Like most other golfers around the world, the golfer knew that all the other clubs in their bag were made with the faces at different angles to help produce different distances and shots during a game but as the face on their golf putter looked to be basically straight up and down.
The golfer had never once considered that it was actually designed to have some loft. Due to the fact that most golfers thought that any loft on the putter face would make the ball skid like a chip shot for a start when it was hit — which was considered to be a bad thing.
Turns out though, that a little loft and a skid for a start is a good thing when putting! For many years now — ever since high speed cameras started to reveal what actually happens when a golf ball is putted.
Virtually all golf putters sold around the world are designed with a small loft or angle of between 2 to 5 degrees. There are a couple of reasons that putters are designed to carry that loft on their face — with the main one being something that I have already touched on.
If you take another look at the image at the top of this article which I know is not super clear. All of those black marks are shadows made by the sun that are highlighting the little indentations that are on virtually every putting surface you will ever play on. However, in the hour or so before darkness each day, if the sun is still out but very low on the horizon as it is in the image.
The little indentations that are part of every golf green — are easy to see in the twilight. Those slight indentations are what your golf ball generally ends up in when it stops rolling on the green — you may have even seen a ball do it after missing a short putt. Rather than stopping on exactly the line it was travelling on, it just takes a little wobble to the side as it comes to rest in an indentation.
You can probably recall that happening to your golf ball now that you think about it! More information can be found on the Motocaddy website. In fact, the Slope system has been improved all round, with the company saying a new algorithm, updating ball flight measurements, gives a much sharper angle of descent over previous versions. Among the players gaming them was champion Hinako Shibuno , who had a full bag of Ping equipment in play for her win.
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Why you should check how much loft you have on your putter. Equipment editor Hannah Holden talks us through why it's as important as the loft in your other clubs by Hannah Holden August 8, Equipment.
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