Is this a real Bettinardi putter?

[mwvickers]

Hi,

Recently saw this putter for sale. Can you tell me if it's real and which year it is from please?

[nova6868]

I've never seen that milling pattern on the face, but hard to say since they do lots of "one off" putters.

The weirdest thing is that the bottom says "Studio Stock 8" but that's not what the head is. Who knows though.

[Rory4Pres]

A lot of things appear wrong with this putter that lead me to believe it's a fake.

[nova6868]

Actually here it is:

FAKE (NSFW due to trash ads at the bottom)

2020 Cooyute New Golf Putter BETTINARDI TouR Stock B T Golf Heads Gold Color Right Handed Clubs Heads No Golf Shaft From Qiananrain, $155.16 | DHgate.Com

[Rory4Pres]

Nice find!! haha. I actually checked aliexpress before commenting myself!

[mwvickers]

Strange thing is Bettinardi told me its a real club after I sent them some pics. I don’t believe it is real. I bought it from eBay. Several things seemed off for instance the shaft has no inscriptions or stickers. The dots on the back are poorly painted and it feels quite heavy. I queried this to the seller. He stated he’d bought it elsewhere offered me a full refund and told me to destroy it. Thing is he is selling a lot of top of the range golf stuff on eBay: Honma, Muira and more Bettinardi.

His seller ID is samuraigolferuk

 

I like some of the stuff he has but don’t trust if they are real.

 

Thoughts?

[mwvickers]

Here are some pics of the putter I took when I had it in hand....

[ess32]

Will Bettinardi provide a COA? Headweight might clue you in as well.

[nova6868]

That's not even a Deep Etch grip, the shape is way off. Unless that's the jumbo shape?

I don't think Bettinardi is used to seeing fakes, admittedly they are very rare. 99% of putter fakes are Camerons. However this one seems fake, I don't know how else a putter head would end up on DHGate and Aliexpress.

 

[Red4282]

“He stated he’d bought it elsewhere offered me a full refund and told me to destroy it.”

that tells me all i need to know... super fishy.

[Fustler]

dhgate.com is the spot to go to buy knock offs. Your's is right here: https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&dspm=pcen.hp.searhclick.1.EErkzdpWRBdwMCZu2KXa%26resource_id%3D&sus=&searchkey=bettinardi&catalog=#hpsearch1806

[Katke87]

Insane! $62 for a Betti is the tip off

[MaineMariner]

On 7/16/2020 at 12:19 PM, Fustler said:

dhgate.com is the spot to go to buy knock offs. Your's is right here: https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&dspm=pcen.hp.searhclick.1.EErkzdpWRBdwMCZu2KXa%26resource_id%3D&sus=&searchkey=bettinardi&catalog=#hpsearch1806

 

This is weird. I'm guessing the listing has been updated since you made this post because it looks like this is an authentic SS#8 head with a fake headcover. It's about $100 for the head only, which isn't really that out of line with what you would expect a head-only few years old Betti to cost.

 

The head that OP posted looks... well, very strange to say the least. It has a SS#8 sole but nothing else resembles that putter. 

 

I didn't even know fake Bettinardi putters was a thing.

[Toneloc23]

Are there serial numbers on these things?

[tnord]

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Edited May 17, 2021 by tnord