Yes! Golf Sandy Mallet Putter Review

Can a C-Groove putter truly improve your golf game? That is a claim that Yes! Golf makes about all its putters and I wanted to find out if the Yes! Sandy putter lives up to the hype of making the golf ball roll sooner, straighter, and more consistently.

Look and Feel
Over the past month or so I’ve been testing out the Yes! Sandy putter, one of its new compact mallet designed putters, featuring a double delta back for quick alignment and high MOI. The face balanced Sandy putter is a nice compact size with a head weight of 355 grams, made from one-piece cast construction with chrome-plated 304 steel, and blast finish. The C-Grooves and sole of the putter are a nice bright chrome that contrast nicely against the champagne finish. The classic cavity-back design, squared off shape, and double bend shaft of the putter make it quite easy to align your putts.

Performance
I often wondered why my putts would skip before they started rolling smoothly, I used to chalk it up to a not properly struck putt or bumpy green. It turns out that traditional putters cause the golf ball to skip, skid, and backspin before the ball can begin rolling forward. So the golf ball is more greatly affected by minor imperfections in the green and results in missed putts, even on perfectly struck putts. That’s why the C-Groove on every Yes! putter solves this problem.

How does C-Groove work?
The C-Grooves on Sandy putter lift the back of the ball and get the ball smoothly rolling forward more quickly (within the 3″-4″) than traditional putters (14″-18″). The secret is the 20-degree upward slant of the C-Groove’s concentric edges. Upon contact, these edges grip the ball surface and apply physical forces that lift the ball out of its resting position and impart and over-the-top rolling motion. The result is less deflection, straighter lines, and more sunk putts. Yes! Golf has done a lot of research and independent testing on the C-Groove technology and even submitted a paper to the World Scientific Congress of Golf to prove that C-Grooves do work better, than traditional putter faces. Perhaps the best endorsement is the fact that over 200 touring pros now use Yes! putters, without receiving any endorsement dollars.

During my tests of the putter, I did notice that my putts did roll very effortlessly across the green and without much effort on my part. The head weight of the Sandy putter made the clubface very stable, so you don’t have to worry about the clubface twisting. The head weight also helps you keep a steady and true pendulum stroke as well. The C-Grooves from what I could tell, did seem to make quite a difference in my putting. I was able to lag some 25 – 30 foot putts quite easily, and without having to lengthened my follow through stroke as much. One thing is for certain, the ball did appear to roll smoothly and consistently across the green. Even on some of my miss hit putts, the ball seemed to roll much more smoothly.  The one thing that I had to get used to is the lack of feedback from the C-Grooves of the Sandy putter. Since the Sandy is made from steel, you don’t get the kind of feedback that you get from a softer material and did take me sometime to get used to. None the less, I was really impressed by my putting when I used the Sandy putter and I think you will too.

If your looking for a putter that will help you consistently get the ball rolling smoothly and straighter, then checkout the Yes! Sandy putter.

Specifications:
Head Weight : 355 Grams
Loft: 2.5 degrees; Lie: 72 degrees std. (2 degrees flat or 2 degrees upright also available)
Available in 33″,34″,35″ & Custom Lengths up to 37″ (34″ Tested)

Yes! Sandy Mallet Putter retails for $199

Tagged as: C-Grooves, Golf, Mallet Putter, Putter, Yes!