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The latest info and advice on clone putters.
Golf manufacturers are getting ever more innovative in putter design, with prices reflecting the improvements. Can you still get a decent putter for under $50? Are clone club retailers keeping up with the rapid changes in clubhead technology? This category has articles addressing these and related issues.
The new CB3 putter is not something easily confused with the traditional putter your grandfather owned. The head looks like they built it backwards and would be more at home in a martial arts movie. But there are good reasons for its unusual shape (see the Hireko website for photos and details.)
New USGA rules now […]
Full article | August 3rd, 2007
Posted in Putter clones
I can’t putt. I get nervous when there’s a putter in the room. I really need modern putter design to help me out with a bit of stability.
So credit card in hand, I popped over last month to my usual clone golf supplier (GigaGolf) and ordered a couple of their new Center Cut putters. The […]
Full article | June 1st, 2007
Posted in Putter clones
Accurate shots are at their most needed on the green. While you can certainly live with a long iron shot that pitches anywhere within a few yards of the hole, an inch in the wrong direction on the green is the difference between another day of disappointment or bragging rights in the bar.
Which is why […]
Full article | March 20th, 2007
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If you wander around a few discount golf stores, you’ll notice the name Bionik cropping up regularly in the putter section. The name’s been around since 1998, with the latest product — the Bionik 307 — appearing in late November, 2006.
The people behind Bionik are Hireko Golf, who also make some of the better known […]
Full article | January 8th, 2007
Posted in Putter clones
In a previous post, I mentioned Pinemeadow Golf’s Xeon Centre Putter, with a snide remark about the wierd and wonderful shapes that putters take today.
I don’t actually shop at Pinemeadow (I’m a Gigagolf regular), but I may do so for my next putter as they have a super range. Today I got a marketing email […]
Full article | December 8th, 2006
Posted in Putter clones
If you cast an eye over putter shelves these days, they look like a set of extras from the next George Lucas film. Weight rings and other stabilizing designs push the traditional blade putter to the back shelves.
But there are notable exceptions.
The Xeon Centre Putter sold by Pinemeadow Golf puts its new technology in the […]
Full article | November 24th, 2006
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