Most people play with putters that are too long for them, usually by a couple of inches.(Pelz who is about 6'6" usea a putter that is 32 inches long) If you need to cut it down you can back wheight it by the amount you cut off. Pretty simple process. There has been a lot of work done by shaft types where it shows that weight near the hands has more effect than weight in the head.( Yes putters just came out with something on this.)
Allan
Allan,
Back weighting would have the opposite effect of what you are trying to accomplish. Back weighting, adding weight to the grip end of the shaft, decreases swing weight. When a putter is shortened, the swing weight goes down. Weight needs to be added to the head to get the swing weight back up. It can pretty easily be done by putting weight down the shaft, but most (including me) believe that changes the location of the sweet spot. It can also be accomplished with lead tape on the head, but depending on how much the putter is shortened, it could take a butt-load of tape!
Kevin
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I'm not trying to get the swingweight back to where it was. Most(many) people won't notice a change when cutting down a putter, however in my experience, with several guys in Europe, is that they are playing with shorter putters and they are backweighting them. Getting weight nearer the hands. Yes putters has a new weighting device that is solely focused on getting weight nearer the hands. The Yes rep for the Futures Tour told me that he backweights a lot of putters there also. Happy Holidays to all!
I'm not trying to get the swingweight back to where it was. Most(many) people won't notice a change when cutting down a putter, however in my experience, with several guys in Europe, is that they are playing with shorter putters and they are backweighting them. Getting weight nearer the hands. Yes putters has a new weighting device that is solely focused on getting weight nearer the hands. The Yes rep for the Futures Tour told me that he backweights a lot of putters there also. Happy Holidays to all!
Allan
Allan,
Gotcha, I'll have to check into that.
Happy Holidays to you as well!
Kevin
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Got the new putter today. In addition to being 1.5" shorter it has a different neck (a plumbers neck) and a different grip. I was using a large Iomic and the new putter has a standard Gripmaster. The feel is totally different between the two putters.
It's raining so I can't take it to the practice green. Putting around the house, it seems noticeably tighter. By tighter it's like the clubface is a lot more connected to my hands. I feel I have more control with this new one. Maybe it's the grip? Neck? Length? All the above? Hopefully it's not the honeymoon period but I'm hitting almost every spot in the carpet I aim at. I even bumped 5 balls up against each other from different areas/distances around the room.
Got the new putter today. In addition to being 1.5" shorter it has a different neck (a plumbers neck) and a different grip. I was using a large Iomic and the new putter has a standard Gripmaster. The feel is totally different between the two putters.
It's raining so I can't take it to the practice green. Putting around the house, it seems noticeably tighter. By tighter it's like the clubface is a lot more connected to my hands. I feel I have more control with this new one. Maybe it's the grip? Neck? Length? All the above? Hopefully it's not the honeymoon period but I'm hitting almost every spot in the carpet I aim at. I even bumped 5 balls up against each other from different areas/distances around the room.
NICE, congrats on your new putter. If it works once, you should be confident that it will work again. Nothing like the confidence gained in a piece of equipment that is properly fit, and properly balanced. Go out, practice, and make a bunch of birdies!
Kevin
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