My mini-reivew of new 2-ball SRT and Guerin Rife 2-bar...

[golfware]

Hi all,

 

Played over the weekend, and tried the new 2-ball SRT putter and the Guerin Rife 2-bar as well.

 

First off, I'm playing with the original 2-ball, which is easily the most consistent putter that I have played with in a LONG time. The original 2-ball is very easy to stroke up and back, and putts a great roll on the ball for me.

 

With that said, I was eagerly awaiting to try the new 2-ball SRT, and give it a good run to knock out the original 2-ball. Well....

 

That didn't happen.

 

Alignment: The new 2-ball SRT is VERY easy to align. Even more point and shoot than the original, as the SRT system really helps to bring it all home.

 

Weight/Feel: This is the problem I had. For me, the 2-ball SRT feels a lot lighter than the orig 2-ball. So much lighter that I was leaving everything short. I really felt like I had to give it some umph in order to get the ball to the hole. Distance control with the 2-ball SRT was way out of whack compared to the orig 2-ball. I thought I would love the insert on the 2-ball SRT, but that was just okay for me as well. As compared to the new Tri-ball, the new 2-ball SRT was a bit of a disappoint.

 

The total dark horse was the Guerin Rife 2-bar putter.. the mallet. I was shocked at how nice of a roll it put on the ball, and how easy it was to put a nice stroke on it. It felt considerably heavier than the 2-ball SRT, and was a joy to putt with. I made quite a few 10 footers with the GR 2-bar... where I'd leave them short with the 2-ball SRT. I came away very impressed with the Guerin Rife 2-bar.

 

At the end of the day, I'm still playing the original 2-ball.. but the Guerin Rife 2-bar is one great putter for sure.

[binneguru]

I almost ditched my 2 ball DFX because it was too light. Instead I went ahead and did this:

 

 

I filled it in. It strokes it much better now. The DFX needs a paintjob and then it will be ready for the course. It feels AWESOME on the carpet and it now sits dead square on the ground when before it tended to rock open.

 

Filling it in was quite hard I had to do it in 2 steps with 20 minute quick-set epoxy so i spent a ton of time just looking at the putter. I will sand the epoxy and the head and give everything a few coats of matte black and it should be golden :man_in_love:

 

Hope this pic inspires you ;) I am sure all the epoxy and lead tape underneath of it made it more forgiving and launches with less backspin :cheesy:

[golfware]

Yes, I thought about that with my original 2-ball. For kicks, I added lead tape to the cavities of the 2-ball, but I was getting a lot more skidding of the ball with my normal stroke. I took the lead tape off, and the stroke was totally smooth and no skidding for me.. go figure.

 

You can no longer do that type of fill with the 2-ball SRT because it doesn't have the cavities like the orig 2-ball and the DFX 2-ball have... which is a pity.\

 

I have tried the 2-ball with the Tour fill cavities available from Callaway, along with a sightline, and man, it was SWEET! Wow... such a nice stroke. I just don't know how much lead tape I'd need to recreate that feel...