Slower Greens, Heavier Head
Surfaces running under nine want more mass so the stroke stays smooth instead of becoming a hit. Common at the public courses around town in summer.
The Order
Eye Line, Length, Lie, Then Mass
Putter fitting has a reputation for being subjective, which is mostly a consequence of starting in the wrong place. Ask a golfer to choose between a blade and a mallet and you get an opinion. Measure where their eyes sit relative to the ball and you get a number.
Eye line comes first because it constrains everything after it. Eyes well inside the ball with a putter that is too long produces an aim error the golfer then compensates for with the stroke, and no head shape fixes that.
Length and lie follow, then head mass against measured green speed. Only when those four are settled do we put different head shapes in your hands, and by then the choice is usually obvious.
Card Lines, Putter
Room 06
- Eye line
- inside / over / outside
- Playing length
- to 0.25 in
- Effective lie
- at address, not static
- Head mass
- grams
- Grip model and size
- recorded
- Home green speed
- stimp figure
Tell us where you play most. Head mass is fitted to that surface, not to a showroom carpet.
The Roll-Out Bay
Green Speed Is an Input, Not an Excuse
The second bay holds a roll-out surface that we stimp before every putter session. Reading the speed takes four minutes and turns head mass from a preference into a fitted spec.
Faster Greens, Lighter Head
Above eleven, a heavy head makes distance control on downhill putts genuinely difficult. Lighter mass restores touch.
Two Courses, One Compromise
If you split your golf between two very different surfaces, we fit toward the one you play more and note the compromise on the card.
Grip Size Changes Everything
An oversize grip quietens the hands and adds mass at the wrong end. It is a legitimate choice, but it must be fitted with the head, not after it.
The Common Finding
Almost Every Putter We Gauge Is Too Long
Stock putters are built at thirty-four or thirty-five inches because that is what fits on a rack. Measured against eye line and posture, a substantial majority of the golfers we see should be somewhere between thirty-two and thirty-four.
Cutting an inch off costs eight dollars of bench time, changes where your eyes sit, and usually needs a small head weight adjustment to keep the feel. It is the highest-value cheap fix in the whole shop, and it is the reason many putter sessions end with the same putter.
Bench work rates →What We See on First Cards
Putter longer than fitted length71%
Eye line inside the ball58%
Left with the same head64%
Head mass adjusted49%
You Probably Do Not Need a New Putter
Bring the one you already have. Two thirds of the golfers who book this session leave with the same head and a different set of numbers.