Robert Garrigus short putter...

I've never seen anyone use such a short putter but thinking about it, I can see how it increases your control and might force you to swing it more like a pendulum.

Does anyone currently use a short putter like this?  Obviously it works if you're using it but I'd like to hear details and how you improved. What are your reasons for using it?

Thanks

Robert

A guy at our club uses a short putter... he won the county championship this past year with it.

Did not help Garrigus yesterday

I've tried my 4 year old daughter's putter (granted, it's not a Scotty Cameron) and it feels very easy to line up and keep on line through the stroke, not sure how my back would feel after 20 or 30 minutes on the practice green though. I liked seeing the difference in putting styles between Robert Garrigus and Jonathan Byrd.

Last summer I played with a couple of guys using face forward putters. That looked pretty cool too, but I doubt that it would work for me any better than Robert Garrigus's short putter. I'm a little over 6' 1" and a 34" putter shaft feels just right to me.

i choke all the way down on the grip of my 35" putter, so i guess thats close to having a short putter....my back is usually pretty sore, especially when i practice putting for too long...but i find it harder on my back to be bent over part way than all the way.

I used my nephew's 24 inch little loco putter one day just for gags and shot a 37 with it. It's easier to line up with, the only problem I have with it is getting the distance right with it

I figured the hurdles would be getting the right distance and my back being able to hold up...

A guy I play with uses one...he's not a great putter, but not to say it isn't effective.  He's taken a few bucks off me in the past, lol.

I farted around with one, used (and LEFTY to boot!) at a local golf shop.

It was a Scotty head...so not junk.

I hated it. Hated it hated it hated it. Yes...it promotes a 'pendulum' swing....but for me, I couldn't align it properly, nor did I get the roll I liked - yes, I'm sure the putter loft could be adjusted, but I wasn't going to go that far. Just wasn't my thing. Interestingly, I've toyed with the idea of the belly putter on and off and might go that route with one more summer of dissapointing putting, but the short putter isn't for me.

Your comment based on 1 missed put from 3 feet?  he was money all week with that thing.

it worked for him all week, although it did look sort of ridiculous.  Then you had Carl Peterson's putter was over 5' tall.

Eck... No thank you. I tried one out today actually and was not easy for me to get a good stroke with it.

I'm 6'6" tall. I have a Ping G2 Tess that is 38" long, and an Acushnet Bullseye that is 34" long. I put much better with the Bullseye. Getting closer to my work, as they say, makes a big difference for me.

Robert has been using that putter for a long time with and without success.

Here is what Geoff Mangum thinks about Robert's putter and very short putters in general http://www.network54.com/Forum/52812/message/1253601232/last-1253601232/Too+Short+is+Not+Good