Belly and long putters are getting a lot of attention by OEMs, after numerous players switched to the longer putters or won using them in 2011. Most OEMs only offer select models in the belly and long lengths, but Heavy Putter is offering all its models in belly and long lengths for an up-charge of $59.

What’s cool about them is that because the heads are already weighted heavier than traditional putters, each model in the collection (of which there are numerous versions) can be converted.

To learn more about getting a belly or long putter visit www.boccierigolf.com

Scotty Cameron California putters are modern, cutting edge, precision milled putting instruments with timeless style.The new line includes refined designs that are precisely engineered surface by surface, edge by edge, with over thirty shape and blend improvements.

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They are all precision milled 303 stainless steel, famous for its great feel. The deep milled faces provide for soft feel and improved sound.

The precisely milled angles in the face sole and neck combine with the balance shapes and that “flow to the ground” design to allow for a perfectly square set-up. The high-toe also aids square alignment and reduces the tendency of the player to pull putts by raising the toe at address. While the stepless shaft provides a clean uninterrupted address appearance. The sea mist finish and red dot graphics add a modern twist to the timeless Cameron look.

These putter will be available in various length and weight options to allow the golfer to find a Cameron putter that meets his/her performance and feel requirements. Also, the Del Mar and Monterey will be available in left handed models.

Available Fall 2011

www.scottycameronputters.com

Face angle and putter path are both important in successful putting. The most common paths are either straight back/straight through or arced path that’s inside-to square-to inside. To help the amateur golfer practice the perfect putting path, TaylorMade designed the TR3 True Path putting trainer.

Watch this video of Gregg Hemphill, Vice President of Marketing/Communications, talk about the features of the True Path putting trainer from the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show.

TaylorMade TR3 True Path Features:

• Consistency in putting stroke path
• Instant putter face alignment feedback
• Improved muscle memory for proper putting stroke path
• Improved putting tempo
• Visual and audible feedback on putting path flaws

TaylorMade TR3 True Path $49.99

Golf is a sport where muscle memory is an important part of the learning process and improving your game. One area where muscle memory is very important is the putting stroke. How would you know what the perfect putting stroke feels like and consistently repeat it?

You could buy countless putting training aids or take lessons with a PGA Professional. But what if you could just go to your local driving range and take putting lessons from a robot? You’re in luck! A new vending machine for putting lessons called RoboPutt was just introduced at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show to do just that.

Watch this video of Joe Sery, CEO/President of RoboPutt talk about the features of RoboPutt and give a demonstration on how it works.

How RoboPutt Works
Using your own putter, you can buy a 5-minute lesson for less than the cost of a sleeve of good golf balls. During your lesson, RoboPutt will move your own putter, perfectly repeating it time after time. Simply hold your putter and feel how it moves you. Like the saying goes, practice makes perfect!

www.roboputt.com

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The original 2-Ball putter from Odyssey Golf was revolutionary in using a golf ball to help with aligning your putts, and 2011 brings the alignment technology to a whole new level with the Odyssey Golf line of D.A.R.T. putters.

Watch this video of Odyssey Golf’s Principal Designer Austie Rollinson talk about the technology and features of the new Odyssey D.A.R.T. putter from the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show.

About Odyssey D.A.R.T Putters
Odyssey’s Direction and Realignment Technology (D.A.R.T.) utilizes a dart-like pattern on the top of the putterhead to easily align the center of the putter face with the target when addressing the ball.

The D.A.R.T design is based on the brain’s ability to complete images that the eye doesn’t at first see. In this case, the mind completes the apex of the dartdevice in the center of the ball, ensuring the most accurate alignment possible.

“The completion of the D.A.R.T device at the center of the ball is the key component to this new alignment technology,” Rollinson added. “In designing the D.A.R.T. putters we examined the Gestalt Effect, which was developed in the late 1800s and is based on a theory that our senses have the capability to visually create whole forms rather than just a collection of simple lines and curves. The Odyssey D.A.R.T. putter utilizes this effect using multiple lines to create an image that refines alignment and helps golfers make more putts.

Also featured in the D.A.R.T. line of putters is Odyssey’s newest multi-layer insert, White Ice, which has been fine-tuned to enhance sound, resiliency and consistency. The inner core of the insert is 19.65 percent firmer to enhance feel and 92 percent stiffer for better resiliency, which leads to consistent distance control. The face surface of the White Ice insert has been roughened to enhance sound at impact with today’s softer golf balls and to increase friction to promote forward roll. Adjustable weighting allows golfers to optimize their putters with three interchangeable options to dial in the perfect feel.

Availability
The new D.A.R.T line of Odyssey putters will be available on February 18 and the new product introduction retail price is $179. Two models will be available featuring D.A.R.T technology—the D.A.R.T. standard model is a mallet with a double-bend shaft and full shaft offset, while the D.A.R.T Blade features a crank-neck hosel and full-shaft offset.

www.odysseygolf.com

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Every year at the PGA Merchandise Show a slew of new golf products are introduced, with training aids being the largest category of them all. One new golf training aid that caught my eye at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show Outdoor Demo Day, is The Perfect Putting Aid-designed to help golfers start the ball on line and sink more putts.

Watch this video of  Chad Johansen, PGA Professional and Inventor of The Perfect Putting Aid demonstrate the many uses of this simple and effective putting training aid.

About The Perfect Putting Aid
The Perfect Putting Aid was developed by PGA Professional Chad Johansen, who was constantly using the putting gate drill and chalk line to help his students learn about path and starting the ball online.

The Perfect Putting Aid consists of several pieces, a tower, a putting line, and mirror. All three items can be used together or separately depending on what you’re trying to work on. For example, if you want to work on making a proper putting stroke you can use the Putting Line to practice putting the ball down the length of the line without it going off line. Or you can use the mirror to look at your shoulder and head position at address.

What I liked about The Perfect Putting Aid, is how simple and easy it is to use. You can use it indoors or outdoors and work on so many different aspects of your putting. And the immediate feedback it provides is amazing. Don’t just take my word for it, 2010 PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open winner Derek Lamely uses the Perfect Putting Aid daily, and so do many other PGA Tour players.

Best of all, The Perfect Putting Aid is Made in the USA. How many golf training aids do you know of that are Made in the USA?

I’m excited about reviewing The Perfect Putting Aid and lowering my golf score this Spring!

The Perfect Putting Aid $139.95 for all 3 pieces or $49.95 for The Putting Line.

The mental game of golf is one of the hardest things to practice, because we often have a million other things on our minds when we address the golf ball. You’ve probably read in your favorite golf publication, that one of the ways to improve your golf game is to visualize your shot. But, can visual imagery really improve your game, especially when it comes to putting?

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That’s what Seeitgolf’s iPad/iPod Touch App aims to accomplish, make practicing the mental game easy. The initial Aaron Baddeley Seeitgolf app which we reviewed, was just a movie that you loaded and watched on your iPod/iPhone. What makes the new app different, is that it’s a fully interactive native iPhone/iPad app, broken into three parts: Original film, Audio Training, and Visual Training.

App Features:
The Original Film with Aaron Baddeley, is the exact same version we reviewed prior or Baddeley visualizing his putts, but at a little over 15 minutes, you might not have enough time to watch. That’s where the two new features of this well designed and developed iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad app really shine in my opinion.

Audio Training with the Stan Utley allows you to repeat the sounds of success, by linking the sound of the ball hitting the putter to the ball rattling in the cup. You can listen to one of 9 audio clips of putts of varying distance and breaks (3’, 6’, and 9’, Straight, Left-Right, Right-Left) by ingraining the sound and imagery of success through repetition. I found the audio training feature is great for when you don’t have time to watch the original film with Aaron Baddeley or the Visual Training. It would be cool if you could loop the audio clips, to really immerse yourself in audio training. Imagine falling asleep to a loop of the ball hitting the putter and rattling into the cup, the night before your round or tournament. I bet it would help you visualize success.

How many times have you listened to a song in your head and started visualizing something or day dreamed? For me it’s quite a lot. The Visual Training section is another cool new feature for performance and mental training, where you can associate your favorite song from your iPod/iPhone/iPad song library with one of the 40 different visuals.

The Visual Training feature is what makes this app worth paying $9.99 for a golf training app in my opinion. You start out by selecting one of the 40 putts, broken down by Distance (4’,5’, 6’,8’,9’,12’, 17’,27’) and Camera Angle (top view, down the line, overhead, overhead with path, and right camera angle). Once you select the putt you want to add you just drag it to the right column. You can add as many as you like, up to 10 different putts.

Next you can add a song or songs from your iPod, by clicking on the Music button. Select your songs and press load, and play the music with the visuals you picked in the previous step. The science behind this is to train your mind to associate the song with visual imagery of success. This is quite clever in my opinion and great way to practice the mental game with your putting.What’s cool is that you can save this playlist and share them with your friends via Twitter, facebook, or email.

Will the Seeitgolf App Make you a better putter?
Yes and no. The Seeitgolf app will help you improve practicing visual success with your putting, but it’s not going to correct any technical flaws you have. With that said, the Seeitgolf app did help me improve my visualization with my putting. I liked being able to practice my visual training without actually having to be at the practice putting green. The portability and customization of the app to suit my training needs are what makes this a hole-in-one. Sorry for the cliche, I couldn’t resist!

If you own an iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, or all three, this is a must have golf training app worth purchasing.

Seeitgolf $9.99

Odyssey Divine 2-Ball Women's Putter

Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) announced the October 29 retail availability of the new Odyssey ® Divine™ line of women’s putters. With softer aesthetics, ideal headweights and a new insert based on extensive feedback from women golfers, the #1 Putter in Golf ® developed the Divine line to sink more putts from anywhere on the green.

“Through our research, we’ve come to understand what women want in a putter in the areas of look, feel and styling,” said Austie Rollinson, Principal Designer for Odyssey. “We really focused on those attributes in designing this Divine line. It’s not just the finish, but also the feel that women prefer.”

New Divine Insert for Better Feel and Roll
After countless hours of research and product testing on the green, Odyssey designers developed the new Divine insert to provide a preferred feel and roll. The company that perfected putter inserts like White Hot™, White Hot XG™ and White Ice™ in recent years has created the Divine insert to be slightly softer feeling than White Ice and a bit firmer than White Hot XG. The insert was also designed to deliver a slightly louder sound. Feedback from women golfers regarding color and styling led to the Divine line’s white chrome finish for an elegant look that is sure to appeal to a wide spectrum of players.

The Divine line’s heavier putterheads provide optimum balance with enhanced feel and control. The 2-Ball model even boasts adjustable weighting, with three interchangeable options to dial in the perfect feel. Odyssey is the #1 Putter across the world’s major professional tours in wins, usage and top-10 finishes. The new Divine line of Odyssey putters will be available on October 29 and the new product introductory retail price is $129 for core models (Blade and Rossie) and $179 for progressive models (Mini T and 2-Ball).

www.odysseygolf.com

Putting training aids are a dime a dozen, with so many options available like putting gates, pendulum rods, alignment mirrors, etc. When I was approached to try out the Big Putt, I was intrigued, because it was extra large golf ball that’s intended to help make putting practice more fun and effective.

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According to Big Putt 40% of your golf shots are done on the putting green during a round of golf, yet we spend more time practicing our long game. Why? I’m not going to lie, but practicing putting is boring.

Look and Feel
The Big Putt is 35% larger than (1.95” vs. 1.68”) a regulation golf ball and has the same feel of your normal golf ball. The larger size of the ball is designed to help you learn to accelerate through impact and help you sink those 2ft -8ft putts that we all have a tendency to miss.

Performance
You’ll notice when hitting the Big Putt that if you mishit the ball slightly, it will provide you immediate feedback and go off line. If you don’t accelerate through, the ball will either come up short or go offline when using the Big Putt, which is very important if you want to lower your score and sink more putts.

I also found that using the Big Putt helped me with proper ball alignment and aiming my putt thanks to it’s larger diameter. You place the ball down and easily tell if you have it lined up correctly, which is really nice.

The other benefit of the large size, is it makes the cup look so much smaller and forces you to concentrate on your technique. And when you switch out to your normal golf ball, the hole looks even larger and gives you the confidence that you can’t miss the putt, which is an important part of putting.

Does Big Putt Work?
The fact that it’s just a slightly larger golf ball, makes it it easy to carry in your bag with the included carrying pouch, and take with you to the practice green-eliminating any excuses for not practicing your putting. What I found from using Big Putt over the last 3 weeks is that its made practicing putting more productive and something I want to do, rather than loathe.

I also found that my confidence level has increased when having to make those 2ft-8ft putts, and that I’m more focused on putting stroke as a result. I should point out that Big Putt, is a training aid and intended to help you putt better and be effective with your practice time. The Big Putt is not going to correct any setup or putting mechanic flaws, only a golf professional can help you with correcting those kind of problems.

The Big Putt is competitively priced at $19.99 which includes: 3 Big Putt golf balls, alignment line template, marker, and instructional DVD. I should note the DVD included is one of those mini-DVDs, half the size of a normal DVD, which I couldn’t use with my DVD player. Not a problem since you can view the instructional videos on the the Big Putt website.

Overall, I really enjoyed using the Big Putt and think it’s a very practical putting training aid that can help improve your putting and give you the confidence you need in your short game.

The Big Putt $19.99

Paula Creamer kissing U.S. Women's Open Trophy-Gene J. Puskar/AP

At famed Oakmont Country Club last weekend, LPGA superstar Paula Creamer teamed with Bridgestone Golf to capture the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open, her first career major despite battling a sore thumb and a golf course that yielded only a single under-par scorecard. Paula’s victory was also the first major victory for Bridgestone’s B330-RX the only golf ball designed for Tour performance on and around the greens, yet optimized for moderate swing speeds off the tee for better distance and accuracy.

Creamer used a deft touch and laser-like iron approaches down the stretch on Sunday to secure the title in convincing fashion, besting her nearest competitor by four shots with a tournament total 281 (3-under par. As a result of a rain-delayed second round, Creamer put her injured thumb through a rigorous endurance test, playing 23 holes on Sunday and a total of 52 holes over the weekend. For the week, Creamer hit an impressive 75% of fairways-in-regulation, ranking near the top of the field in that category. Further demonstrating the improved accuracy of the B330-RX, Paula managed 72% greens-in-regulation at Oakmont, which also put her in the top 10 of that category.

“Earlier this year we put Paula through an extensive ball-fitting,” said Dan Murphy, Vice President of Marketing Bridgestone Golf, Inc. “During the fitting we found that Paula was producing excess driver spin with firmer golf balls that actually limited her distance off the tee. We also discovered her swing was ideal for the softer new B330-RX. She began testing it and absolutely fell in love with it. Paula was a little disappointed that we didn’t have her trademark Sunday pink B330-RX but considering the results this past Sunday she might have a new tradition! We are really excited for Paula because we know how much this championship means to her. Having the first major championship title for the B330-RX is incredible for our brand, as well. The ball has had a great reception at retail since we launched it in March and this win will help continue that momentum.”

Low Am Also Relies on B330-RX Golf Ball

In addition to Creamer, Bridgestone Golf had 11 players in the field trusting its golf balls. In fact, the low amateur finisher at the event also relied on the consistent performance of the B330-RX golf ball in her T41st finish at Oakmont.

2010 B330-RX family of balls feature a street price of $42.99 per dozen

www.bridgestonegolf.com