Putter Designs for Putter Strokes/Paths

[Happy Dragon]

What putter designs are more appropriate for a straight back-straight through stroke and what putters are better for the inside swing path?

To start us off, maybe going through the Scotty Cameron designs and which ones are designed for the above mentioned swing paths.

[iWALK18]

I'm fairly certain that the more toe hang a putter has, the more it lends itself to the open-square-closed arch stroke. Face balanced putters tend to be better for square-to-square.

However, I am no expert.

[alomar123]

mallets for straight and toe hang for inside out. So, basiclly if you go straight get a two ball putter.

[Dub]

The most simple way that I've found is go to the "putter store" and pick up a few putters.

Take each and balance the putter shaft accross your index finger so the putter is parrallel to the ground.

Some putters will have the face more level / even / parallel to the ground. These "face balanced" putters work best for the straight-back-straight-through strokers.

Other putters will balance accross your finger with the toe hanging down. These "toe-hang/ toe-flow" putters generally work best with "open-to-close" strokers.

Most of the Scotty putters I've tried were more for the "open-to-close" strokers. I'm sure he may make a face balanced stick....I've just never tried one.

Many of the mallet styles I've tried are "face balanced", but not all of them are.


Good luck.

[Scaldy]

I did some research on this exact topic. As mentioned, face balanced putters lend themselves to "straight back straight through" strokes. As far as Scotty Cameron putters go the Newport 2.7 has the traditional look of the Newport 2 but is "nearly face-balanced". I went through 5 putters this year and finally settled on the 2.7. Good luck!

http://www.scottycameron.com/putters...el.aspx?id=361