Possible Putter Change For the GOAT

[csiachos]

He was just messing around.  He like a clean look with no shaft band.  

[swagee]

5 hours ago, robertdarrow9 said:

In a picture uploaded to Tigers TGR Instagram and then relayed by my guy TW Spot it looks like the GOAT is holding some sort of slant neck while participating in a Member Guest Tournament down in Cabo. Very well could be someone else's, considering he's not even wearing golf spikes, but there is also the possibility of a putter change before heading to the PNC this weekend. Guess we will have to wait and find out! 

He does this all the time, experimenting with different putters off tour. He probably just wants to play around with many putters that he owns. 
Can’t wait for tmr.

Cheers

[wlittle1274]

Like all of us, I’m sure he loves to tinker.. But come April at Augusta I’d bet alottttt of $$ I know what’s in the bag!! 

[Fairway14]

Rental set.

[tbone18]

It does look like a Newport Mid slant.

[dropkicked]

It's charlies putter... just being blessed by his royal goatness. 🙂

[Nvd13]

Tigers mentality towards winning changed golf more than anyone. That along with his desire, record, and wins but him above anyone else. Earnings and golf growth exploded during his time. The allure of money never changed him and that’s happening to everyone playing currently. I don’t think bringing it down to a majors record determines the best. The wins, cuts made, dollars, interest in the sport-fans, sponsors, ratings, taking the game up, etc.-and the media made it so much harder. He made courses tiger proof them.  

[Circaflex]

5 hours ago, glenk69 said:

I agree on the reference to Nicklaus.

 

And this post is the definition of ridiculous.  If there was a picture of Tiger holding a shovel, someone would probably post that he was switching out his Scotty for a new putter.

Yet here you are, in this very thread. 🙄

[HalfSet]

1 hour ago, dropkicked said:

It's charlies putter... just being blessed by his royal goatness. 🙂

 

I recall from some podcast that Charlies putter is actually a backup gamer of Tigers cut down 😲

[B_of_H]

 

 

At about :06 you can see the putter for a second.  looks like he is back to the old putter to me, definitely doesn't look like the putter in the OP pic.  

[born4golf77]

He was probably holding somebody’s Putter he was playing with while they tried his putter her something

[JoeGuy30]

This late in the career why not go for a change!

[granata10]

I can't remember where I heard it but Brad Faxon always used his backup putter when he was playing golf for fun.  Didn't want the gamer to get damaged or stolen, he was proven right to do this because his backup did get stolen out of his bag once.  My guess is Tiger is just tinkering and this wasn't a place he wanted to bring the gamer that means so much to him

[BlackandJack]

2 hours ago, B_of_H said:

 

 

At about :06 you can see the putter for a second.  looks like he is back to the old putter to me, definitely doesn't look like the putter in the OP pic.  

Little Charlie rocking that spider x!!!

[Bdmac79]

Similar mannerisms to Tiger.  Pretty cool to see.  

[orangeology]

he found it by the green. someone had too much beer. 

[BD57]

So much fun to be had when people pretend their opinion is a "fact."

 

Tiger & Jack both have exemplary records.    The fans of each can make a case for "their guy"  as the greatest ever, and it's fun, because it cannot be "settled":

• We can't send "top of his form Tiger" back to contend with "top of his form Jack,"  playing the "back then" equipment and courses.
• We can't bring "top of his form Jack" to Tiger's heyday to complete with "top of his form Tiger" using the equipment of that time, on the courses of that time.

Think for a moment of the precision which Hogan possessed when he had his bus crash, and then "Make the crash go away" . . . .  what might Hogan have become?

 

As precise and expert a ball striker as he was, with equipment obviously inferior to the present day - would modern equipment close the gap between Hogan & the others, or would Hogan's brilliance have widened the gap even further?

 

Your opinions are opinions only, not "facts."   Childish to claim otherwise - but egos gotta ego, I guess.

[vmann]

2 hours ago, BD57 said:

So much fun to be had when people pretend their opinion is a "fact."

 

Tiger & Jack both have exemplary records.    The fans of each can make a case for "their guy"  as the greatest ever, and it's fun, because it cannot be "settled":

• We can't send "top of his form Tiger" back to contend with "top of his form Jack,"  playing the "back then" equipment and courses.
• We can't bring "top of his form Jack" to Tiger's heyday to complete with "top of his form Tiger" using the equipment of that time, on the courses of that time.

Think for a moment of the precision which Hogan possessed when he had his bus crash, and then "Make the crash go away" . . . .  what might Hogan have become?

 

As precise and expert a ball striker as he was, with equipment obviously inferior to the present day - would modern equipment close the gap between Hogan & the others, or would Hogan's brilliance have widened the gap even further?

 

Your opinions are opinions only, not "facts."   Childish to claim otherwise - but egos gotta ego, I guess.

Thanks for your opinion on the subject. 😉

[blblco02]

Tiger dominated fields like no other. Won 4 majors in a row. Won 7 tournaments in a row, then 6 and 5 a few times. Unreal. 

[SUMM1T]

I worked for another putter company and built around 20 putters that were supposed to go to Tiger. He tinkers with a lot of clubs, is what I was told by the owner. How much of that is true, I don't know. But I do know I built some putters that were going to him. 

[rich13]

Putter change? Hmm....maybe he's going back to the George Low Wizard.....

[Scotty1140]

On 12/16/2020 at 3:22 PM, RH82 said:

Are we talking about a possible putter change or a GOAT debate? Talk about beating a dead horse! 

Whenever I see someone mention the word "GOAT", I get the same reaction as when I see someone write "Newport style" in the putter forum. "S***....this thread is done."

[tarrantian]

On 12/16/2020 at 7:32 PM, southpawfox said:

 

I recall from some podcast that Charlies putter is actually a backup gamer of Tigers cut down 😲

 

Little Chuckie GOAT stick is the TM Spider X...

[Medson]

If there’s one thing this thread approves, Tiger, regardless his ranking, moves the needle. 

[Ben Berube]

On 12/16/2020 at 3:13 PM, bcflyguy1 said:

Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Seve, Greg Norman, and a lengthy list of others would be very upset at your valuation of their careers. That is, if they cared...which they don't.

Making comparisons across eras is always subjective as well as futile. Just appreciate the greatness of both, as the men themselves do, and leave it at that.

Awesome answer. Because if Jack’s competitors where carsalesmen then go look at his scores. 

Its like saying Montana was a better QB than Brady because of the difference in QB protection rules. But the rules of golf changed for these guys as well as the leaps equipment and ball technology have taken.  Or wait Babe Ruth hit all his homers because back then pitchers through in the 80’s and now speeds are always high 90’s?

Or Mike Tyson would have destroyed Ali....  No wait this is just a rabbit hole that could go on forever and is pointless. 

 

[Carson33]

If you look at Scotty Cameron’s Instagram post, I believe the mystery is solved. Looks like Tiger was rolling a putt with Mike Thomas’ custom welded slant neck.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_KFU3DFT2/?igshid=grvzpt0xf9bh

[TheMoneyShot]

Old rusty trusty in the bag today?

[Carson33]

20 minutes ago, TheMoneyShot said:

Old rusty trusty in the bag today?

Yes for Tiger

[supranak]

Tiger is the GOAT

[TheMoneyShot]

20 hours ago, Carson33 said:

Yes for Tiger

This would be the tourney to tinker but I did not think anything besides the Elder wand would be in the bag.