Which Quirky Putting Setup Is the Most Successful in Golf?

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Published: October 23, 2012

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While no two golf swings are exactly the same, no part of the game is more individualistic than putting. Everyone who plays has their own little things they do, leading to different putting methods, different putting strokes and varying degrees of success.

And because putting always has been—and always will be—the most nerve-wracking part of the game, new ways to aid with calming those nerves will always pop up. We’re living in an era with several of those: the claw grip, the belly putter, the long putter, the left-hand low.

Truth be told, they’re all fads, temporary crutches that sooth nerves and help players make putts for a while. Eventually, however, they, too, shall pass and other bizarre ways to get the ball in the hole will appear.

As we look at today’s non-traditional putting tools, there is no doubt that the extended length putters (belly and long) are the most popular. That happens, of course, when the best players in the world start to use them and are successful with them.

Three of the last five major champions won by anchoring their putters: Webb Simpson (U.S. Open), Ernie Els (Open Championship) and Keegan Bradley (PGA Championship in 2011).

When something like that happens and when Adam Scott nearly wins this year’s Open Championship with the long putter before collapsing, people start to notice. People like the recreational golfer whose putts from five feet don’t even graze the hole more often than not. And there are plenty of numbers to back that up.

Of all the putters sold by Boccieri Golf in 2011 (including the Heavy Putter), two percent were belly putters. In 2012, it was 20 percent.

At Odyssey, things went crazy after Keegan Bradley won the 2011 PGA Championship with an Odyssey White Hot XG Sabertooth belly putter. After selling 8,000 belly putters in 2010, that number jumped to 32,000 in 2011. Seventy percent of that cam...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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