Esox
New member
I have never understood why one would care what another person pays for their putter, or any clubs for that matter. Golf is a hobby, and I spend what I can afford on whatever I feel like. I have both cheap and expensive putters because that's how I choose to spend my money. Over the course of a couple golf seasons, that extra $100 for a Scotty or an equivalent gets pretty blurred. Putting is so mental in nature, that spending a $1,000 on putter wouldn't seem crazy to me if I though I could make two or three more putts per round.
Some people like to spend $60,000 on a car. I would never do that, but I'm not going to knock the person that does it because it makes them happier. Think of other hobbies people spend money on such as guns, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and boats. My God, boats are ridiculous, and they never freakin' work. I know a lot of serious fishermen, and there's always something wrong with their damn boats, and these are guys that take great care with their equipment.
How about what people spend on wine, liquor, and cigars? My B-I-L owns a cigar bar. No one bats an eye at spending $8.00 to $15.00 on a cigar. Maybe more. A pack of cigarettes is at least $7.00.
Think about what some people spend on clothes. At one point I had a number of silk Tommy Bahama golf shirts. Beautiful shirts, I loved them. I was slimmer then. They were $155 bucks a piece, I think, and that was a while back. Did they really perform that much better than my Casual Male XL shirts I now where? Not really, but they made me feel good when wearing them.
Some things need to put in perspective. Over a golf season you may; play golf 30 to 50 times @ $20.00 to $100.00 a pop or more, go through dozens of golf balls, wear $15.00 golf gloves that last six or eight rounds, wear $30.00 to $100.00+ golf shirts/clothes that get snagged by tree branches or stained by that plop of mustard out of the hot dog, tip the cart girl and pay $5.00 for a can of beer. Spikes are $12.00 a pack and I go through two or three a year. A good rain suit is $200.00. Hell, you can't drive to a golf course in a lot of cases for less than $10.00.
An extra $100.00 for a putter is nothing in the overall golf scheme of things, especially if it improves your mental outlook.
Kevin
Some people like to spend $60,000 on a car. I would never do that, but I'm not going to knock the person that does it because it makes them happier. Think of other hobbies people spend money on such as guns, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and boats. My God, boats are ridiculous, and they never freakin' work. I know a lot of serious fishermen, and there's always something wrong with their damn boats, and these are guys that take great care with their equipment.
How about what people spend on wine, liquor, and cigars? My B-I-L owns a cigar bar. No one bats an eye at spending $8.00 to $15.00 on a cigar. Maybe more. A pack of cigarettes is at least $7.00.
Think about what some people spend on clothes. At one point I had a number of silk Tommy Bahama golf shirts. Beautiful shirts, I loved them. I was slimmer then. They were $155 bucks a piece, I think, and that was a while back. Did they really perform that much better than my Casual Male XL shirts I now where? Not really, but they made me feel good when wearing them.
Some things need to put in perspective. Over a golf season you may; play golf 30 to 50 times @ $20.00 to $100.00 a pop or more, go through dozens of golf balls, wear $15.00 golf gloves that last six or eight rounds, wear $30.00 to $100.00+ golf shirts/clothes that get snagged by tree branches or stained by that plop of mustard out of the hot dog, tip the cart girl and pay $5.00 for a can of beer. Spikes are $12.00 a pack and I go through two or three a year. A good rain suit is $200.00. Hell, you can't drive to a golf course in a lot of cases for less than $10.00.
An extra $100.00 for a putter is nothing in the overall golf scheme of things, especially if it improves your mental outlook.
Kevin