Get Into the Grove
Two new mallet-style flatsticks claim to help golfers control their putts’ distance. PING’s Nome TR (from HK$2,800) boasts something last year’s iteration didn’t have: grooves of variable depth that have been milled onto the face. PING says by having deeper grooves in the middle of the face and thinner ones on the perimeter, golfers can better control their ball speed on off-center strikes, thus making miss-hits travel farther.
Another new offering comes from Scotty Cameron and Titleist. Called the FuturaX (HK$3,900) and used by Adam Scott to win this year’s Masters, this space-age putter features two large weight ports on the end of a large reverse “C” bar. This weighting scheme moves the centre of gravity farther from the face and produces a higher sweet spot and a larger MOI for more consistent ball speeds across the face – just the thing that will help golfers control their putts' speed. Cameron calls it a “lethargic putter, for those golfers that need a slow, steady stroke”.
The Nome has a bold alignment bar and can be adjusted from 32 to 38 inches, while the FuturaX features a Frozen Titanium finish that helps reduce glare, two black sightlines and red cherry-dot weights in the sole and balance bar. For more information visit www.ping.com and www.titleist.com.
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