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It's true that it cannot be financially reasonable to release all of their putters in lefty. But over the last 18 months they have released so few in lefty that they are actively driving away customers. They can calculate how much they save by not releasing a model in lefty, but they cannot calculate how much they will lose by pissing off an entire demographic At this point, even if they release the version I want in lefty, I choose not to buy it. I will spend my money with ping or another company that is willing to take a small loss to get their product in front of as many people as possible and keep a customer. Edited to add: Out of my last 6 putters, 4 of them were Odyssey. I still have and use them, but they lost me as a customer going forward.

I'd be 10 times more likely to buy a putter with a hot dog on it than a skull. I might be in the minority on that though.

It seems that as "zero" torque evolves, companies are bringing back center shafted designs that consumers generally shunned in decades past. Now being zero torque instead of face balanced they will sell again?

I'm a super high handicap, who plays 36 holes a month if I'm lucky. Normally rotate between a ZStar XV or Maxfli Tour X (opposite end of the compression scale of what you're comparing here). After reading your thread I decided to dig through my "found" balls and pick out a few 2 piece low compression balls to see the difference. First up was a Srixon SoftFeel. I played the entire 9 with that 1 ball (rare for me) and played one of the best 9s I've played all year. My miss is a slice and there were a few shots that were a few yards from being OB, that I'm pretty sure would have been OB with a higher spinning ball. Knowing the ball wouldn't spin, I committed to playing as many chip shots as I could low and running, which is probably better for someone of my skill level than attempting the high, fast stopping option. The course was wet so I can't comment much on the distance, but I never felt way out of position. Am I saying the 2 PC soft ball made the difference? Not entirely, in fact I'm sure if I committed to the "easier" chip shots with a premium ball I would score better. But the low spinning ball made me not even attempt the hero shot. I did miss several putts short and missed the firmer ball off of my insert putter. The greens were soaked so I wouldn't blame that all on the low compression ball. In the past I've liked firmer balls off of an insert putter and softer balls off of a milled putter, but that's probably a mental disease. So thanks for starting this thread, it's good to get a reminder to try something different and be surprised.

My collection is void of an Anser style putter after I sold some off a while back. The price is right on the 2023 Anser and 2024 Anser 2 models with milled faces. Not the PLD versions. Has anyone tried both and can comment on the firmness or feel off the face of the horizontal milling on the 2023 line vs "shallowed milled" face of the 2024 line? My main gamer is an Odyssey AI insert putter, but on slow greens I like a firm face alternative when I put the Ai-one in time out. I was surprised how hot the face of the 2024 Anser 2 felt on the indoor putting green, and I expected the 2023 horizontal milling to feel hotter, but I can't find any in stock locally to try. The 2023 line has tungsten weights in the heel and toe, where the 2024 doesn't. That seems like a downgrade to me, but I do prefer the all stainless look to the black PVD.