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I've had a Super Stroke putter grip for nearly a year and have used it on and off in actual play so I'll try to give my impressions and perhaps some advice to help with the weight/balance issue. First off - it certainly does help quiet over-active wrists... which is why Choi and a few others are using it. I found that when I play really quick greens it was more effective than a regular sized grip and helped me maintain a smooth flow to the putting stroke. Secondly, the weight/balance issue is something worth experimenting with by using lead tape on either the putter head or else the shaft just below the grip. If you've read anything about the Torpedo Golf putter that P. Harrington used to win a European Tour event last year right before the British Open then you'll know what I'm talking about. Basically it's a brass insert in the putter shaft just below the grip to "harmonize" the shaft. I used lead tape (two or three strips about 8" long) to achieve pretty much the same effect and am using that on all my putters (don't ask!) now and I feel strongly that something like this will be one of the next "big things" in putter technology very soon. For me it helped re-balance the putter with the Super Stroke grip and made the whole putter feel more comfortable while putting. Highly recommended! The length is another factor with the Super Stroke that might take some experimenting as well - it comes with a plastic tube that fits into the end of your putter shaft and you can either add or cut off sections to come up with the proper feeling length. Again, it's going to take some messing around because to use the Super Stroke in USGA competition you have to glue the screws into the shaft to make it permanent, which is something I wasn't ready to do right now. I fiddle with clubs, shafts and grips way, way too much for my own good but it keeps things fresh and exciting for me and keeps me from buying too many clubs to experiment with - I don't consider the ten lob wedges I have in my golf shop too many, by the way! hope this helps a bit - Scott

I'm the Technology Director for our small rural school district in Central Kansas. I've coached about every sport there is over the past 30+ years in education but golf is and always was my first love. I am still bitter about having my job take me away from coaching HS golfers. I've had two individual state champions and a team runner-up plus tons of kids who have gone on to enjoy golf their entire lives and sometimes I'm not sure which makes me happier! I've been looking for a good golf forum for some time and stumbled upon this one recently and look forward to perhaps helping others with their swings or equipment, of which I am an admitted wedge junkie! I currently have about 20 wedges in my golf shop and am always looking for that new idea that will help me chip and pitch more consistently. I'm currently about a 2 handicap but that's because I'm waiting to get a new right knee and then I'm planning on getting it back down to a plus handicap again!

I'm new here but have been a golfer since I was old enough to walk. Lucky to have a Dad who was a great golfer and even better coach! I coached HS golf here for many years but was forced to give it up because of my duties at Technology Director for our rural school district. Still bitter about that but I play as often as possible and when you live three blocks from the course it's awfully nice. Only problem I've got is a bad right knee that's going to get replaced the first week in June and I figure I'm going to have to figure out a new way to swing once I've got it rehabbed! I've tried the stack and tilt but so far with little consistent success but I'm a big believer in the one-plane swing that Jim Hardy covers in his Plane Truth for Golfers book which I consider the best instruction book about golf ever written. Here in central Kansas we've had flood and lots of tornadoes in the last year - we're about an hour from the town that was wiped out and that same night we had one a half mile wide jump about 300 feet over my end of town or we would have looked just like Greensburg! Missed the golf course too thankfully and we had our big Invitational the very next weekend after a lot of hard work to clean up the course. That's all for now but if you're ever coming through Kansas let me know. Our course's web site is www.groveparkgolf.com and there are lots of pictures on there. I'm looking forward to contributing to this site a lot while I'm rehabbing my new knee this summer!