Counter Balanced Putters - Experiences?

[pt73]

I'm still gaming one but now it's a Ping Ketsch TR Heavy with one of the new Superstroke XL grips with the 50g weight that screws into the grip cap.

Results have been variable but that more me getting distance control dialled in and alignment correct.

[coalesce]

I love my 38" Odyssey Tank Cruiser #7. It really helps me with distance control and not decelerating on the stroke. I can feel my putting motion is more of a pendulum (or not - in turn it also helps me feel when it is wrong too).

Maybe I need a counterbalanced wedge too I can't seem to solve the deceleration problem when I chip...

[Wenz]

Spider Mallet 2.0 here. Although it's not a true counterbalance, it certainly helped me.

[simmsy]

I love my 38" Odyssey Tank Cruiser #7. It really helps me with distance control and not decelerating on the stroke. I can feel my putting motion is more of a pendulum (or not - in turn it also helps me feel when it is wrong too).

Maybe I need a counterbalanced wedge too I can't seem to solve the deceleration problem when I chip...

Hocko!
G'day. Good to see you're here still even if under a diff name.

[Johnny Canuck]

Hocko!
G'day. Good to see you're here still even if under a diff name.

Nasty.

[Jazz18]

Just gone back to my TM Spider S counterbalanced. Even though not strictly counterbalanced, the heavy head and the heavy grip make it almost (and I stress, almost) automatic from inside 4-5 feet which I can't say about other putters I have.

[meh]

I got a scotty x5 dual balance today. I actually putted best with my hands at the top of the grip. Better for the back too. I actually got it with the idea of removing the counter weight and having it 35 and really head heavy.

[Bitter]

I got a scotty x5 dual balance today. I actually putted best with my hands at the top of the grip. Better for the back too. I actually got it with the idea of removing the counter weight and having it 35 and really head heavy.

Just got the Futura Dual Balance off mAxis1 with the same intention and just hitting putts on the carpet feel pure as is, Same thing though, standing tall and gripping high up. Interested to see how it goes on the weekend considering counterbalance and I do not get on.

[Scifisicko]

I've played around a bit. Watched Matt Kuchar using a 38inch putter gripped low (for a while) for the counterbalance effect and tried it myself, then went to a 35 inch mallet. To experiment with counterbalancing I stuck a few different sized phillips head screw drivers through the pin hole in the end of the grip, weighing anyware from 40g to 150g. They stay in there very solidly even when you pull the club out of the bag repeatedly. Also tried a pair of 250g vice grip pliers on the end of the grip just to experience the effect of extreme couterbalancing. Ended up playing a few rounds with 75/100g screwdrivers in the end of a 35inch putter before settling on 100g as the right weight. IMO you sacrafice a tiny bit of distance control for a tiny bit more accuracy on short putts. To get the best of both worlds, I replaced the 35 inch shaft with a 37 inch shaft which gives me approximately 100g above my hands when gripped short and i grip it taller for long putts. I feel more confident over 4 footers, I suspect that is the main difference.

[gameboy]

i was fitted for a counterbalanced wide versa. very happy. much stronger for the short to medium putts.

[aym]

Tried, don't like it, keep leaving putts short, gone back to my odyssey #7.

[IanO]

I have the SC Futura X Counterbalanced and my distance control has been very good with it and I seem to hardly miss anything within 5 feet now. My only gripe is that the longer I have had this putter the more I dislike the look of it. My wife bought it for me for Christmas so it is pretty hard to just ditch it as she would notice now that she plays golf with me pretty regularly now

[Ferrins]

Hit one today and they feel like crap so glad I didn't get the Tank yesterday.

[Ferrins]

I just got a Bettinardi BB32 CB 38" as a training aid to smooth out my stroke. I fail to grasp how anyone could seriously consider gaming one though.

[thecollective]

I just got a Bettinardi BB32 CB 38" as a training aid to smooth out my stroke. I fail to grasp how anyone could seriously consider gaming one though.

They are a band aid solution. I have a 38" TM Daddy Long Legs counter balanced. It produced instant results to my at the time 6 putting but the long term effects were very detrimental. I find the extreme counter balancing encourages you to release the putter head way ahead of the hands, you then compensate by applying an extreme forward press. It throws everything out of whack including your sanity.

[thecollective]

They are a band aid solution. I have a 38" TM Daddy Long Legs counter balanced. It produced instant results to my at the time 6 putting but the long term effects were very detrimental. I find the extreme counter balancing encourages you to release the putter head way ahead of the hands, you then compensate by applying an extreme forward press. It throws everything out of whack including your sanity.

Edit: Having read the above posts I agree that 35" and lower is ok for counter balancing, my post is more directed at the extra long putters

[benno_r]

I have had as much success with my 37" counterbalanced putters as well as my 35" non-CB putters. I find as long as you don't rush the excess weight (back smooth, through smooth), they are as equally capable as regular putters.

[Ferrins]

I'm a fan of rolling 20-30 putts a day purely for rhythm and tempo. I have a debilatating shoulder injury that now effects my putting stroke. Drinking a fair bit of Bourban then racing around on a 500cc racing dirt was not one of my best moves. That was 25 years ago since I went went over the handle bars at about 80klm's with no helmet on.

[thecollective]

I'm a fan of rolling 20-30 putts a day purely for rhythm and tempo. I have a debilatating shoulder injury that now effects my putting stroke. Drinking a fair bit of Bourban then racing around on a 500cc racing dirt was not one of my best moves. That was 25 years ago since I went went over the handle bars at about 80klm's with no helmet on.

Were you the real Jake Peralta?

[AlexMc]

I'm a fan of rolling 20-30 putts a day purely for rhythm and tempo.

I�ve been doing the same thing with a putting mat and a mirror. Has helped my putting immensely - gone from averaging low 30�s to high 20�s per round, and has helped me get from 9 to 6 over the last few months.

[Bigbad]

Putted with a stroke lab square back putter today and have to say I was quite underwhelmed. I tried it originally in Drummond and it felt good, but once I got it out on course I really struggled with it. Obviously it�s more me but I didn�t really like it at all. Face was too soft, didn�t feel like I had control over the ball.