It plays all the better too when chipped and scratched which is another bonus!Įver had such a bad day on the greens that you felt like sticking two-fingers up to the golfing gods? Well if you purchase the new Nike Method Core Drone, the putter does it for you, with its unusual V shape design the perfect accompaniment on the green for the angry, frustrated golfer. A lump of brass which can be reversed so lefty’s can play too. Not only is your golf ball seemingly made from vulcanised rubber, your putter is arguably the most basic invention in history. This will bring back a few memories for anyone who has played Crazy Golf or Mini Golf at some point in their lives with a rented putter. The “Crazy Golf” or “Mini Golf” Rented Putter Viewed face on, the putter looks like it is being held backwards, viewed from the back it looks like the putter’s laughing at you for trying to use it.ģ. Scotty Cameron may be a name synonymous with some of the world’s best putter, bus the Future Phantom has been given the nickname “the Retarded Spaceship” for a good reason. “As long as I keep holing putts, I’ll be keeping it in the bag” stated Lyle. Lyle admitted that his Black Swan putter “is strange” and “certainly wouldn’t win a beauty contest” but the Scot tried it in a practice round at Augusta and took just 26 putts, hitting six birdies. Sandy Lyle’s “Black Swan” Putter (above)Īround Augusta last weekend, former Masters Champ Sandy Lyle was attempting to win his second Masters title using what looked like a branding iron on the greens. Here’s our top ten of putters that we’d like to forgetġ. It’s not just the modern golfer that is afflicted either, throughout history, golfers have wielded some strange looking putting beasts on the greens.
Take a trip to any tournament and you’ll be dazzled by golfers taking to the greens with what look like props from an episode of Star Trek tucked under their arm. It’s good to know there are a few more winning clubs still to come from a legend of the design business.One of the most remarkable things about the modern touring golfer is the sheer number of hideous golf putters there are in play each week. “We are testing final revisions at the moment,” he said. Never again.”Ī new and improved version of the TPA XVIII is nearing production, Tee said. I never holed three putts like that in my life. “Made the putt at 16, 17, and the one at 11 to win the playoff. “The finish was unbelievable,” Faldo said, recalling his victory 25 years ago. McCabe pulled from his bag the original mold for the TPA XVIII putter that Nick Faldo stuck in his bag before Sunday’s final round of the 1989 Masters and used to win his first green jacket. Tee, who had been working in investment banking, founded TPA Golf Clubs, a nod to his father’s best-known putter. “My father died last year on Masters Friday with the Masters playing in the background,” Tee said, “a beautiful parting for a guy so dedicated in the craft of golf.” Terry died on Apat age 67, but not before finishing a few last designs.
THE GREEN GORILLA PUTTER DRIVER
Later, he and Gary Adams teamed up again to start Founders Club and McCabe had yet another hit designing the 975D driver during his stint as head of R&D for Titleist. Tee is the son of Terry McCabe, designer of the TaylorMade Burner and Tour Preferred woods, the first commercially successful metal woods.
THE GREEN GORILLA PUTTER PRO
At the PGA Merchandise Show in January, I bumped into former Web.com Tour pro Tee McCabe on the PGA Show floor, who is jumping back into the family business.
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