Today I went on my travels to the south coast to pay a visit to the engineering and putting guru that is Dave Hicks at his state of the art putter fitting studio. What an experience I can tell you, everything that the putter head does can be seen, analysed and hopefully rectified. I tried various different putters and was put on the camera to show what the putter head is doing during before and after impact and also what path the putter was taking. I was pleasantly surprised that Dave didn't throw me out after watching my first couple of attempted putts lol, but after some in depth analysis and some putting Jedi mind tricks I felt we were moving forward towards the creation of a solid consistent putting stroke an closer to finding a putter to suit me.
In the end, I was assessed as requiring a 35.5" putter with a slight off set and 3deg flat. As you can see from the above fitting, this is not something that is readily available off the shelf at your usual golf shop so Dave will build one to my specs.
So after a very successful session with Dave, I have just left his studio with a superb putting mirror that helps dramatically and I was introduced to " the vibe " a revolutionary shaft insert that actually works !!! By increasing the sweet spot size and reducing vibration on the club face and up the shaft.
I am now have in my possession a beautiful piece of putting art and poetry that feels fantastic and rolls the ball really really nicely.
The video above is Dave giving some pointers and then me rolling in a lovely putt with my new secret weapon :-).
With Dave Hicks on board with team fluff and some really exciting innovations coming from him shortly, I feel proud and privileged to be associated with the brand and especially the man himself.
To find out more about Dave and what he can do for you, check out www.davehicksputting.com
So now I'm off home then getting some putting going :-)
For now bloggeroos
Monk out ( on the green )
In the end, I was assessed as requiring a 35.5" putter with a slight off set and 3deg flat. As you can see from the above fitting, this is not something that is readily available off the shelf at your usual golf shop so Dave will build one to my specs.
So after a very successful session with Dave, I have just left his studio with a superb putting mirror that helps dramatically and I was introduced to " the vibe " a revolutionary shaft insert that actually works !!! By increasing the sweet spot size and reducing vibration on the club face and up the shaft.
I am now have in my possession a beautiful piece of putting art and poetry that feels fantastic and rolls the ball really really nicely.
The video above is Dave giving some pointers and then me rolling in a lovely putt with my new secret weapon :-).
With Dave Hicks on board with team fluff and some really exciting innovations coming from him shortly, I feel proud and privileged to be associated with the brand and especially the man himself.
To find out more about Dave and what he can do for you, check out www.davehicksputting.com
So now I'm off home then getting some putting going :-)
For now bloggeroos
Monk out ( on the green )