Reverse Toe Hang Putter?

[benharris]

Hello everyone!

One of the assistant pros at my work bought a new putter and it has a unique feature I’ve never seen in a putter. 

The putter is an edel E-3. It’s listed online as a torque balanced putter and I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this kind of putter and if torque balancing is an actual thing or marketing mumbo jumbo. 

[boogielicious]

  On 3/8/2019 at 5:55 PM, benharris said:

Hello everyone!

One of the assistant pros at my work bought a new putter and it has a unique feature I’ve never seen in a putter. 

The putter is an edel E-3. It’s listed online as a torque balanced putter and I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this kind of putter and if torque balancing is an actual thing or marketing mumbo jumbo. 

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@iacas is an Edel fitter and can answer your questions.

[iacas]

I'm not sure what your questions are though.

That's one of the Torque-balanced putters. I'm of the opinion, supported by the facts, that the torques involved in putting are incredibly small, and while the "feel" of different putters are going to be different… the difference is pretty small because those torques are very, very small.

So, there's some science to it, but there's also science that says it doesn't matter very much at all.

[benharris]

@iacas What does the toe balancing upwards mean for your stroke? We know what putters in various degrees of toe hang are for and what face balanced putters are for but I wasn't sure what kind of stroke, if any, would be preferable for this style of putter. 

[iacas]

  On 3/9/2019 at 3:02 PM, benharris said:

@iacas What does the toe balancing upwards mean for your stroke? We know what putters in various degrees of toe hang are for and what face balanced putters are for but I wasn't sure what kind of stroke, if any, would be preferable for this style of putter. 

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I don't feel like you read my post.

Putters are not, contrary to what people commonly believe, "built for a certain kind of stroke" or anything like that. The forces and torques in putting are incredibly small.

It affects how the putter feels, but even that's very little.