center shaft v. insert

[Dr. Slice]

should a putter with a center shaft be used any differently than a putter with an insert?

like is the set up the same and same backstroke? just asking this question because i recently got a Seemore FGP putter and it has a center shaft and all the other putters i have used had an insert?

[JML22]

I like the center shaft putters, kind of just lets me hang it down and really get a pendulum motion going

[kilbyman]

My putter has a center shaft and an insert?

[sean_miller]

My putter has a center shaft and an insert?

That's unpossible.

[mlf16507]

That's unpossible.

http://www.nickentgolf.net/newweb/pr_pu-pipedream.shtml Mine does too! pp/07

[nuck81]

My putter has a center shaft and an insert?

So does mine.

[Shanks A Million]

should a putter with a center shaft be used any differently than a putter with an insert?

That's like asking if a car with a hatchback should be driven differently than a car with four wheels. You are aware they are not mutually exclusive, right? Basically, a putter is a putter, but certain putters favor certain strokes.

[billysandy]

Shaft placement is a complaetely different variable to face material. Face material affects feel, and the shaft position actually affects the roll of the ball minimally.

[Didge1264]

Shaft placement is a complaetely different variable to face material. Face material affects feel, and the shaft position actually affects the roll of the ball minimally.

Pretty close Billysandy- In my opinion, your stroke determines the shaft position- a SBST stroke is more suited to a centre shafted, or face balanced putter, where as a gated(arched) stroke is suited to a heel to toe weighted putter.

You are correct in the insert only affects the feel of the putter. Kari

[jamo]

should a putter with a center shaft be used any differently than a putter with an insert?

Ummmm, no? I have an old Nike OZ Black with a center shaft and an insert. If you are asking if there is a difference between a center shaft and a heel shaft, not really any conscious difference. There is some difference because the ball is hit closer to the shaft, but I don't think you really need to make any adjustments.