Louise Suggs Putter - What Makes It "Women's"?

[radiopreacher]

Greetings!

I enjoy finding and trying vintage equipment. Obtaining diamonds in the rough at Goodwill for $1.18 is as much fun as the sport to me.

I like to grab a few, take them home, look them up, try them, and keep one and take the rest back. Love cleaning them up etc.

I recently picked up a vintage MacGregor #145 Louise Suggs brass putter the same as the one I included a picture of.

It doesn't say "Lady" on it like some, but people do seem to post this one as a women's putter, and I'm assuming guys didn't generally tend to go around with a girl's name on their clubs(?) so it was probably generally sold as a lady's club?

What exactly makes it a women's club? It seems as heavy as any similar putter from a men's set back in the day, and it's current shaft length is exactly the same length as my all-original, un-altered men's putters (although I suppose the shaft could have been swapped).

Can someone tell me what would make a putter like this a lady's putter other than maybe just the fact that Sugg's name is on it?

I actually really like it.

Thanks.

JD Burris, Tampa, FL

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[Piz]

Oddly enough...if a "women's" club is old enough the only difference between it and a "men's" club is that the head weighs more.  Back in the day, prior to modern fitting methods, women's clubs were shorter than the models marketed to men.  To make up the difference in swing weight, due to the shorter shaft, the heads were heavier.  That is no longer the case but it was at one time.