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[Putters] Putter selection for disc minimalists?

Yep I've been there too...

I also was recently threw my putting putter on an extended 150 ft. approach and it hit a boulder that resulted in a nice half in gash on the wing. She is now a throwing putter.....:doh:
Different days, different things...

I once had a putting putter that was only for putting. It was a small bead Aviar and it was really in my head that there was something special about THAT putter. I missed the fairway to the right on #4 at White Birch and had a downhill run that I left high. Hit the number plate on the Mach III and chunked a huge gouge out of the wing of that putting putter. General desperation ensued.

In the process of working out what to do next, I actually switched Aviar duties. I had been putting the small bead and driving the big bead. The big bead was better in a headwind and for hyzers, but for all-purpose off the tee the small bead went farther. The big bead was more comfortable and consistent for me as the putter. I ended up with five Aviars; two big beads and three small beads. That was my putter setup for six or seven years. For the last four or so years I ended up with no dedicated putting Aviar. There was a scenario for throwing each of the five and I generally would mark my lie and putt with whatever disc I just picked up if it was an Aviar. If the discs I picked up wasn't an Aviar I generally putted a 9X KC Pro unless it was a really long putt.

For long putts I used...the old chunked small bead that had been my "special" putter. Once I got over the chunk, it was a great US short drive/approach disc and it still used to ring up a long putt now and then. I called it my Billy Baroo.

Any more it really doesn't matter to me. If I taco my putter, I carry a backup for a reason. They are just golf discs. Any "special" designation we give to any one unique disc is in our head.
 

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