eye sees differently.

[bjwestner]

So I guess the answer to my question that I posted last week is that the paint on the Versa series is the reason that it costs more than the White Hot Pro line?  A $40 difference for paint.  To my knowledge this is the only difference between the two lines, the paint.  The metal that the putter is made out of is the same?

[Dscvrr St Louis]

For me, the BWB looks the best to my eye.  Some say the White in the middle jumps out at them, some say the black in the middle does.  For me , I see 3 'rectangles' of color, BWB in my case, that I can really notice when those three are off line.  Some that bought them from the store only see the Middle Rectangle and that is what tells them.  So which one works best will be up to the individual for sure.  The thing for me too, was the insert..to me the PUTTER feels like a really smooth solid milled putter with NO insert at all...just my opinion, distance control has been superb!

[Dscvrr St Louis]

 bjwestner, on 27 February 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

So I guess the answer to my question that I posted last week is that the paint on the Versa series is the reason that it costs more than the White Hot Pro line?  A $40 difference for paint.  To my knowledge this is the only difference between the two lines, the paint.  The metal that the putter is made out of is the same?

I believe you are correct.  For some people though that paint and the help it provides them on the green is well worth the price.

[TML]

 bjwestner, on 27 February 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

So I guess the answer to my question that I posted last week is that the paint on the Versa series is the reason that it costs more than the White Hot Pro line?  A $40 difference for paint.  To my knowledge this is the only difference between the two lines, the paint.  The metal that the putter is made out of is the same?

I thought you bought the putter because you were making so many putts and alignment was so easy?  If you are having buyer's remorse go back in and get your white hot pro.

[bjwestner]

 TML, on 27 February 2013 - 07:13 PM, said:

 bjwestner, on 27 February 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

So I guess the answer to my question that I posted last week is that the paint on the Versa series is the reason that it costs more than the White Hot Pro line?  A $40 difference for paint.  To my knowledge this is the only difference between the two lines, the paint.  The metal that the putter is made out of is the same?

I thought you bought the putter because you were making so many putts and alignment was so easy?  If you are having buyer's remorse go back in and get your white hot pro.

No remorse.  I was just asking a question and trying to obtain the facts, that's all.

[smitty114]

So are the Versa putters with the metal X insert going to be available to the public or is that a tour only thing?

[minhjn]

Seeing a ton of these on tour. Must be something to it

[5 O'Clock Charlie]

There is only 1 style of versa 2 ball, but I have seen them where they are all white on the bottom and where they are filled in with black on the bottom.
I'm guessing they went away from the all white on the bottom?  I have 2 in the shop here that are all white on the bottom, but you look online at odyssey and you just see the versa 90 2 ball that is black on thw bottom.  Thoughts?

[skujan57]

The Versa has genuine style and an innovative alignment system.  I have the #7 white.

[homergolf]

Got  a Versa # 7, black with white stripe across the top.  I really like the white dots alignment and the white insert.  This a very easy to align putter.  It will give my White Ice # 9 and Yes Bella-12 a run for the money.