4 putter specs you need to understand to hole more putts
Most of the time it's the pilot, not the plane, but if you are consistently missing putts or creating a poor roll, some quick adjustments could help.
Golfers love to talk about putter shapes, alignment lines, inserts and feel, but they almost never know numbers that often have the biggest influence on whether a putter actually fits a player’s stroke. That’s the strange reality of putter fitting. A golfer can spend $400, $500 or even $600 on a putter and never once think about loft, lie angle, length or toe hang, and when those things aren’t right for a player, the results can show up immediately in the form of bouncing putts, poor aim, directional misses or a putter that simply feels uncomfortable to swing.
The good news is that most of these problems are fixable. The bad news is that many golfers never realize the putter itself may be contributing to the misses or forcing them to develop compensations for a poorly-fit putter. Here are the four putter specifications that matter far more than many golfers realize.
Loft affects how quickly the ball starts rolling While weekend golfers almost never think about it, putters have loft, typically between about 2. 5 and 4 degrees, and that loft is important. When a golf ball sits on a putting green, its weight (1.
62 ounces) creates a tiny depression in the turf. If a putter had no loft, the ball would hop and bounce before it started rolling smoothly because it is sitting down in that tiny depression. A small amount of loft helps lift the ball out of the depression, so it can roll more efficiently.
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