Customer Reviews

Odyssey Black Series #1 Putter

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Ok, reviewing golf putters is like reviewing underwear or girlfriends/boyfriends: Some people may love it, some people may hate it and many people will rightfully think it's not your dam business. A putter is so personal that only you can tell if it works for you or not. It doesn't matter if Phil Mickelson uses it or Tiger makes great putts with it, only you will tell if it works (or not)

With that in mind I'll risk my review: Great putter, best putter from the two putters I had in my six years as a golfer. My old putter was a very old Odyssey White Hot model I bought used when I started playing, and you can feel the difference with this one from day one. Balance and speed feels great and if you are a putter with no arch in your swing and an overall conventional putting stance, you will find this guy goes where it is aimed 100% of the times. You will think well, all putters will do that but it's not true, in general and in theory they will but not always, and that's where the price difference will come in most putters: the highest the price the higher the probability that your put will go in the direction you aimed at, and for this mid-range putter there is no doubt that's the case

As per the weight and the distance, I found this putter to be on the heavy side and more often that not you will find hitting long puts than short ones. This is good alright, but you will need to make an extra-effort to get a sense of the distance this guy can go particularly on long puts of 12 feet or more. The tendency to go way long on these situations is very common, and you will need to practice enough before getting a proper felling on long distance puts. Having say this, in medium-short puts, 10 feet or less it's amazing, and in 3-4 footers it's a killer, it will be very hard to miss a short put with an instrument so precise, and is in this situations I've found this putter to be a significant improvement when compared to my old one. If you are good at approaching, this putter will be a perfect companion, but if you find yourself making very long puts all the times, you will need to practice a good deal before seeing the results. Not that you won't see them, but this putter thrust the ball stronger than many other puts I've tried and used, so you will need to adapt your swing accordingly

Overall, a highly recommended instrument that will make an improvement to your game right away. Of course, it's not the solution to all your golf or putting woes and it won't guarantee you two or one puts all the time. At the end is not the weapon but the wielder, but we all golfers know that, no matter what club makers make us to believe.

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