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Originally Posted by Bigvivec
With all the trial and error tinkering that you do I am suprised that you wouldn't support what could amount to an additional edge in the putting game...it won't put the ball in the hole, but how can learning that you are most comfortable and hold you balance easiest with a certain lie angle and shaft length consititute forsaking putting nuance and becoming a slave to mechanics?
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Because putting is not like a regular shot wherein a more or less standard setup, takeaway, downswing, throughswing is employed.
Putting is a bit like shooting free throws. First, you need to have a natural aptitude for doing so and if that aptitude does not exist, then all the fittings in the world aren't going to help. But assuming one has the ability then the rest is feel. As I mentioned, striking a putt is more about feel and sensing what needs to happen than anything else and as such manipulation of the putter is common. And if one adjusts the putter to accommodate subtle variances and vagaries in a green, then the "fitting" is compromised anyway.
Pick a putter that feels good in your hands, strike a few putts with it and if they feel good as well, then you're "fitted". Everything else is imagination, feel and touch.
It's not the cost (20 bucks is certainly no big deal) but to me it seems rather pointless and sounds like yet another gimmick to raise the hopes of the putting impaired as well as squeezing a few more shekels from the golfing public.
But if you're convinced it'll work for you, then knock yourself out!
-JP