You can call this a legend reborn, as the Rife 2-Bar is back for 2013 with a new look and attitude. The new Rife 2-Bar Legend Z putter ($199) hearkens back to Rife’s original glory days, when the first 2-Bar ...
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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 »Rife Iconic Putter Wins Masters Par 3
Do you get a mini green jacket when you win the exhibition Par 3 Contest at the Masters? Anyhow, the newly reborn Rife Putters just got a feather in its cap as Ted Potter, Jr. rode the new Rife Iconic ...
Read More »New Rife Putters for 2013
Rife putters is being reborn in 2013, and so far we like what we’re seeing. Rife has a long, storied and recently tortured history. But the Rife brand has apparently retooled and reloaded under the ownership of Innovex Golf, because ...
Read More »Get Your Groove On
Once upon a time, face grooves on putters may have seemed like a fad. But not anymore. A survey of the current putter landscape shows that grooves are as popular as ever. Putter grooves are grooved patterns on the face ...
Read More »Matt Kuchar’s Putter: Rife Barbados Belly
Matt Kuchar maintained a steady hand right to the end, winning the Player’s Championship (and a cool $1.7 million) and notching yet another victory for the belly putter. Matt Kuchar’s putter the Rife Barbados belly putter. The Rife Barbados is ...
Read More »Rife Putters Sold to Innovex
The seemingly inevitable sale of Rife Putters has finally arrived, as Innovex Golf announced that it has acquired the fading brand. A few years ago, founder Guerin Rife stated in a Golfweek story that one of his goals was to ...
Read More »Matt Kuchar’s Putter: Rife Barbados
Matt Kuchar took advantage of a final-hole bogey by Martin Laird to force a playoff and ultimately win the Barclay’s tournament today. Kuchar’s putter? The Rife Barbados. We’ve always felt that the Rife Barbados presents one of the prettiest setups ...
Read More »Rife Announces New Island Series Putters
Rife Putters today announced four upcoming additions to its Rife Island Series putter line. The Rife Aruba putter, Rife Trinidad putter, Rife Monserrat putter, and Rife Cayman Brac putter will all be released this fall. Each putter will feature Rife’s ...
Read More »Rife IMO Putter Set to Swim Upstream
The Rife IMO putter is ready to roll—and to swim upstream, too. Many putters today preach the benefits of high MOI, which is achieved by distributing weight away from the head’s center of gravity and toward the rear perimeters. High ...
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