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Face balanced, slant-flow neck putters???


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Looking for options in the off-the-shelf (vs custom) category for a face balanced slant, or flow neck putter.

 

To this point, in slant neck, I've found the Ping Anser C (blade), and Ping Piper C (small mallet), but looking for other options to consider. My unicorn would be a blade version, 1/2 shaft offset with adjustable head weights and milled face!!! Ping IWI ZING is so close, but not face balanced nor milled face.

 

Although all of my examples have been PING, certainly open to any manufacturer (where the Cleveland HB 3 looks sexy, but not face balanced).

 

Ideas???

 

Thanks, Scott

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Half shaft offset is going to be your biggest issue. As someone who seeks this out myself, it's rare. Even more rare in a slant neck. Flow necks by nature are not face balance. You'd need a long slant neck putter, but again you are not likely to find half shaft offset. You are squarely in custom territory.

 

Closest thing I can think of would be a Nike B1 05. Long slant neck, but full shaft offset. I hear there are weights available, but never seen them. You can also find older Cameron slant necks, but they are either not face balance or not weight adjustable. Also full shaft offset.

 

DIY option is to find a blade or small mallet with single bend shaft and full offset. You can tip the shaft about 1/2" to 3/4" and it should still be close to face balance and close to half shaft offset.

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Half shaft offset is going to be your biggest issue. As someone who seeks this out myself, it's rare. Even more rare in a slant neck. Flow necks by nature are not face balance. You'd need a long slant neck putter, but again you are not likely to find half shaft offset. You are squarely in custom territory.

 

Closest thing I can think of would be a Nike B1 05. Long slant neck, but full shaft offset. I hear there are weights available, but never seen them. You can also find older Cameron slant necks, but they are either not face balance or not weight adjustable. Also full shaft offset.

 

DIY option is to find a blade or small mallet with single bend shaft and full offset. You can tip the shaft about 1/2" to 3/4" and it should still be close to face balance and close to half shaft offset.

 

Thanks, looks like the options are as limited as I thought.

 

Are you playing the putter in your sig? Is it face balanced?

 

Scott

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Half shaft offset is going to be your biggest issue. As someone who seeks this out myself, it's rare. Even more rare in a slant neck. Flow necks by nature are not face balance. You'd need a long slant neck putter, but again you are not likely to find half shaft offset. You are squarely in custom territory.

 

Closest thing I can think of would be a Nike B1 05. Long slant neck, but full shaft offset. I hear there are weights available, but never seen them. You can also find older Cameron slant necks, but they are either not face balance or not weight adjustable. Also full shaft offset.

 

DIY option is to find a blade or small mallet with single bend shaft and full offset. You can tip the shaft about 1/2" to 3/4" and it should still be close to face balance and close to half shaft offset.

 

Thanks, looks like the options are as limited as I thought.

 

Are you playing the putter in your sig? Is it face balanced?

 

Scott

 

Yes, I am, but it is not face balanced. By nature flow necks and short slant necks will not be face balanced. The shaft has to line up with the center of the face for a putter to be face balanced. So you need a long hosel for that if it's towards the heel, or the hosel would have to be more towards the center of the putter.

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Does anyone know where I can purchase the short slant neck (only the neck, not the putter) such as found on Stroke Lab Black Ten S, Stroke Lab Marxman S Putter, or Taylormade Spider Tour Black? Golfworks and Hireko sell slant necks but not the short stubby ones used in the putters I mentioned, and what they sell is a full shaft offset slant neck rather than a half shaft offset.

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Ping Tatum checks a lot of your boxes. Face balanced, somewhere between a blade and compact mallet shape. 3/4 (not quite full-shaft) offset, but actually looks like less because the neck makes the offset less pronounced. Not adjustable weight though.

 

"Spy" did a pretty thorough review of the Ping TR series with good pictures... not sure if I can link it here.

 

 

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A face-balanced flow neck does not exist. At least a not traditional flow-neck. To make putter face-balanced the axis of the shaft needs to pass through the center of gravity.(https://www.hirekogolf.com/understanding-and-measuring-putter-toe-hang).

 

Why do you want a face-balanced putter anyways? No one really has a straight back, straight through stroke.

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