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[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Nothing feels like a Scotty.

Agreed. If you can't putt with a Scotty, you can't putt. The only challenge with Scotty Camerons is they do tend to be a little light in the blades, so if you are looking for a heavier blade you may want to look at a Bettinardi, Peretti, or an Evnroll. Scotty is definitely the best IMO.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Agreed. If you can't putt with a Scotty, you can't putt. The only challenge with Scotty Camerons is they do tend to be a little light in the blades, so if you are looking for a heavier blade you may want to look at a Bettinardi, Peretti, or an Evnroll. Scotty is definitely the best IMO.

That was exactly the issue for me.
I'm not a great putter yet and tend to push lighter putters. The Evnroll weight is more stabilizing.

Maybe I'll go Scotty one day but need practice and work between the ears first.

[Lanny_McDonald]

PXG also has a pretty heavy bladed putter - I think it's the Brandon - and they counter balance it with weights in the grip/shaft. It has surprising feel and is great for lag weight. It's another option. The Scotty is still better for using heel/toe for deadening the impact and dying the ball into the hole. Haven't found another putter with similar feeling and flexibility across the face. Other putters seem more like one mono-block across the entirety of the face. Putters are something you need to spend time hitting and experimenting with to find out whether they fit for you. Let us know what you end up with Slava. Always interesting to hear a person's journey to their putter.

[Northendzone]

I used to be intrigued by those heavy putters that used to be sold about 25 yrs ago when I bought my ping zing 2

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Here's a random putting question: what do people look at when they're putting? Are you a "look at the hole" person (some people say "when you're throwing a ball you look at the target", I'm not sure this applies to putting)? Or are you a look at the ball person (in which case, when do you look up)? Or do your eyes follow your putter back and through the ball?

Seems like there is a lot of "whatever works for you" here, I'm curious as to what most peoples' methodology is.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Great question. I used to look to the hole and follow the ball as I struck it. I found that I would not stay down on the putt and end up getting off line as I rushed to see whether the ball was in the hole. I think the most effective is to use an alignment aid on the ball (a line or the letters on the logo) and align that with the alignment line on your putter. Align both to the intermediary point of your break, leaving you only to focus on weight and making a straight stroke through the line on the ball.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Seems like there is a lot of "whatever works for you" here, I'm curious as to what most peoples' methodology is.

I'm a terrible putter by any measure, but this video really helped me make better reads last year.

It's Xander Shauffele's coach working with one of the guys from Me and My golf.

[nfotiu]

Not sure where to post this, but my son and I are really enjoying Fully Swing on Netflix. I didn't watch the F1 series to compare, but this is really good.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

I'm a terrible putter by any measure, but this video really helped me make better reads last year.

It's Xander Shauffele's coach working with one of the guys from Me and My golf.

I watched it, I'm not sure what lesson to take from it though. Is it "don't believe your eyes"?

I don't know how he managed to decide a putt with that much break is straight. I can over or under read a putt like anyone but I can't remember thinking something that short was straight and it ends up being two cups out.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

Not sure where to post this, but my son and I are really enjoying Fully Swing on Netflix. I didn't watch the F1 series to compare, but this is really good.

i only watched the first episode and thought it was just alright.

I can see why golfers want to jump over to LIV golf when 4 of them can hop a private jet to go play a practice round at southern hills

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

i only watched the first episode and thought it was just alright.

I can see why golfers want to jump over to LIV golf when 4 of them can hop a private jet to go play a practice round at southern hills

I'm not following your logic here. They hop on a private jet to play a practice round to prepare for a PGA major because that's how much they care about winning it and that somehow tells you why golfers would want to jump to LIV?

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I'm not following your logic here. They hop on a private jet to play a practice round to prepare for a PGA major because that's how much they care about winning it and that somehow tells you why golfers would want to jump to LIV?

I was thinking he was being sarcastic.

[jayswin]

I hope so haha

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I'm not following your logic here. They hop on a private jet to play a practice round to prepare for a PGA major because that's how much they care about winning it and that somehow tells you why golfers would want to jump to LIV?

should have articulated my thought better; however, as i recall some of the golfers who jumped to LIV were seemingly unhappy with life on the PGA tour - so here you have 4 golfers (although i would think spieth is fairly wealthy) jumping on a private jet to play a practice round.

if that is mistreatment then sign me up.....obviously my thought is somewhat sarcastic

[Samonadreau]

Grabbed some Vokey SM8 wedges (54 and 58) on sale now that the SM9s are out. Pumped, I've never had top end wedges before. Spring can't come soon enough!

[Northendzone]

So I have a dumb question - I have a set of sim2’s that came with a pitching, sand and a approach wedge

What advantage would a set of bv’s provide over the stock wedges?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

So I have a dumb question - I have a set of sim2’s that came with a pitching, sand and a approach wedge

What advantage would a set of bv’s provide over the stock wedges?

Disclaimer: the following are thoughts about golf from someone not very good at golf.

Well first of all your pitching wedge is probably 43-44 degrees and your A is 49-50, and sand about 55. So one question is whether it will help your short game to have wedges with different lofts than those. Some people just find a 52, 54, 58, 60, or even a 64 do useful duty for them. At minimum, though, you probably will want to have a lob wedge in the 60 range.

I don't have an A in my set, but I do have a 52 degree Cleveland CBX that reliably goes 100 yards, a Callaway sure-out sand wedge that lives up to its name, a 60 degree taylor made hi-toe, and last summer I had the Cleveland smart sole chipper in the bag which I found very reliable. But that's just me and what I find myself actually getting good use out of and find myself missing if I don't have them. Unless you already know what you're missing, I would think it would make sense to play until you find yourself saying, "I keep having to hit X shot and don't really feel like I have a good club in the bag for it" and then look into what would work for that.

It seems to me that the incremental benefit that someone is likely to get from buying fancy expensive wedges as opposed to cheaper stuff is directly correlated to their short game skill, which is to say if you're a mid to high handicapper you probably won't gain a lot of strokes from paying twice as much for your 58 degree... but it also seems to me that people should use the clubs that they think feel good to use, so if holding a PXG Sugar Daddy gives you the warm fuzzies, follow your heart?

[bigrangy]

TIL A wedge means approach wedge

For me, I want whatever wedges give me a nice consistent yardage gap. PW is 135, 56 is 110-115, and the 60 is 90-100 on a full swing and then shorten the swing for any yardage lower than that. Yardages between 120 and 130 get a bit tricky but I like my 1-iron too much to swap it for another wedge for that gap.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

So I have a dumb question - I have a set of sim2’s that came with a pitching, sand and a approach wedge

What advantage would a set of bv’s provide over the stock wedges?

As said above, your PW is likely 44, Gap 49 and Sand 54, so if you needed a lob wedge you could try a 58 or 60 to help get up and down when you need to on the shorter distances.

For myself, I only have up to a 49 Gap in the my iron set, so a few extra wedges are needed.

The Top end wedges give you the high rpms and in the BV's, there's lots of grinds/bounces you can even get fitted for

But in general, a middle of the road wedge or two will get you what you need to fill the gaps if you dont want to break the bank.

Just found SM8's for $170 and couldnt resist.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

there's lots of grinds/bounces you can even get fitted for

You don't get fit for bounce. Bounce in your wedges is players choice and dependent mostly on the conditions you are playing. Bounce can cancel out some swing deficiencies (angle of attack - choppers need more bounce while sweepers need less bounce) but you use the bounce of the club to manage course conditions. If conditions are soft, the sand is deep, and rough is deep (think Florida/BC) then you want wedges with high bounce. If the conditions are hard, the sand is shallow or wet, and the rough is thin and tight (think Arizona/Alberta), you want low bounce.