Cleveland VP-109 Putter

[DarkPrince]

So I picked one of these up from TGW since they were on sale, and I've been on the market for a new putter. One of my major issues is alignment when it comes to pretty much my whole game, but its definitely a problem with my putting. The VP in the title means "Visual Performance" which has to do with a small yellow area on the putter that, if your eyes are misaligned, becomes visible. This is definitely an obvious visual feedback when it comes to eye alignment, now I just need to work on aligning the rest of my body haha...and grooving a dependable putting stroke (lessons are in order :P). I haven't used it really for a whole round yet, but I used it on the putting green comparing it to my SC, and I definitely like that it puts a good roll on the ball, my only issue is that it seems to have a very upright lie angle. I don't have a bent over stance, so its likely more upright than anything, but the shaft still seems so upright that if I really want to line up the aiming lines, it puts me in a very awkward stance with my arms. This could of course be a posture or grip issue, but until I figure out how to remedy it, I'm going to probably just not worry a whole lot about it. I did take a few pictures to upload, hopefully they work:


For the price, I can't complain that it came with a cover :) (never had one with a cover before lol).
Putter w/ Cover

Back of clubhead


It seems to have a milled face, but for some reason they decided to put an insert in? :P Either way the feel is ok/pretty good.
Putter Face


In this picture you can see the small yellow area that becomes visible if you are misaligned.
Top Rear


Theoretically this is what I should see every time I line up my putter.
Top Aligned


And the last one is from the Cleveland Golf website that shows a little better what the alignment aid does:

[imtomtomim]

that's a cool little feature. But don't get too fussy over your mechanics. It's just a block on a stick rolling a ball to a hole. remember, golf is easy!

[J_Bone]

I have that putter to. The alignment is great! I have hit some great putts with this putter.
Mine doesn't have an upright lie like yours? It's at a normal lie angle which I've compared it to SC, ping and other blade putters. I like mine more of an upright lie like my NC in my sig. The other thing is, I don't like inserts. I wish it didn't have an insert, other wise I would have the lie bent up and I would be using it. I left it alone and going to try to sell it.

I do fuss over mechanics with my putter. It's the difference in making a repeatable swing or not.

[DarkPrince]

So I took it out for a round of 9 holes yesterday and I have to say I definitely like it. I don't necessarily concentrate on the alignment lines/aid part, but I definitely like the roll off of it. Had 2 - 3 putts, 5 - 2 putts, and 2 - 1putts. The 3 putts are my bad anyway, hit it long in one direction, and then coming back I hit it long again. The last one was just on a green that is just a pain to putt because no matter how many times I play it, I can never get the break correct lol, and I made the mistake of being above the hole on a very fast downhill :( Either way I'll be using this instead of my scotty for now I think. If it works out, all I have to find is a new driver, maybe a 3 wood, and might replace my hybrids some different ones :/