At Oakridge Country Club in Minnesota yesterday, Nike Golf unveiled its not-so-secret new putter line: the Nike Method putters. The Method putters feature a distinctive “polymetal” groove technology that combines milled steel with polymer. According to Nike designer Tom Stites, ...
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Feed SubscriptionThe Fringe: Bushnell Tour V2 Rangefinder Review
The whole point of recreational golf is to get out of the office and away from your computer, right? Which brings us to those new GPS-powered handheld yardage devices. Sure, they are helpful. Yes, they are fancy. But they are ...
Read More »Quick Hit: Mizuno Bettinardi BC6 Putter
The Mizuno Bettinardi BC6 blade is one of two models introduced to Mizuno’s Black Carbon line for 2009. With the recent announcement that designer Robert Bettinardi and Mizuno Golf are now amicably going their separate ways, the BC6 also represents ...
Read More »RoboCup Ball Return Robot Review
For those who love to practice their putting but loathe the drudgery of bending over to retrieve their golf balls, the new RoboCup putting aid aims to make their day. The RoboCup “ball return robot” fits into any practice green ...
Read More »Putter Jargon Workshop: Feel
Putter feel is a lot of things, and it means different things to different people. As Stan Utley writes in The Art of Putting, “(Feel is) one of those things that’s really hard to describe, but you know it when ...
Read More »The Fringe: Sumi-G Head Cover Review
The common head cover almost seems intentionally designed to infuriate. Like a python trying to swallow a pig, you must first yank the sock over the head of your 460cc driver, pulling and tugging until it finally jerks into place. ...
Read More »New Bettinardi Putters Aim for Next Level
The stunning news yesterday of the mutual parting of Mizuno Golf and putter designer Robert Bettinardi is no cause for mourning, as PutterZone.com has learned that Bettinardi is already teeing up a new line of putters for release on November ...
Read More »Drill Bits: Let Go to Putt Better
To get a grip on your putting stroke, sometimes you just need to let go. Such is the message behind the following putting drill shared by Pat O’Brien. Pat is a familiar face here at PutterZone.com as well as on ...
Read More »TaylorMade Spider Balero Putter Review
TaylorMade continues to spin its web of Spider putters with the addition of the new Rossa Monza Spider Balero putter, the third putter in the Spider line. But don’t expect more of the same, because this Spider comes with a ...
Read More »The Fringe: Antigua Desert Dry Review
The notion of placing the word “technology” in the same sentence as “shirt” seems patently absurd, doesn’t it? But then again, there was a time when “putter technology” or “shoe technology” would have seemed equally laughable. And now look at ...
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