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What's the latest for this year's putter?
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For this year's mallet?
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In mallets, there are things that people really like,
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and there are things that people really don't like.
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I mean, when you're talking about clubs
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that look like a potato masher or a branding iron
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or a science fair project gone wrong,
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people are going to have an opinion as to whether...
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a strong opinion as to whether they like that look
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or they don't like that look.
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What you also see are just different ways
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to attack alignment, right?
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You've got four different putters here.
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Every single one of 'em is trying to attack alignment
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in a different way.
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Here you got something that's about
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the width of a golf ball.
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Kinda the same there, but you've got
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two squares on top here.
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Here you have a bunch of lines
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all going in the same direction.
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What you've seen over the years is Bullseyes
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and PING Ansers dominated the tour forever,
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and then Odyssey came out with its 2-Ball
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about 15 years ago or so.
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And that kinda brought the mallet out of the closet,
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if you will, from a bad player who had real issues
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on the green to being a better mouse trap.
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I mean, it's more stable
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if you can handle the look of it.
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It's probably a better way to putt.
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And you've seen even tour players,
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some of the best players in the world...
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Jason Day, who just had a career year,
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using that tailor-made Itsy Bitsy Spider.
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I mean, he was knocking putts in
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from everywhere with that thing.
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I think when it comes right down to it,
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tour players are no different than me or you.
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If better is better, they're gonna go with better.
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And I think the benefit of mallets is they are easier.
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I'm gonna be brutal.
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I'm gonna say, unless your name is on your bag,
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you should be using a mallet putter.
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It's all about forgiveness,
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it's all about stability of the stroke...
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Says the 14-handicapper who uses a blade.