Longest run for a putter in your bag

[Lakeeffectgolf]

Been playing a Odyssey Trip-Hot #2 since it came out. (early 2000's I think) Switched middle of last summer to a 2012 Cameron Select 1.5. So I played with the Tri Hot for something like 17 to 19 years I guess.

[leftylama]

Nike Method MC01W, lasted 9 months before I moved onto something else.

[slowkuruma]

Scotty Pro Platinum Long Neck Newport since 1997ish? Still in the bag.... BUT I did just purchase a Newport 2.5 (first time ever trying a different putter) so we shall see how that goes

[RogerinNewZealand]

Slotline Mallet 1994 B60/5bz1996 to 2010 Rossie 11

2012 Seemore 2yrs Anser then Cleveland Classic blade now one year Scotty mid slant pro platinum.So last 4 all same style and reweighted and PP58 grip☺

[Jaygolf37]

Bought an Odyssey Black Series Tour Design (milled) #4 in 2011. Awhile back, I threw a UST Freq Filtered shaft in it and had the lie flattened 2 degrees. Been amazed ever since. Still looks great too!

 

[Xdmike20]

I used the original Odyssey Rossie 2 for 5 years before going to the Rossie DFX for another 5

[RainShadow]

Oddyssey DF 660 '91-1999 or so.

Mizuno TP Mills Workshop II for about 5 years 03-08.

After that it's been a rotation every couple of years.

Want to get really fit with a SAM system sometime, but my many years of putting have really shown me what works best for me.

Anser style blade, plumbers neck or flow neck, 340-355 gm headweight, 4-5 o'clock toe hang.

 

[bladehunter]

I’ve had them last 12-13 holes before.

 

Seriously. Usually a couple weeks. Don’t know why. And the better I hit it. The worse I putt. If I miss 12 -14 greens I’ll make every par putt you throw at me.

[Banker]

just over a year now for my original black spider tour slant neck. Before this putter, a couple months was a darn good run

[bulls9999]

That's been my Ping Anser b with blue face insert..... had it for 25+ years. Don't fix what ain't broke!! Putting is the best part of my game and I don't even practice it, not once in 2 months. I naturally enjoy hills and swales on the greens and ability to read breaks. I make enough 15-20 footers/round that I come to expect them. I also use a Shark Jumbo putter grip, shaped like a cone, it narrows down toward the bottom of the grip and that's where I hold it, with fingers curled around the bottom of the grip where the 'cone shape' fits nicely in my hands, the bulk of the grip being above my hands acting like a counterweight; I also use my left index finger pointed down the shafe (I'm left-handed, so it's the forward leading index finger). I rather work on parts of my game that need more help, like irons.


 

[Hjosh7_]

I’ve been using the same Nike Method Matter B2-01 since February 2016 (8 months after I started golfing) except for about 6 months in 2017. I added a black and red Flatso and a black shaft to differentiate it a little.

 

So that’s 3ish years.

 

 

[razz11]

My Rife Cayman Brac has been in the bag for 7 years. I’ve been a mallet hater forever, but with less time to practice and play I started looking for one that I actually liked. Swung the Spider X and HAD to have one. Hopefully it stays in the bag for more than a few holes!

[Vandeventer928]

Odyssey White Hot XG #1. Purchased in 2009

has not left the bag....yet.

[jj77]

Ping Redwood Darby for 8 or 9 years. Its currently on the sideline while I try a Scotty Futura X7M that I got when my uncle passed away.

[Petunia Sprinkle]

Finally got a Callaway Tuttle. I used to hate putting, until I got a Wilson GM990 (their version of an 8802 for putt-putt). That helped me become a good putter, but I never loved it. I love my Tuttle and will hole out in my grave with it.

[gpleonard]

I have a rotation. Depends on which putter is behaving at the moment. My rotation is 3 putters. All have the exact same grip. Two are the same head. One is milled , one is insert. The other is a blade for when I am really looking for a different touch. Probably it is me that is touched.

[jah7838]

I think the answer to that question is my current Kingston KP1 putter. I've had it in the bag for a little over 3 years. If it's not that one, it's the original Odyssey White Hot #1, which was in that 2-4 year range. That one is still in the closet, but hasn't seen the course since I got my Kingston. Before these 2 putters, I would have one for about a year, before buying a "better" putter, which was usually different Odyssey models, either the #1 or #7 head shapes.

 

I'm actually getting the itch for a new putter for some reason, even though I'm still putting well with the Kingston. Something about the Odyssey O-Works 7s in black is calling my name. Maybe it's just a phase, and I'll be fine once summer comes around!?!?

[BlkNGld]

> @tlehmann said:

> Yes Dawn.. just celebrated 7 years. Pretty good for a ho. Best Yes putter ever made

Dawn and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary.

I even picked up a Redwood Anser, certain that would give it some competition, but it just hasn't happened.

 

[tlehmann]

> @BlkNGld said:

> > @tlehmann said:

> > Yes Dawn.. just celebrated 7 years. Pretty good for a ho. Best Yes putter ever made

> Dawn and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary.

> I even picked up a Redwood Anser, certain that would give it some competition, but it just hasn't happened.

>

+1!!!

I had a custom WRX Redwood Anser back in the day as well... I hope GolfWRX doesn't ban me for calling it "clicky", certainly compared to Dawn

[BlkNGld]

> @tlehmann said:

> > @BlkNGld said:

> > > @tlehmann said:

> > > Yes Dawn.. just celebrated 7 years. Pretty good for a ho. Best Yes putter ever made

> > Dawn and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary.

> > I even picked up a Redwood Anser, certain that would give it some competition, but it just hasn't happened.

> >

> +1!!!

> I had a custom WRX Redwood Anser back in the day as well... I hope GolfWRX doesn't ban me for calling it "clicky", certainly compared to Dawn

Well I happen to like a bit of click coming off the putter, and I think both do it.

Honestly, I think I would say the same thing about the Redwood if I'd have found it first. But I'm now accustomed to the Dawn, and when the slight differences between the two kind of even out for me, I have a hard time justifying a change.

 

[11forgedblades]

I've had the same putter (Ben Hogan Bettinardi) for about a dozen years and will probably use it the rest of my life. Before that I had an Odyssey dual force rossie from the time I learned to golf until the betti. It seems like the longer I have it, the better it gets.

[BB28403]

> @maverick said:

> This BB1 MS proto was in my bag for over 10 years.

> 

>

 

She’s a beaut

[Bruceapex]

Bettinardi BB18, purchased in 1999, has never left my bag.

But to be honest, it’s the newest thing in my bag!

I play hogan apex redlines from 1988 and hogan apex persimmon woods from 1992.

[JDW3]

Scotty Cameron Newport 2 2014 model. Its been in my bag since 2015. It comes out for a couple rounds here and there but always goes back in.

[Egs57]

Ping becu B60 about 30 years

[LoopySwing13]

Bettinardi BB8 with the lime green paint fill. Had one since the day it came out, kept it for a few years, sold it and tried some others, bought a new old stock of the BB8 I had, and decided I won’t ever switch again... lol

[artsmart73]

TEI 3 NP 2 for about a total of 6 years off and on of my 20+ years golf.

[Jackal66]

I started playing in 1994 with a generic set of clubs and putter.

In 1996 I bought an Odyssey Rossi.

That stayed in the bag until summer of 2016.

Now, the putter is an Odyssey Sabertooth, but will be changing soon.

[Big A HG]

This thread made me realize that in 2001 I acquired my first good putter, a Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum Newport Midslant. Around 2007 or 08 when I worked at a retail golf store, I dinked around with a Taylor Made Daytona Rossa putter, putted great with it indoors and it felt great, but never bought it. In 2010, having moved two states away, playing in a league, my putting was suddenly atrocious. Was messing around the local golf shop there and found that putter from a few years earlier in mint shape for $40, bought it on the spot and it never left my bag since. However, yesterday I just purchased a replacement for that Taylor Made.

 

That means both of my last two putters lasted exactly 9 years. We'll see how long the new one lasts!

[North Butte]

I used a Teardrop Rollface Zebra (think that's the correct name) from late 1998 or early 1999 up until I made the mistake of using a soft-sided travel bag on my golf vacation in the summer of 2007. When I got home from the trip I couldn't putt a lick with it and finally noticed that the shaft now had maybe a five-degree bend in it right at the top of the double-bend part of the shaft.

 

I took it to a local club repair guy and he said getting it back straight without messing up the geometry of the double bend shaft was virtually impossible. So he recommended just retired it and getting a new putter. Couldn't fine a lefty Teardrop Zebra by that time so I switched to some sort of Ping or another.

 

So call it 8-1/2 years. Can't say I never used any other putter during that time but out of those 1,000+ rounds I used the Zebra for probably 99% of them.

 

I think I've only had one other putter that accumulated more than a couple of years continuous service. It was a Ping Anser 5BZ (face balanced) that I used for about three years just prior to getting the Zebra.