freak accident

[BunkerBound21]

i had a freak accident before my last round... my buddy and i locked our bags into the cart, and headed to the first tee. we have to cross a road to play the back course at my local club... it dips down from the path to the road and then back up on the other side. Well, after hitting the upslope on the other side of the road, my bag became unlocked and fell off the back of the car... normally no big damage would occur, ( i dont think) but in this case, the head of my putter SNAPPED off the shaft! so i had to play the round sharing a putter! which wasnt the issue... the issue is that i need to go and drop another $120 on another sabertooth!

can you believe the chances of that happening?

[JPsuff]

Originally Posted by BunkerBound21

i had a freak accident before my last round... my buddy and i locked our bags into the cart, and headed to the first tee. we have to cross a road to play the back course at my local club... it dips down from the path to the road and then back up on the other side. Well, after hitting the upslope on the other side of the road, my bag became unlocked and fell off the back of the car... normally no big damage would occur, ( i dont think) but in this case, the head of my putter SNAPPED off the shaft! so i had to play the round sharing a putter! which wasnt the issue... the issue is that i need to go and drop another $120 on another sabertooth!

can you believe the chances of that happening?

Well that stinks!

Do you know any welders?

Usually such things can be repaired with a TiG weld. Any welding shop should have a TiG setup or look for any shop that builds motorcycles as well (they do a lot of TiG welding).
If the break is clean, the pieces will position well for a repair and once it's welded and ground, it should be as good as new. It would likely cost you only twenty to thirty dollars or so as opposed to buying a new putter and considering that you're alternative IS a new putter, it couldn't hurt to check it out.


-JP

[Keith]

Duct(Duck)Tape will fix anything. When I was a younger lad I had both my windshield wipers ripped of my car from an angry ex. The tape stayed on until I sold it more than a year later.

[OnePutt]

If the head snapped off the shaft, just replace the shaft, or fix the one you have now. Not hard to fix if you insert a short piece of steel rod.

[OnePutt]

Better Yet, just ship me the head and shaft, and I'll fix it. I'd love to have a Sabertooth to play with just for fun.

[scottevans77]

I hear Callaway has excellent customer service. I read about a guy on another forum who snapped one of his irons in half and then called customer service to have it replaced. He thought he would have to pay, but they agreed to send him a new one free of charge. It couldn't hurt to call.

[BaronV]

Ditto on the post above, call up Callaway and see if they'll fix it for free! Doesn't hurt to ask and I've heard good stories about their service to please customers, especially those who bought a putter from them.

[GenErr]

From personal experience, Callaway has tremendous customer service. Call them up and explain what happened. Also you could probably take the club to a local repair shop (Golfsmith?) and ask them about reshafting.

Any of the above beats shelling out $120 for a new putter - unless you wanted to get a new putter anyway.

[Leaguegolf]

I had a "freak accident" once. My car was hit by 6 stoned hippies driving a beat up VW Micro-Bus!

You can thank the late Mr. Carlin for that one.


If the putter was a favorite I'd do anything to get it repaired. If it was just another putter in a long line of putters, I'd find a new one to head the list.

[BunkerBound21]

clearly there are lots of options for me to solve this problem...

so i guess my question is, would any of you get a new putter and move on to a new life... or get this one fixed / call customer service?

and if you were to choose a new one, which one would you get?

[Diane]

Originally Posted by BunkerBound21

clearly there are lots of options for me to solve this problem...

so i guess my question is, would any of you get a new putter and move on to a new life... or get this one fixed / call customer service?

and if you were to choose a new one, which one would you get?

I would call customer service and see what they suggest. If they have no suggestions, I would buy a new putter. I don't think it would be the same if you weld it, but that's just my opinion. A putter is a very personal club - we can't choose for you. You need to go demo them.

[GenErr]

I'd call customer service first - if the repair is free or minimal - get the putter repaired.

Exercising my theory that one can never have too many putters, with the money saved, I'd also buy a new putter.

My current Ping Karsten Craz-E is working pretty good right now, but we're still on our "honeymoon." It is different than my previous putters in shape and weight. It sets up nice and square, has no face insert, and puts a nice roll on the ball. Just a suggestion if you're going to test out putters.

[Bigvivec]

I like the duct tape idea...







But I would go the customer service route, inquire about reshafting possibilities (could you send it in and have them refit it for a fee?) and if that didn't work out it would be time to go putter shopping...




Thanks Keith...

[LBlack14]

If Cally won't take care of it , Oneputt said he would fix it. Problem solved. I don't think he was planning on keeping it.

Good Man!