Gary Player has never been shy about expressing his opinions, so it’s no surprise that he’s diving right into the cauldron of the belly putter debate. When the Florida Times-Union caught up with him at a clinic on Sunday, Player ...
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Whitlam Golf is putting the pedal to the metal in early 2013 with a new series of putters milled from pure copper. The Whitlam CU-1 and W copper mallets were released in November, while a copper blade is in the ...
Read More »Heavy Putter Inventor Partners with Golden Bear
We’ve been following the good fortunes of Boccieri Golf for more than five years, starting back when the company launched its innovative Heavy Putter. Since that time, the company has released numerous Heavy Putter series, and has grown into a ...
Read More »Kronos Putter Review
A chance encounter led to one of PutterZone.com’s most intriguing discoveries in 2012 when we met the entrepreneurs behind Kronos Golf at the PGA Expo’s “Demo Day” in Las Vegas last summer. There, Kronos founders Mike Buchfuhrer and Phillip Lapuz kindly ...
Read More »Stricker Sticks with White Hot Putter
Last year, we reported that Steve Stricker won the Memorial tournament with his trusty Odyssey White Hot #2 putter, and despite a recent run of troubled putting, he’s apparently remaining loyal to the old flatstick. The Golf Channel reports that ...
Read More »Lines Drawn on Belly Putter Debate
Well, as expected, the belly putter debate is heating up in the wake of the USGA’s announced plan to ban putter anchoring starting in 2016. We’ve been on this story since long before the proposed ban, and essentially predicted the ...
Read More »New Odyssey Metal-X Arm Lock Putters
Well, that didn’t take long. Two days ago, we reported on the proposed USGA ban on the act of anchoring belly putters to the body, and noted that belly putters could still be used by those who prefer to anchor the ...
Read More »Bad News for The Belly Putter
That collective groan you just heard is from putter makers and numerous professional golfers in the wake of today’s announced proposed ban on anchoring the putter to the body, which would effectively pull the rug out from under the booming ...
Read More »Insider Interview: Dave Stockton
Dave Stockton needs no introduction. Today, he is best known as the elite putting and short game instructor to Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and others. Given his impressive track record as an instructor, it’s easy to forget that Stockton is ...
Read More »New Cleveland HB Putters
The best deal in putters may be getting even sweeter with the upcoming release of the Cleveland Classic Collection HB putters, which will be available this fall for $89. Essentially, these putters are updates of the Cleveland Classic putters that ...
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