Matt Kuchar is on a roll, having won the Memorial tournament as well as the recent Match Play Championship using the unorthodox “arm lock” putting method. With the announced upcoming ban on anchored putting—ie: the traditional belly putter method—the arm ...
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Face grooves are all the rage in the putting world these days. Nearly all of the big brands, not to mention several artisan putter makers, have made grooves a centerpiece of their performance story in recent years. So the stage ...
Read More »Tour Sticks: Matteo Manassero’s Putter
At the age of 20, Matteo Manassero became the youngest professional ever to win the BMW PGA Championship. He secured the title—and the $1 million winner’s purse—with a birdie on the fourth hole of a three-man playoff. Manassero hails from ...
Read More »Five Hot Putters for Summer 2013
The summer golf season is upon us, and for many golfers, that means the hunt is on for hot new gear. Here are some of our top putter picks for the summer golf season ahead: Cleveland Classic HB Putters (starting ...
Read More »Tiger Strikes Again with Method Putter
After winning his fourth tournament of the year on Sunday, Tiger Woods is on a tear in 2013, and he’s doing it with a Nike Method 001 blade putter that he first started toying with back in 2010 at the ...
Read More »Editorial: Ban The Ban
Okay, I’ve had it. I’ve tried to maintain some reportorial distance from taking sides on the anchored putter debate. I still believe that there’s merit to both ends of the argument. But now things have become downright farcical, and I’ve ...
Read More »Putting Videos Added to Tiger Woods’ App
Tiger Woods’ “My Swing” mobile app has now been updated to include new putting instruction videos. The new putting videos introduce Woods’ thoughts and advice on eye line, ball position, setup alignment and stroke line. The videos are relatively short, ...
Read More »New Brex Putter Offers Fitting Package
At PutterZone.com, we wrote the book on putter fitting. So we’re always excited when putter companies make it easier for golfers to find the right fit. The latest company to join the putter fitting fray is Brex Golf based in ...
Read More »The New PING Nome TR Putter
PING Golf’s Nome putter is getting a makeover with the new PING Nome TR mallet featuring “variable-depth grooves” milled directly into the face. The grooves initially appeared on the company’s Scottsdale TR series putters, and have now migrated to Nome ...
Read More »Hot Tech: Nike Drone 2.0 Putter
Nike Golf has unleashed a new beast with the Nike Method Core Drone 2.0 putter, featuring “tour weighting” that aims to maximize forgiveness. The Drone 2.0’s weighting technology consists of a lightweight aluminum head with heavier steel bridge at the ...
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