Excellent Short Stick! Great Price Too!,
October 28, 2011 Chris Gaines "CG" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cleveland Golf Classic Collection 2.0 Putter - Mallet (Sports)
This is a great putter. I spent a lot of time looking into the various versions of the heel-shafted/semi-mallet style putters and this one actually has one of the cleanest looks. The Rife Abaca is a great design as well, but its $150 (2x the cost), the odyssey putter is cluttered and costs more, the taylormade just didn't feel quite right to me, the NC Gambler was just super pricey, and every putter that I tried cost more than this classic #2 from Cleveland.
What was interesting is this new version (clearly stamped with 350g on the back vertical edge of the mallet flange) is actually lighter than the 2008 and prior versions by a few grams. Luckily, I tried both out and noticed the 2008 version is also shaped slightly different. I preferred the older version and you may as well. There are less markings on the older version (just on the bottom of the putter).
Here is what I did to make this putter work. One, buy the putter. Two, remove the grip and put an...Read more