buying a new putter...

[drewman02ths]

im leaning towards a scotty red x5 34". Any thoughts?

[pshizz]

  drewman02ths said:

im leaning towards a scotty red x5 34". Any thoughts?

i personally dont like ths scotty mallets, but if you like it go for it. I reccomend that you do buy on ebay, because you can save alot of money this way.

[wedge player]

well i use a nike unitized tiempo and i love it to death the feedback is the best ive ever tried ive used scotty cameron and i think nike beats them try them out first if you can

[bogeyhitter25]

Try out a couple Scotty's to see which one you like best, but either way the Red X5 looks really nice.

[paqnheat]

If you can afford it, go for it. I don't think you can wrong with a scotty..

[Fourputt]

  drewman02ths said:

im leaning towards a scotty red x5 34". Any thoughts?

I don't get why you would ask us.... you're the one who's going to be using it.

We can't tell if it feels good to you.... only you can do that.

[ks8829]

I like the built quality and feel of the Scotty Cameron but I putt better with the Never Compromise mallet putter, I had 24 putts in my last round with the Never Compromise.

[Dub]

Love the Scotty Red X 5....very sweet on alignment, condusive to a nice forward press and the feel is sublime.


Wonderful mallet. Scotty did well with this one.

I fell hard for the Red X3...my intitial draw into the Scotty putters. My stroke evolved a bit and led me to my current wand. Had I started with a Red X5, with the plumbers neck, I may have stayed with that putter as it would fit my stroke and set up nicely....slightly open-square-slightly closed / natural arc, with a slight forward press.


Ask "Todd" on here.....I believe he just added one to his bag. I haven't had a chance to talk with him and see how it's working for him.

[David in FL]

  ks8829 said:

I had 24 putts in my last round with the Never Compromise.

How many greens did you hit?

[Todd]

I love my Scotty. Once I got used to the change from my Odyssey two ball, I am sinking more putts. The feel off the face is unbelieveable. U can't go wrong.

[Shanks-a-lot]

Hit a bunch and see which feels best to you. Grab some you weren't even considering...may surprise you.

[FortAsel]

The putter you choose has to look great and feel great. It has to be like a 2nd girlfriend/wife to you. You must be in love with it

[tjy355]

  drewman02ths said:

... Any thoughts?

I think $300 is too much for a putter.

[Todd]

They had one left at our pro shop marked down to $200 from $275, and no sales tax since it's on a military base.

[LBlack14]

You can get them cheaper than that for sure. I wouldn't pay much more than a buck 25.

I'm using this one.

[Dub]

  tjy355 said:

I think $300 is too much for a putter.

Not disagreeing with you....it is a heap of money......however, look at the number of players who will shell it out for a new driver ever season or two.

$300 for a club that you'll hit ten times a round vs. $300 for one that you'll use twice a hole????? That sales pitch worked on me at least.

[Fourputt]

  Dub said:

Not disagreeing with you....it is a heap of money......however, look at the number of players who will shell it out for a new driver ever season or two.

The numbers just don't work for me. A modern driver is a product of complex, high tech engineering. A putter by comparison, is a simple product of imagination and machine shop time. I could go into a decently equipped machine shop and make a copy of virtually any putter I've ever seen. Not so with a driver, which takes very specialized engineering, design and manufacturing techniques to work with the titanium, steel and exotic composites used today.

The value just isn't there in a putter like it is in a driver.

[Mr Eagle]

Have alook at the Bettinardi C02 not only a thing of beauty ,they work. Mines called Di.(after divorce,which is what I will be getting if Mrs Eagle finds out I spent £150 on a putter)