Properties of that insert?

[AcatreN]

Hello!

 

I have a putter that I wondering about this insert / grooves are they okej? Affect such properties of this putter? How to keep good condition on a putter like this? Before I had a putter that doesn't had a insert like that.

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2lar5w5&s=9#.VrCG5me4hR4

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hzo0mf&s=9#.VrCHJme4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=jjtc9w&s=9#.VrCHVGe4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=9aahck&s=9#.VrCHgWe4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=21d1hr6&s=9#.VrCHnme4hR4

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, AcatreN said:

Hello!

 

I have a putter that I wondering about this insert / grooves are they okej? Affect such properties of this putter? How to keep good condition on a putter like this? Before I had a putter that doesn't had a insert like that.

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2lar5w5&s=9#.VrCG5me4hR4

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hzo0mf&s=9#.VrCHJme4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=jjtc9w&s=9#.VrCHVGe4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=9aahck&s=9#.VrCHgWe4hR4

 

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=21d1hr6&s=9#.VrCHnme4hR4

 

Thanks in advance!

 

I would check the Nike website. If I recall correctly, the insert is a polymer. I would just clean with water and dry immediately.

[AcatreN]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

I would check the Nike website. If I recall correctly, the insert is a polymer. I would just clean with water and dry immediately.

It seems to be satin chrome finish.  How about that and the flaws?

[boogielicious]

Those look like mild scratches. I would not worry about them.

[dkolo]

3 hours ago, AcatreN said:

It seems to be satin chrome finish.  How about that and the flaws?

They're not flaws; they're just character!

The grooves are Nike's Polymetal thing, which they argue is a balance between a milled face (think Scotty Putters) and an insert (think Odyssey White Hots) in terms of feel. Like boogie said, just wash it with soapy water when you find it's not to your liking. Make sure you don't make a stroke with any dirt caught on the face; that's when the abrasions happen. A little grass residue from a putt from the fringe is mostly harmless though.

[SavvySwede]

Putter is ruined, time for a new one

[AcatreN]

4 hours ago, SavvySwede said:

Putter is ruined, time for a new one

Now I could blame on the putter if the rounds goes bad? ;D 

8 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Those look like mild scratches. I would not worry about them.

You mean as long the middle area is good so I dont have to think about the rest of the putter?

4 hours ago, dkolo said:

They're not flaws; they're just character!

The grooves are Nike's Polymetal thing, which they argue is a balance between a milled face (think Scotty Putters) and an insert (think Odyssey White Hots) in terms of feel. Like boogie said, just wash it with soapy water when you find it's not to your liking. Make sure you don't make a stroke with any dirt caught on the face; that's when the abrasions happen. A little grass residue from a putt from the fringe is mostly harmless though.

So you mean if Scotty had inserts like this on thier putters so I shouldnt be worry if sure to clean the ball before I use the putt?

 

So the speed and the force in this putter is not affected by this?

 

[dkolo]

41 minutes ago, AcatreN said:

 

So you mean if Scotty had inserts like this on thier putters so I shouldnt be worry if sure to clean the ball before I use the putt?

 

I'm not sure I understand what you meant. I was just using Scotty Cameron as a representative example of a putter that tends to go with a strictly milled face and no insert.

[AcatreN]

14 hours ago, dkolo said:

I'm not sure I understand what you meant. I was just using Scotty Cameron as a representative example of a putter that tends to go with a strictly milled face and no insert.

What I meant if you mark  and clean the ball before to putt so it is no danger?

 

I was thinking if a manufacturer as Scotty make their clubs in this way so they should think about that insert can be affected so they make in a material that isn't sensitive? Do you understand what i trying to say? It is well that with other clubs. It is of course the blemishes and scratches on the Club comes with time. But it doesn't affect the shot with the club? I Wondering if its same on putters?