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**ensuppono** · 11-19-2010, 05:58 PM

Great topic here guys. Lets clear some things up. Even in a "straight back straight through" type of putting stroke the putter face will open and close during the stroke. It will open and close more on an arching type of motion. There are a number of things that go into picking out what type of putter is best for you. First is looking at how much the face opens to the top of the back swing. This is a must have piece of information. The next thing to look at is do you miss more left or right.

The purpose of a face balance putter is to allow the player who moves the putter with minimal face rotation to square the face up through impact. While a putter with a full toe down is designed for a player who opens the face more than 5* at the top of the back swing. The extra weight in the toe helps that type of stroke to square the face. If you tend to fall between these two this is where the 1/2 to down putter comes in. It will help release the toe of the putter but not as hard as toe down will.

Looking at the picture at the start of the thread your putter face really opened up at the top. Just off of that info alone I would lean to a more toe down type putter. Are your misses more right? If so more weight in the toe will help bring them more on line.

Thank you for the reply Andy, good info!

But Im confused by the part in bold. Im right handed so if im missing right wouldnt I want to have less toe hang? Because If I add more that means my face would be open more and I would still be missing to the right? I thought if my misses where more left then more toe hang would help, and if my misses were right less toe hang would help?

With my face balanced putter, I miss left, but as I add more toe hang it straightens them up. My Kia ma seems to work pretty good and I think its 1/2 toe hang and my full toe hang putter seems to miss a little to the right more.

Here is a picture of my Kia ma, is it 1/2 toe hang?

11-19-2010, 05:58 PM	#4
ensuppono Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 386 Senior Member	Great topic here guys. Lets clear some things up. Even in a "straight back straight through" type of putting stroke the putter face will open and close during the stroke. It will open and close more on an arching type of motion. There are a number of things that go into picking out what type of putter is best for you. First is looking at how much the face opens to the top of the back swing. This is a must have piece of information. The next thing to look at is do you miss more left or right. The purpose of a face balance putter is to allow the player who moves the putter with minimal face rotation to square the face up through impact. While a putter with a full toe down is designed for a player who opens the face more than 5* at the top of the back swing. The extra weight in the toe helps that type of stroke to square the face. If you tend to fall between these two this is where the 1/2 to down putter comes in. It will help release the toe of the putter but not as hard as toe down will. Looking at the picture at the start of the thread your putter face really opened up at the top. Just off of that info alone I would lean to a more toe down type putter. Are your misses more right? If so more weight in the toe will help bring them more on line. Thank you for the reply Andy, good info! But Im confused by the part in bold. Im right handed so if im missing right wouldnt I want to have less toe hang? Because If I add more that means my face would be open more and I would still be missing to the right? I thought if my misses where more left then more toe hang would help, and if my misses were right less toe hang would help? With my face balanced putter, I miss left, but as I add more toe hang it straightens them up. My Kia ma seems to work pretty good and I think its 1/2 toe hang and my full toe hang putter seems to miss a little to the right more. Here is a picture of my Kia ma, is it 1/2 toe hang?
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