A Cheaper Alternative To The Newport Squareback

[sergizmo]

I've said it on another board and I'll say it here...putters that don't remind you of anything are the ones that don't sell.

 

Yep. :clapping:

 

And you definitely can't have too much of a good thing. :bb2:

 

Isn't that kind of a closed minded-view of things?

 

Lots of players are willing to bag hybrids, high MOI/square drivers, and funky looking irons. Why does the putter have to look like an Anser? There are many shapes and sizes of putters that will put the ball in the hole just as fast (or faster for some players).

 

There are only so may ways you can re-badge the same putter. Open your mind people.

[jick]

This thread is losing its fizz.

 

It has become a "every-putter-is-just-a-derivative-of-the-Anser" thread, when I was just trying to highlight that making a boxier Anser has been done by Bobby Grace before Cameron (and then someone posted that Byron even did something earlier). Cameron stretching abd "boxing" the Anser dimensions like that is not something that has not been done before. It has, and there are alternatives there and I am just pointing out that the Bobby Grace is a cheaper alternative.

 

Another point is the personal attacks against me. I hope someone can do a search of my posting history. Recently, I just posted pics of Cameron's actual gamer, and a revelation that he uses a variation of the claw grip, and a pic of him on the course. That was obviously for the benefit of the Cameron faithful. Then in another thread where I mentioned the possibility of putter makers ganing up on the consumer with less durable Winn grips, I gave credit to Cameron for still sticking with more durable rubber grips for his OTR releases. Also, just check the thread which is "My Cameron Restoration Hobby" which shows that I am the only one in my entire country who refinishes Cameron putters as a hobby and people from all over have begged me that they will have me refinish theirs too. Although I don't really want to turn this hobby into a business, I just cannot turn down some close friends, so for I do for a selected few and charge them actual cost which is like $20 including paintfill, restoration, stripping, and gunblueing (and no, I don't use the off-the-shelf bluing solutions, but more of the actual oxidation where people have to wear masks and the fumes smell ugly in the chemical baths). Don't you think that is cheap? It is for the love of putters, and I take no bias whether it is Cameron or another putter maker.

 

Look closely at one of the replies of this thread, and I was quick to point out that the DCT1 hosel is cast and not milled. I can take closeup pics for those who are interested. Also, I took out the DCT1 for a complete round today and used the titanium insert. I am not a big fan of it as the sweet spot sounds hollow and muted, while the less than solid putts are actually solid feeling. Go figure. But it generally had bad feel so I am not a big fan and have decided that it is not replacing my Cameron gamer anytime soon. But that is just me and you mileage may vary. But please stop the personal attacks and accusations against me. I hold nothing against Cameron.

[Z-Man]

This was the John Byron MNX putter,first pictures in copper and the last in Aluminum and steel. Then I have pictures of the updated Byron Golf Design As3. Last the S-4.. Byron has made 28 versions of the Anser putter.

[ckay]

Why does the putter have to look like an Anser? There are many shapes and sizes of putters that will put the ball in the hole just as fast (or faster for some players).

I wonder the same question myself. I find myself attracted to Anser style putters and more traditional blades like the Coronado/Studio Design line. To me that is what a putter looked like since I began the game of golf.

 

I think it comes down to what people are comfortable with. A lot of golfers grew up playing an Anser-style head whether it was an old PING somebody had laying around or a putter that came in a starter set. For a person like myself, to make the change to a contemporary design would be a tough one.

 

Now, you get a golfer that has started within the past 5 years who had an open market of different MOI-style putters, it wouldn't be as tough because they were exposed to those putters from the get-go. Closest thing to an MOI putter on the market for me were the Zebra, Odyssey Rossie and Cameron Caliente.

[Caligula]

Once one gets outside the classic Karsten or Mills designs there isn't much leeway for innovation, what we get are things like the Anser with a lump on the back or this new thick Anser. Scotty should take a leaf out of Ping's book, something he's no stranger to doing :shout: , and try making what people want for a sensible price instead of persisting with a rubbish standard line of putters and loads of expensive "limited" editions.

[zo0m27]

Cameron Squareback can't be replaced IMO.

Once they come to retail, I'd be happy to pay $300 for one.

[jick]

Thanks for the pics of the Byron putters.

 

If Byron would still make those now, he would surely get a piece of the Anser "box-shape" market (if there is any that exist).

 

I honestly think that Byron's looks much better than the Bobby Grace, and probably plays much better after my not-so-good experience with the feel of the Grace.

 

Anyway aware of other similar putters (meaning Anser shape that is boxed up)?

[xxio]

IIRC GD had a Neo Blade but it was not just wider but longer as well. An Anser2 on steriods.