Rife Island Series Abaco Putter (Right Hand)

by Rife

Product Features

• Rife Island Series Abaco Putter is a player's mallet designed to meet the varying preferences of tour players; comes with a head cover with magnet clasps
• Inspired by a no hosel "Anser" style small mallet, the Abaco is the mallet version of the Rife Island Series Bimini Blade
• Equipped with a Winn custom AVS grip and stepless steel shaft, with a body of CNC milled 304 stainless steel
• With a 330-gram head weight, a 70-degree lie angle, and a groove-to-land ratio of 1 to 3 (groove width 45/1,000 inches to land 15/1,000 inches)
• A 2-degree loft of head, 0.5-degree shaft kickback (shaft leans back away from the face toward the right eye), and a 1.5-degree effective loft (head loft minus kickback)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Rife Island Series Abaco Putter is a player's mallet, designed to offer the refined playability of a blade with the forgiveness of a mallet design. Inspired by Guerin Rife's no hosel 'Anser' style small 400 MidMallet from the late 90s, the Abaco mallet and similar designs are seeing play on the PGA Tour. Designed as the mallet version of the ultra-refined, traditionalist Bimini Blade, the Abaco putter is designed with ability to meet the varying preferences of the tour players for extensive grinding to on both the heel and toe. And, like all Rife putters, the Abaco features patented RollGroove technology for the most immediate forward roll available and is made out of 100 percent milled 304 stainless steel. The Abaco putter comes with a magnetic clasp headcover.

Rife's Patented RollGroove Technology:
Conventional putters chip the ball out of its depression with four to six degrees of loft, creating a slight backspin until the ball hits the ground and the friction of the grass causes the ball to skip or skid before it begins its true forward roll. By contrast, Rife putters feature precisely milled and spaced grooves that grip, hold, and release the ball into an immediate forward roll, eliminating the skipping and skidding created by traditional putters, for a more consistent and accurate roll on every stroke with less loft (1.5 to two degrees compared to the four to six degrees of loft on a conventional putter). Without the grooves holding the ball through the depression, the ball would slide up the face (like it does with a traditional flat face putter) losing energy and creating very inconsistent distance control. With RollGroove Technology the effects of grass grain on your ball are greatly reduced because the ball is not skipping or skidding (high friction) but rolling immediately (low friction) so your ball will hold the line better and your reads will be truer.

Assembly and Construction:

• Winn custom AVS grip
• Stepless Steel Shaft
• Body: CNC milled 304 stainless steel
• Head cover with magnet clasps

Specifications:

• Head weight: 330 grams
• Lie angle: 70 degrees
• Loft of head: 2 degrees
• Shaft kickback: 0.5 degree (shaft leans back away from the face toward the right eye)
• Effective loft: 1.5 degree (head loft minus kickback)
• Groove to land ratio: 1 to 3 (groove width 45/1,000 inches to land 15/1,000 inches)

What's in the Box?
Abaco Putter, head cover

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0025KUT6S
• Item model number: ABAC-ABACO PUTTER
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,777 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rolls it great, January 6, 2012

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This review is from: Rife Island Series Abaco Putter (Right Hand) (Sports)

I had been putting with a classic blade for years with generally excellent results. As I've gotten older, however, physical issues - left shoulder and neck pain due to an old sports injury and worsening eyesight - combined with a lack of practice time (I have a young daughter) have affected my stroke and confidence. So I felt I needed a change and was looking for better technology in a classic shape. After trying probably 100 different putters and having my stroke checked on Ping's new putting app, I decided on the Rife Abaco. As the online photos indicate, this has a classic mallet footprint and features a prominent blade-shape face. It's got a medium, toe-down balance - not as toe-down as the classic blades but enough to permit an open-square-closed stroke I've always made. The T-lines on the putter help me line it up a little better on short putts, so that's good. Its perimeter weighting helps when I strike the ball off the sweet spot, which on this putter happens to be right on the paint line. Best of all is the grooved putter face which is designed to get the ball rolling with minimal skidding. The grooves act to deaden the hit like a polymer insert, which allows me to stroke through the ball a little more aggressively on faster greens. As a result, I'm back to putting with confidence instead of putting defensively. Since the switch, I've definitely made more putts from 15' and in. This is an attractive, well-designed putter, well worth the price.

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to make putts, buy this putter., August 19, 2011

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This review is from: Rife Island Series Abaco Putter (Right Hand) (Sports)

I own the Titleist 910 D2, Titleist 910 F, Titleist 910H, 3 Titleist Vokey Wedges and Titleist 710 AP2 irons however, I don't have a Titleist Scotty Cameron. I make a ton of putts with my Rife Abaco! The alignment aid gives confidence and assurance that my putts are going in.

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