Hayden Matthew piddled with some putters inside Golf Headquarters on Tuesday.
She doesn’t need a new putter.
But almost every golfer can use an upgrade with the flat stick. After all, it’s the most used club in a golfer’s bag.
“I’ll have guys ask for a $500 driver, then ask me for whatever putter we have on sale,” said sales manager Chris Harris. “That doesn’t make sense to me. A good amateur golfer is going to putt 32 times per round but hit driver half that many times.”
Putter sales could be on the rise for the final six months of 2015. Technology always is adapting, and the anchoring ban will go into effect for USGA competitions once the calendar flips to 2016. Golfers playing in major competitions – from Chattanooga District Golf Association events all the way to PGA Tour events – no longer will be able to anchor putters during their strokes.