Time today to retire the Ping putter.
Watched the Ben Crenshaw interviews on the Tube. He uses a 8802 putter, it seems. Poke around a bit, and they're expensive, which also makes for a lot of knock offs being peddled around E-Bay. But that's a lesser problem. I listened to Ben, and other than he putts by feel through the ball, didn't pick up any insights. Then I realized it's not Ben. It's the guy asking the questions. Ben's just politely answering. It's like asking Baryshnikov how he manages to perform as he does, like doing same is gonna enable me to be a ballet genius.
8802. Burke says start with a blade. Roger.
Second Swing is a great retailer, both online and brick and mortar. Here in Golf Disneyland, of course there's a store nearby. All the used clubs you can eat under one roof. Instead of the 8802, found a used minty 8813 at a deal price that felt good in my hands. 8813 is the same as the 8802 except for alignment markings from the top view and fortunately isn't a collectible so market prices are good (The GolfWRX nitpickers will tell me why I'm a dumb ass but they don't know I know that already).
Feel. Stroke. Through the ball. Kinda like a proper iron hit. Thanks Ben. Now back to sifting through Jackie Burke's unadulterated slurry of tidbits to look for the nuggets.