Putter distance?

I've tried the putter off the tee at the driving range. Went 150-160ish but the hosel got bent. Turns out a putter isn't necessarily designed to withstand forces like your other clubs. I wouldn't recommend anyone try it

Now it's all in the wrist. There's different techniques of putter tosses. There's the Garcia style putter toss of his early years which is the side arm into the water hazard near the green. I'm particularly fond of that one. I've done that one back toward my golf cart particularly because I can't buy a new putter. It's a pretty accurate toss as well since I actually hit my bag with it, so the "toss of disgust" after three jacking a four foot birdie putt was not held against me for poor ettiquette since it was followed immediately by me picking up the flag ready to put it back in the hole after my opponent tapped in their bogey putt.

I *could* be wrong but I don't think you are doing it right...

hmmm... not rory, but... "bullseye" putter vs. 3-iron... i think i'll take the bullseye... better weight balance... makes a nice tight rotation through the air like a baton... most aesthetically pleasing flight path of any club i've ever had the pleasure to fling... :-D various mallet/etc. vs. 3-iron... mallets would likely fly farther, but makes an ugly oscillating flight path... i vote 3-iron for aesthetics... broomstick... never owned or thrown one so can't comment... note: having mellowed with age, my temper tantrums are now limited to an occasional "i cannot believe i suck this bad"... :-P

What does that mean?

Years ago I was caddying for a gentleman who missed a short putt and got very upset. I put the pin back in the hole, and by the time I could get to the tee to give him a driver, he had already hit his tee shot with the putter. It went about 200 yards.

LOL....Yeah...I only do it to freak people out. There is another shot I developed with my putter and I had never seen anyone else do it before..and then one day I saw Tiger do it...and never before or since have I seen anyone else. This is a greenside shot when the ball is in really nasty stuff and buried up. It's kind of hard to describe, but bear with me. To give you an idea....the handle of the putter will be pointed at the hole...the club perpendicular to the ground...and you tap down like your trying to pound the ball in the ground. You hit the back end of the ball and "pinch" it out....it comes out hot with topspin...so it's definitely something you want to practice first, and reserve for when you need it.[quote name="boogielicious" url="/t/83755/putter-distance#post_1182829"]For quote, push the quote button in the post you want to quote. The quote will show in your reply area. Please add your reply outside of the quote box. Sometime your cursor may go into the quote box by accident (i.e. if you hit the backspace key with Windows or the delete key with a Mac). Don't reply inside the quote box because it becomes a malformed post and will not quote properly again. To multi-quote, click the Multi button in the first post you want to quote, then Quote in the second post. If you want more than two, hit Multi in the first ones and Quote in the last. [/quote] Yeah....it doesn't quite work that way on my phone....but obviously, I have figured it out....(Haven't tried multi-quote yet.... It's probably because I prefer computer forum but use a phone that these problems come up....I have to work around them....but I really don't like phone based stuff like Tapatalk.... EDIT: I'll give what you said a try though.....

You're talking about this Tiger shot? Vijay holed out with that shot at the Players a few years back. It's a fairly known technique it's just that the occasion to use it rarely happens, and you need the right kind of putter.