Using Putter Counterweight To Create Better Putting Results

By Christa Jarvis


The putter is a club employed in the golf sport to make relatively low-speed and short strokes with the objective of getting the golf ball into the target hole from a distance away. It's differentiated from other clubs (typically woods and irons) by a clubhead with low-loft striking face, low-file, very flat, and by other characteristics such as the putter counterweight which is the additional weighting, or placing of mass far from the middle of the clubface to raise the inertia of the golf club head. When this accessory is used this way, it minimizes twisting in case the club comes into contact with the ball somewhat off-center thereby giving the stick a "sweet spot" that it can contact.

Most of the characteristics mentioned above are allowed on putters, for example positional guides, non-circular grips, and bent shafts. One of the impressive putting improvement accessories within custom environment has shown to be the application of excess weight put into the grip end area of the putter shaft. That is a fitting technique known as 'COUNTER WEIGHTING'.

Golfers do well by employing counter weighting in their club. Putting using appropriate technique, while properly using counter weighting, provides increased accuracy and superior overall effectiveness for a golfer. Using appropriate technique requires that a golfer has the skills needed to use the putter to hit the ball and the golf ball will land in the place the golfer wants it to land.

Less talented golfers who are unable to employ appropriate techniques as their more talented counterparts will find that using counter weighting benefits them as well. Feeling a greater weight in the club allows them to put with more consistent results and in a more controlled manner. However, the golfer must still have some skill. For instance, pushing and pulling putts off line equally is critical.

Having above-average results when it comes to accurately hitting off the center is also critical. The ability to make long putts as well as short putts is also important. An understanding of "jerky", the area between the golf ball and the back-side of the club, is also of high importance.

Counterweights come in many sizes and what size needed is based on the preference of a given golfer. Counterweights of 60g, 80g and 100g are widely available and golfers usually use an 80g or 100g counterweight for a putter. Research indicates that counterweights positively impact the results of beginner and advanced golfers.

An improvement of 80 percent in the golfer's results have been reported by clubmakers who build counterweights. These results have been verified by working with golfers in-house. Counter weighting allows golfers to produce more consistent and highly accurate results. This results in an overall improvement of the golfer's score.

The increased presence of counterweight represent real, long-term market change and not just a trend for a particular season or year. It is an expansion and real awakening of a significant technology that's been proven with time. For that reason, it is here to stay.




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