Precise Putters Are, Well, Precise

Andrew Penner

Posted 2005-08-28

Smart or stupid, pro or amateur, you’re going to miss more putts than you make. Putting, especially on so many of the slick, well-contoured surfaces that golfers are so commonly faced with today, is more challenging than it’s ever been. Superintendents are better trained, better equipped, and are maintaining surfaces at tournament-ready condition more consistently. For a golfer, this means your putting – and your putter – needs to be honed in. You need to be precise. No worries, mate, Precise Putters are here. And very smart people make them.

Started in 2002, Precise Golf set out to do one thing, and one thing only. Produce the highest quality putter on the market. Many people, including a growing number of PGA Tour players, feel they’ve succeeded.

Precise Golf utilizes the latest technology – and a small team of big-brained people - to design and machine their putters. In fact, their standards (in terms of weighting, balance, etc.) challenge that of the aerospace industry. These people are major geeks when it comes to their craftsmanship.

I recently tried a Precise Golf P025 Mallet and quickly fell in love with it (they currently have 8 different models to choose from). The PO25 is a simple, uncluttered, and conventional looking mallet (none of their putters look like they were designed by aliens). I’ve simply never used a mallet that felt as solid and stable through the stroke as the P025. Provided I don’t smash it over my head (I’ve been known to do that with putters), I anticipate this thing will be in my bag for a long time.

When you consider that the people employed at this company collectively have more brain tissue than, say, me and the entire state of Iowa, it’s no wonder they get fairly precise with their work. You’d do well to put your money where the brains are. www.precisegolf.com. Precise Putters retail from $180 to $280. Custom engraving is available for $25.

Andrew Penner lives in Calgary, Alberta and writes for a number of golf publications. He can be reached at andpenner@shaw.ca.