Face balanced blade putters

[nilopol]

I am interested who has experimented with face balanced blade putters.   I have a bettinardi SS28 and it is almost face balanced.  I was wondering if anyone is gaming what I would consider a thinner version of the SS28 but in a slim blade version and their thoughts?  Thanks.  

[5hort5tuff]

They are a slightly more difficult set up to find especially in LH.   They aren't super common because most people who want a FB putter prefer the forgiveness and setup of a mallet. 

 

I'm someone who prefers a blade with a little bit of toe hang, but can't use face balanced. It throws everything off for me. 

 

PING has made a few over the years which would be a good place for you to start with a cheap experiment. 

[North Butte]

Of course center shafted putters are often face balanced but the center shaft is probably a bigger no-go than toe hang, for most people. I find center shafted putters incredibly difficult and frustrating to use, probably because I can't figure out where I'm aiming.

[5hort5tuff]

9 minutes ago, North Butte said:

Of course center shafted putters are often face balanced but the center shaft is probably a bigger no-go than toe hang, for most people. I find center shafted putters incredibly difficult and frustrating to use, probably because I can't figure out where I'm aiming.

This is why Seemore Putters exist. They essentially tell you where to aim.

 

Regardless neither setup really works well for most people.

[poor_putting]

If you can find a putter that only has a little toe hang you can remove the rest my using a gravity grip. The steel rod in it neutralizes some of the tow hang. 

[Ephemerlol]

Any Anser 5 variant will be a face balanced long neck with the shape you are looking for.

[Cactus Jack]

PXG offers a double bend face balanced blade putter. 

[TPuTT24]

I fell into the rabbit hole of long neck putter collecting which most times results in a face balanced anser/Newport style putter. The heyday seems to be around the late 90’s to mid 00’s with examples like the Scotty prototypes, Tad Moore giraffe/tour g, and bettinardis. 

[North Butte]

3 hours ago, TPuTT24 said:

I fell into the rabbit hole of long neck putter collecting which most times results in a face balanced anser/Newport style putter. The heyday seems to be around the late 90’s to mid 00’s with examples like the Scotty prototypes, Tad Moore giraffe/tour g, and bettinardis. 

That was also the heyday of Dave Pelz convincing most of the world that they needed a face-balanced putter and they needed to manipulate their stroke to get a "SBST" action. Reading his books sure derailed my putting for a good few years along about then.

[SUITS]

Ping made multiple face balance blades

 

anser x karsten 1959

anser milled 5

anser 5 karsten tr 

Anser 5 heppler japan release

[nilopol]

Great comments,  yeah getting into my current putter Betti S28

has me toying with a face balanced blade to "practice" with.  

[SCOTT4099]

If you can find one, Scotty Cameron Catalina is excellent.  Very close to face balanced. 
 

 

A YES! Tracy is also good and can be found cheap.

Edited May 2 by SCOTT4099

[stuart.f.cohen]

I played the Scotty Cameron 2.7 for a long time. It was great until I needed a little more moi and went to the Squareback 2. Never looked back

[tannerdc]

You can always have a putter built to what you want.  I've had both Embrace and Flanigan build me custom necks to make a FB blade.  Below is my Newport 2+ w a long slant neck from Embrace...