So I received my first Tour putter ever

[gticlay]

The original Anser, in Tour trim (NEW PICTURES ADDED!)

OK, so I had to have this putter... it just happens to have the exact, perfect specifications that I've wanted, and we all know that Ping will not make a putter, even through WRX, unless you are one of their tour players. I know because after I saw the Chris Riley 'WITB' article with the old Anser that had WRX installed weight plugs in the sole I called them a bunch of times and BEGGED them to make me one :) . The only 'anser' I got was no way. So, when I saw this putter on this forum I knew I had to have it. I made an offer, told Chris to back off or ELSE and I struck a deal with the previous owner. I'll just post one pic for those of you who missed the original thread - it's basically mint except for one ding on the heel bumper and various scratches on the bottom, I assume where it was sitting on the floor with no cover. I'm extremely anal about my equipment but fortunatley with the material used on these they will not be visable for long :)

So I called Ping for the specs, expecting no response and at first, they just said 'that SN isn't even in our database, sorry'. Then the guy remembered that the guy who does most (or all? I dunno, just going by what the guy on the phone said) of the tour stuff is named Jim Wells and the SN was a 'JW' sn. He called WRX and they had to do some research and get back to me. Later in the day, I received a cool e-mail - this is in fact a tour putter that had supposedly acutally got play ON tour, not just stamped tour and sold like that. So if any of you care, here are the specs:

Clayton, Here are the specs on the putter.

-Scottsdale Anser
-Length 32 1/2"
-Loft Std. 3 degrees
-Lie Std Black 18 degrees (Old Standard)
-Head weight 352 Grams
This putter was made in 1992 for Ryudji Imada, it has tungston in the toe and heel make to putter heavier and also increase the MOI.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
Thanks,



So I got really excited - the putter was in the mail at this point and I was just having nightmares of a crumpled, run over box arriving. Well it did arrive Friday, I played it Saturday and it's everything I hoped for - that old school feel just like my old BeCu B60 had only with some weight to it. The length, Ping old standard is 32.5" but it's ACTUALLY 1/4" longer than my RedX 33" because of the way they used to measure putters - the shape is the one that all of the 009's, Newport, Betti's, etc got their inspiration from - the 'real deal' (though just a recast of the original Scottsdale Ansers). I can't say just how excited I am to have a new gamer because frankly, I've been bored with my putting for quite some time now.

Here's some good pictures:

[glenwayputters]

Clay

 

back in the day, Ryuji Imada dated Beth Bauer and I got that putter from her former coach. I'll bet she wishes she still had the putter and the coach the way she has been playing.

 

jay

[JGalls]

Great putter...

 

Add me to the contact list if you it doesn't work out and you ever want to sell it... I love the becu anser, but always wanted more weight.

[choeppner]

Now i'm wishing I hadn't backed off. LOL

 

Great pickup :)

 

-CHRIS-

[Bridgestone4life]

Nice find. :)

[Rabidpenguin45]

Very nice looking putter.

[geogolf]

1992? Very odd. With the putter pictured, That Logo in the Back Dates to 1998 and newer with the BeCu, Beni and MgBr Ansers Scottsdale remakes. I Believe the Scottsdale Ltd edition Ansers were from 1992.

[ws6]

I'm pretty sure the limited Scottsdale Ansers came out in 1995.

[sync71]

Awesome looking putter. Thats cool that it was actually on tour and not just stamped tour.

[gticlay]

Sorry that the date they gave me doesn't jive with your data - I am only cut and pasting what the WRX guy e-mailed to me. Maybe he meant 2002 as 1992 would make the guy it was made for about 16 years old or something :)

[geogolf]

Sorry that the date they gave me doesn't jive with your data - I am only cut and pasting what the WRX guy e-mailed to me. Maybe he meant 2002 as 1992 would make the guy it was made for about 16 years old or something :)

 

 

I would Guess 2002 Because I remember those heads on tour about that Time. It was right before the JAS Putters Came to be. Or close to that Era. I remember Lee Jantzen Playing a Zing with those Tungsten face weights.

 

Either way. VERY cool putter.

[tpariff]

Must be 2002. Imada is only 30 years old, so in 1992 he would have been 16 and not playing on tour. He turned pro in 1999.

[born4golf77]

i know someone who has a stainless one just like that with the JWXXXX serial and tungsten inserts just like that. no site line or dot just nice and clean. if anyone is interested pm me i may could get him to sell it for the right price.

 

and btw that is a sweet putter i would have bought his if ansers were my style.