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I recently changed the grip on my putter while doing so I cut the shaft down to 31". I still hold the grip at the bottom of the grip, I feel it makes me look straight down the putt line. This got me curious; what length is your putter?

I am 5'11 btw

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How long is your shaft?

Depends on who you ask - me or my wife.

I have a 35 and I play all the way at the end of the grip (I'm 5' ll" also), but I have a good amount of elbow bend so I'm still 'over' the ball.

dak4n6

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Mine is 35.  I was thinking about cutting it down, but after a putting lesson I ended up standing taller and now I use all 35 inches, so I'm glad I didn't cut it.

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35 inches - but I think 34.5 is more ideal. I am still upright at 6 ft.

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I'm just getting back in the game, but when I went to shop for one, I tried a whole bunch of them, probably 20 or more, and wasn't comfortable with a 34". I was more consistent at 35" so I went with that. I'm 5'8".

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32" and I still grip down but lately I have been experimenting with a more upright stance

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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5'6" with a 33" shaft.

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Originally Posted by Timothy Voyles

Hmm thanks for the input folks! I guess I'll just look a little odd with a 31" holding the jumbo grip near the bottom lol.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of putter did you cut down?

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I was fitted for 35.5" and I am 5' 10".  I think it really depends on your stroke.

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Originally Posted by Mr3Wiggle

Just out of curiosity, what kind of putter did you cut down?

Nothing special... something like this one

the original grip said Crossfire on it, pretty sure I got it at Wal-Mart like 5-7 years ago for 20-25 bucks. I love the feel of it, several friends have Rossa or Pings and I've hit them a lot. At this point I am so use to this cheapo one I don't care for another.

I put a 1.67" grip on it and I believe the grip cost more than the putter itself

Knock off Ping is about all I've seen that's close to it.

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I'm 6 feet tall.  My 'old' putter is a 35".  I have a 2nd putter that I bought about  20 years ago with a 33" but have never been able to make a decent putt with it.  It's only 2 inches shorter but I feel like I'm humped over a lot more when I use it.   So it only comes out to play once in a blue moon.  And when it does my putting is a disaster.  I re-gripped my old putter a couple of months ago...had a $10 gift card for Golfsmith so I went over there and bought a putter grip.  They guy at the register suggested I just buy a new putter ( I took my old one with me to the store).  I told him I'd hit almost every putt I'd made for the past 25 years with that putter and had developed a nice relationship with it.  :)  It's an old Tommy Armour that kinda resembles a SC Newport.  Paid $50 for it back in the 80's and it's probably worth less than half that, at best, nowadays.  But in my hands it's a solid putter and always gives me confidence.  And the weight is just right...I guess I'm just used to it.

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I was messing around with a broom style putter the other day at Dick's and I must say once I got over how goofy it looked, I was impressed. For $50 bucks I may go back and get it just to mess around with, or worse actually use on the greens. My current putters are 33" stock with 3" added on but I choke down on them. For whatever reason they work for me. I'm 6'1" by the way.

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