[Bigvivec]

Originally Posted by JPsuff

OK, let's draw another analogy.

Let's take pool for example. I am an excellent pool player. I've won tournaments and I can hold my own with the best of them. Now I can think of at least four different setups used in stroking a cue ball; a finger bridge, a knuckle bridge, a thumb bridge or just using my fingers to guide the cue as it rests on a rail.

The basic stroke is the same, but the setups are different. That's because there are instances in pool wherein a standard finger bridge is either not feasable or desireable, so something other than a "standard" setup has to be used. As far as cues are concerned, I can run a table just as easily using a $1,200 Balabushka or some fiberglass piece of junk in a barroom. As long as the tip is good, and the weight feels right (for me about 20 - 21 ounces) the rest doesn't matter. Sure, a custom made cue feels better and I'll admit that that may inspire more confidence, but it's still just about feel, not that the custom cue actually plays any better.

So, I do the same thing with putting. I set up based upon how my body feels as I stand over the ball and I'll make slight adjustments and changes to my setup until I feel comfortable over that particular putt. So once again, for me, a custom fitted putter would be about as useful as a chocolate teapot.


-JP

Whatever you say JP...but I for one try to eliminate the variables by setting up to putt the same every time, only varying the length of the swing, and I take your comments with a two pound grain of salt, as the rest of your set resembles the $1,200 Balabushka rather than the fiberglass barroom stick...