Putter alterations

BoardsMember

Can anyone recommend someone/somewhere to get alterations done to a putter? I like my putter but it's just too long, 36 inches I think. It's also not as upright as I would like it, so need the angle adjusted. It could also do with a new grip.

On reading back this I see I'm open to the question - what do you like about your putter. It's a mallet head fisher touch, I think the first model. So have had it ages and love it. I'd at least like to look at pricing the necessary changes. If anyone knows where in the south Dublin area would do this I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

stockdam

Take it along to any Pro shop and ask for a price.

BoardsMember

I should have worded my question differently, really what I was hoping for was a recommendation based on experience of good customer service, good quality work, value for money etc

mike12

BoardsMember wrote: »

I should have worded my question differently, really what I was hoping for was a recommendation based on experience of good customer service, good quality work, value for money etc

Got a inch taken off a putter in Halpenny swords for €8 they put back on the same grip.
Mike

ImDave

For the lie angle alteration, make sure whoever you go to to get it done has an actual loft/lie machine for putters. I've seen many cases of guys sticking a putter head in a vice and bending visually.

irish bloke

There will be very few guys out there with a putter bending machine. They are quite expensive and there is very little business out there for them. Iron loft and lie machines are a different story.

I know a guy who used to make putters. I.E machine heads and necks out of solid aluminum or copper and mate them together. He used to also bend shafts with tricky compound angles with the use of pipe bending machines and small homemade jigs.

It sounds like you are not looking for the putter to be bent to a specific numerical angle, more like bent to an angle that you feel comfortable with.

If you really like the putter and cant get someone to complete this I suggest bringing the putter to a good engineering workshop and I bet they will be able to complete this for you.

BoardsMember

irish bloke wrote: »

There will be very few guys out there with a putter bending machine. They are quite expensive and there is very little business out there for them. Iron loft and lie machines are a different story.

I know a guy who used to make putters. I.E machine heads and necks out of solid aluminum or copper and mate them together. He used to also bend shafts with tricky compound angles with the use of pipe bending machines and small homemade jigs.

It sounds like you are not looking for the putter to be bent to a specific numerical angle, more like bent to an angle that you feel comfortable with.

If you really like the putter and cant get someone to complete this I suggest bringing the putter to a good engineering workshop and I bet they will be able to complete this for you.

Thanks for this, and for the earlier input by others - at least I know what I need to ask when ringing around the pro shops.

mikeunt

BoardsMember wrote: »

Can anyone recommend someone/somewhere to get alterations done to a putter? I like my putter but it's just too long, 36 inches I think. It's also not as upright as I would like it, so need the angle adjusted. It could also do with a new grip.

On reading back this I see I'm open to the question - what do you like about your putter. It's a mallet head fisher touch, I think the first model. So have had it ages and love it. I'd at least like to look at pricing the necessary changes. If anyone knows where in the south Dublin area would do this I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

i think this might render the putter illegal

Dtoffee

I had a mallet headed putter and wanted it's angle changed. A pro did the job manually but it only lasted a few days before it sprung back to the original angle, so the machine is a must. I tried all of this and in the end, I went out and bought a new putter that suited my position and felt comfortable ...... it was crap for two / three games and then suddenly I got the feel of it and all previous putters were forgotten.

I doubt if you are breaking any rules by changing your shaft angle as long as you dont alter the face, its just a matter of personal choice.

Aesop

mikeunt wrote: »

i think this might render the putter illegal

I think you are mixing this up with altering the characteristics of a putter in the middle of a round. It's sometimes why you see a pro finish out his round putting with his sand wedge. They usually have earlier flung their putter at their bag or the ground in anger and bent the putter in some way. Since this is considered altering the club they can no longer use it. A kind of petulance penalty if you will

mikeunt

Aesop wrote: »

I think you are mixing this up with altering the characteristics of a putter in the middle of a round. It's sometimes why you see a pro finish out his round putting with his sand wedge. They usually have earlier flung their putter at their bag or the ground in anger and bent the putter in some way. Since this is considered altering the club they can no longer use it. A kind of petulance penalty if you will

thanks aesop