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Recently went to Totally Driven in MN to get fit for the season. I wanted more consistency and distance with my irons and driver. After hours of hitting balls, I found the right shaft for my irons, and I will return in a few weeks for full driver anaylsis. The one part of my game that I thought was all figured out was my putting. Using a 2-ball for the last four seasons, I have had many rounds with sub 30 putts. In fact, at my home course, Stonebrooke, I had only 11 putts on the front nine during a tournament. While they looked over my putter, they used a laser and a mirror to check my alignment, and it showed that I was aiming the 2-ball almost a foot inside on a 12 foot putt. The loft was also at least 3 degrees too much. I only made 4 of 10 putts from this distance. When the guy from Totally Driven made a custom putter from scratch, I actually aligned my putter at the cup every time and made a whooping 8 or 9 putts out of 10 from 12 feet every time! It was like magic! What I'm asking is that even though I love this putter, I just put $500 dollars into my irons, and this magic putter will cost $340. I wondering if this is worth the cash because I have to pay for all these changes without the assistance of my dad. He forked out the fee for the entire bag fitting, and I need to pay for all the adjustments. To help here is the website:

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I think you just went under the placebo effect. You didnt know that you were aimed that incorrectly, or that the loft was banged off. this is your putter, and unfortunatly because the guy at the store showed you that what you had was wrong and what he had was right, you are probably going to have that in your mind for a while. But I think you should stick with your original

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Driver: Sumo 4950 9.5*
3-Wood Titanium Big Bertha
Hybrid: rescue dual 18*
Irons: mp 62 3-6 irons, and mp 67 7-PWedges: sv tour black 52, sv tour black 56Putter: Studio Select 35" mid slant


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