When to change a putter?

When he's lost confidence in the one in his bag.

When the one he's got quits cooperating. Tell him to place it in a dark corner by itself for 6-8 weeks, then revisit to see if it has made an attitude adjustment.

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1.6 - 1.8.

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Come on, that's the putt per hole average of the best putters on tour.

Usually swap mine out after this...

When it inadvertently gets thrown into a lake, lodged very high up in a tree, or mysteriously snapped into four pieces.

At that point I'd say it's about time

When you lose confidence in it. Hell my dad is using the same Ping Anser since the 70s. Another thought would be if your friend has a fault in his stroke and some of the newer putter tech would help that.

i can identity with this. i've used a 2ball white hot for years and loved it. the past couple of years it just left me. i was better from twenty feet than i was from four feet. i just couldn't shake it. went to an old ping b60 last year and hung with it but just wasn't satisfied. i had always been a pretty good putter and it became a head game that i was losing! broke down two months ago and bought one of the new odyssey o works putters and have rediscovered my stroke and now my confidence has returned. it's amazing how the ball rolls off the face of this putter.

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when does he need to change/update his putter

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When he can go buy a Scotty because after you drop a kidney on that you will feel to guilty for having spent that kind of cash on a putter and never use anything else.

When he feels the need to change it. I have 3 that I use. Hot with one ATM so I'll stick with it until I need to make the change.

you change a putter whenever you damn well feel like it ... no exchange gifts/points with the spouse, no gifts for the kids, no nothing ...

they are unfaithful, ungrateful objects that will spit in your face as you lay dying ...