SeeMore Putters Blog

SeeMore Si3 Putter Review - by ThreeGolfGuys.com

Last year, Adam reviewed the SeeMore M9 putter so I had a bit of familiarity with the brand, but until I visited the website I had no idea about the number of styles and customization options that were available. SeeMore offers everything from broomstick to conventional heel-toe weighted putters with a multitude of additional options. However, the one consistent feature in all of the SeeMore putters is the inclusion of the RST or Rifle Scope Technology.

What is RST? It’s so simple and effective. Basically, if you line up over the putter and can see the two white alignment lines but cannot see the red dot, the club face is square and you ready to roll the putt. On the other hand, if you see the red dot during your stroke, you’ve managed to open or close the face relative to square. In my case, I putt on an arc so as long as I don’t open or close the face related to my chest, the dot stays hidden and I roll the putt right on line. In other words, RST makes it super easy to get in the right position over the putter because it shows you if your face is square at impact.

SeeMore Si3w Specs and Performance:

SeeMore Si Series putters ‘feature precision cast 303 stainless steel heads with soft thermo plastic urethane (TPU) face inserts. This means it has an expanded sweet spot with enhanced perimeter weighting, softer feel and slightly less rebound for those preferring the performance of a tour-level elastomer insert. For most players I think the expanded sweet spot is absolutely a great benefit as it allows for slightly off-center hits.

Plus, I just really like the feel of an insert and having the ball come off the face with minimal noise and clank. Note, this insert is also milled so that it does have some grip which helps reduce skid and get the ball rolling as early as possible. This specific putter is 340 grams with a 33 inch shaft and standard 70 degree lie angle. However, nearly every aspect of the putter can be customized.

 

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SeeMore Private Reserve FGP Black Putter - by ForeScore.com

By: J.R. Falconer - ForeScore.com

The Private Reserve FGP Black from SeeMore is a blade style putter that features SeeMore’s RifleScope (RST) technology. RST ensures you’re lined up square, with your eyes directly above the ball… every time. See that red dot on the heel of the putter? RST works by forcing you to cover up the red dot with the shaft of the club. Once you do that, you’re in a proper setup position, and ready to strike that putt. Neat huh?

In comparison to its older brother (or sister, depending how you like to name your putters) :), the Private Reserve Tour FGP Black has a thicker top-line.

By placing most of the weight behind the sweet spot, this putter also maximizes something called the ‘twirl effect’. Basically this describes how easily the putter opens and closes when twirled in the fingers. The benefit for you? Fantastic feel.

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The Case for Putting Instruction Part 2: Fundamentals and Drills - by SPi Instructor Paul Kaster

Very quickly SPi instructors are beginning to be recongized as a leader in putting instruction.  Below is another fine example of how they are obtaining this.  If you need a putting lesson or never have taken one, find your nearest SPi instructor - HERE.  Our 230 and growing global SPi instructos WANT to give you a putting lesson.

The Case for Putting Instruction Part 2: Fundamentals and Drills - by SPi Instructor Paul Kaster (GolfWRX.com)

Last month I tried to persuade readers to treat the flat stick with respect when it comes to practice and lessons (You can read it here). In this follow up, I’ll address the so-called fundamentals of putting — grip, alignment, posture and ball position. You’ll also find some useful drills to help you practice putting with concrete objectives and feedback at home or at the course.

Keep in mind that while this piece is somewhat long, many of these ideas are the ones that have been the foundation of great putting careers of players like Payne Stewart and Zach Johnson and countless players who used the SeeMore putting system only in training because their staff contracts with other equipment manufacturers.

Grip

We only need to turn on the Golf Channel, or read articles about ongoing debate over anchoring to know that the putting grip is the most hotly debated topics in golf right now. I am not going to address the validity of belly or long putters here, because that’s not the purpose of this article. As far as a conventional putting grip goes, rule No. 1 is that the hands should oppose each other (as if palms were facing each other) because we don’t want either side fighting the other.

It’s notable that Tiger Woods recently regained his putting prowess after Steve Stricker pointed out that the stronger left hand grip Tiger uses for his full swing had crept into his putting. Once Tiger neutralized his grip so his hands were facing each other, he started putting lights out again. Rule No. 2 is that the club should rest in the fingers of both hands with minimal tension. A phrase I use with my juniors is “hot dog in the bun.” This will have a few positive effects — it will prevent your rear hand (the right hand for right handed golfers) from rolling over the front during the stroke, which can easily happen when you hold the grip in your lifeline. It will also get the shaft of the putter to look like an extension of your forearms (when viewed from behind) — a key to a consistent stroke. What many golfers don’t know is that good posture at address can greatly reduce the effect of the rear hand in the stroke, but I’ll get to that in a moment. So, to summarize, the keys to a conventional putting grip are hands facing each other and grip cradled in the fingers with minimal tension.

Alignment

There are great players who have not lined their body up parallel to the target line when they putted. Jack Nicklaus used an open stance and Jim Furyk stands closed to the target line. The point I try to make to my students (as kindly as possible) is that none of them have the combination of a PGA Tour player’s long-term muscle memory, practice time and physical gifts. Most amateurs need a simple and neutral putting stance because that makes it easy to repeat under pressure with a limited practice schedule.

Standing parallel to the target line with your eyes and shoulders parallel sets you up to make a simple and repeatable stroke without any manipulation. The real alignment key is that the putter absolutely must be aimed at your intended target because face angle, not path, exerts the majority of control over the direction the ball travels.

The first step is to figure out whether you are in fact aiming at your target. The first thing I do with my students is measure their alignment using a device made by SeeMore called the Triangulator which can be purchased for $15 on the company’s website. There are a variety of laser aiming devices that are much more expensive, but the Triangulator does the job just as well. The vast majority of players I work with, including low handicap amateurs and a few professionals, aimed substantially wide of their target on a ten foot putt when I first measured them.

Once you establish what your aiming fault is, you can begin working to correct the alignment of your body and the club face. I use a SeeMore putter and encourage my students to do the same because they are the only putters that help a golfer learn to consistently line up the club and their body while they practice, and keep them on track while they play. So, if you wanted two catch phrases for the keys to putting alignment, they are “putter face aimed at the intended target” and “eyes, shoulders and feet parallel to the target line.”

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Paul Kaster is the Director of Golf at High Bridge Hills Golf Club in scenic Hunterdon County, N.J. He learned the game on Chicago’s only 18-hole public golf course, Jackson Park G.C., and went on to play Division I college golf, and on mini tours including the Tar Heel Tour (now EGolf Tour), and the 2001 Golden Bear Tour (now Gateway Tour). After leaving the golf business to successfully pursue a career in law, Paul returned to his first love to share his passion for the game and for learning with his students. He is a Certified SPi Putting Instructor with the SeeMore Putter Company and a member of Bridgestone Golf's professional staff.

True Alignment Simplified in Putting - SPi Ben Pellicani Discusses with SeeMore's John Higgins

Mike Bender Golf Academy and SPi instructor Ben Pellicani discusses alignment with SeeMore's Lead Studio Instructor, John Higgins.  Share this if you know of a junior golfer.  Great tips.

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Very Interesting Perspective on Zach's Master's Win in 2007 - by Jim Grundberg - CEO SeeMore Putter Company

by Jim Grundberg - CEO, SeeMore Putter Company

Here are some great stats of Z vs. field in the 2007 Masters.  He dominated the field.  Yet his Master's score is an asterisk as highest winning total at Masters.  So I compared same exact comparative stats in 2010 Colonial, where his winning score also dominated field and in this case was the all time low record for that event.  

Very Interesting!  He was 3.3 shots on average better than the field at the Masters, and 3.8 shots on average better than the field at Colonial.  So very close!  More interesting, his great final round of 64 at Colonial was 4.5 shots better than the field average for the week.  Which was fantastic.  He made 100 feet of putts on the back 9 Sunday to shoot the 64.

But his Masters final round of 69 was 6.5 shots better than the field for the week!  That final round 69 at the Masters must go down as one of the great final rounds to win the Masters in History!!!!!  27 Putts in final round (a chip in birdie on 8 and 5 putting birdies).  On maybe the toughest greens ever at Augusta.

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Golf Made Easier: SeeMore and Learn More from Your Putter - www.worldgolf.com

by Mike Bailey (Senior Staff Writer)

It's the putter made famous by the late Payne Stewart, and if used properly, it teaches the player who uses it. Today, another major winner, Zach Johnson, is the most famous player to wield the SeeMore Putter, which is not only gaining resurgence after disappearing for a few years but gaining momentum.

The unique aspect of the SeeMore Putter is the red oval on top of the head. The idea is to hide the red dot with the black part of the shaft throughout the stroke, ensuring proper path and plane. It's really self-evident for anyone who uses one, but now SeeMore is taking it a step further, having created the SeeMore Putting Institute.

The Institute employs certified instructors who help players learn to maximize the benefits of their putters. It goes beyond the basic concept, of course, teaching other attributes of good putting, including pace, rhythm and distance control.

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SeeMore Putters Tour Bag PICS! - Tampa Bay Championship - PGA Tour

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SeeMore Putters Tour Bag - Z Series - Tampa Bay Championship

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Putting Pulse - Perfecting Alignment Through Steps to True Confidence

by John Higgins

It’s not news to you that tour players are looking to gain confidence in putting like the rest of the golfing world.  While at the Honda Classic last week, I watched some other putter companies emphasize the importance of alignment by stating that certain designs are the solution to great alignment.  From different manufacturers, you may be seeing promotions containing a variety of different messages. How do you communicate the keys to great alignment? 

I’d love to receive your feedback on this message that I communicate to customers.

Perfect alignment down the target-line accurately synchronizes the putter face, the eyes and the rest of the body.  SeeMore’s patented RifleScope Technology (RST) makes it the only putter in the world that helps reinforce that complete system of alignment. Through using a SeeMore Putter, you will build confidence by consistently applying a natural system in putting as RST serves as an indicator. 

 

All players 

to reinforce perfect alignment on every putt. All players 

(including a “feel player"

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need a simple system for game improvement. Golfers are often skipping simple steps in their development, and here is the simple formula for you to build confidence in your alignment.  

 

 

Theory + Application + Belief = Confidence

The definition of confidence is the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something.  It’s the state of feeling certain about the truth of something. 

Like many things in life, confidence in golf comes from belief in the application of a theory.

Application and belief are essential components in putting. Golfers often buy into a theory and expect confidence, but do not gain it because they were not taught to reinforce the correct application.  And who can believe in anything without application?

SeeMore Putter Institute (SPi) team members are sharing the truth that SeeMore is the answer for golfers to follow each essential element to build confidence in putting.

Passionate SPi Team Member, Chris Carfangia (Pine Lakes Country Club in Hubbard, OH) articulates RST’s capabilities to reinforce both theory and application. 

“The most wonderful part about the SeeMore Putter Line is the fact that IT IS THE ONLY CLUB ON THE MARKET that promotes the “THEORY” and the “APPLICATION” of the theory…which blend nicely into the SeeMore Putting System.  To elaborate, we all know what the “THEORY” is.  It is getting our body, arms and head in the correct position to build a consistent stance, posture, alignment, grip and ball position to make a repeatable putting stroke.  The “APPLICATION” is just that, the Riflescope Technology.  It is how to apply all that we teach and know about our set up to be successful.”

PGA tour winners continue to utilize this system, like Vaughn Taylor who is featured in this Golfweek.com article that was released last week -  Vaughn Taylor Begins To Find His Way Back On Tour.  

Vaughn finished tied for 25th in the grueling, windy conditions.  I watched Vaughn utilize the SeeMore triangulator for hours on the practice green.  You can learn more about the triangulator at SeeMore.com under the technology page. 

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I challenge you to ask these questions to players.

Do you have a theory or system for putting that you believe in?

 

Why do you believe in it?

How do you consistently apply it?

Jon Curran (Si4) wins Members Only Shootout - NGA Tour

Congratulations to Jon Curran and his win this past weekend on the NGA Hooters Tour using a SeeMore Si4.

(from NGA Tour's website) Curran becomes second Vandy alum to win MOS - 

 
Tallahassee, Fla.– February 16, 2013 – Jon Curran outlasted Chris Ross in a two-hole playoff to claim the NGA TOUR’s Members Only Shootout at Killearn Country Club on Saturday afternoon.
 
The victory for Curran was his first in 57 starts on the NGA Pro Golf Tour and earned the former Vanderbilt golfer free entry fees into every event on the 2013 NGA TOUR Pro Series schedule.
 
“It feels really great,” said Curran, a native of Hopkinton, Mass. “The NGA TOUR has done a great job over the years, and I think this year is going to be just as good. You can trust the events out here, and the tour attracts some great players. I’m looking forward to it. I think it’s going to be a great season.”
 
Curran and Ross got off to great starts in the opening round, posting scores of 63 to separate from themselves from the field by four shots going into the final round.
 
“I put the ball in play on Friday and the conditions were ideal to put up a good number,” said Curran, who earned $18,500 for the victory. “My wedges were good and I had a lot of chances to make birdies. I think I had 25 putts, so I was putting really well.”
 
Curran started the day tied for the lead with Ross at 9-under par, but the former Commodore found himself trailing by two shots at the turn after going out in 2 over.
 
“I’ve been working with a sports psychologist and I basically tried to stay in the moment,” said Curran, who joined Vandy alum Hudson Johnson as a winner of the Members Only Shootout. “I knew I was playing well and trusted it. I knew I could perform throughout the round.”
 
The positive thinking paid off.

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The Amazing SeeMore FGP - Tour Success Driven by Unique Putting System - SPi

Golf’s greatest technologies are lasting. SeeMore’s milled FGP is among those, as it has stood the test of time and generated over 20 PGA Tour wins, including the 1999 U.S. Open and the 2007 Masters.

Remarkably, over 20 different players have used some version of the FGP to record top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour, leading to over $40 Million in earnings.  The product was also used to set the all-time tour putting record over an entire season (1.699 Putts/GIR). 

The FGP has recorded PGA Tour wins in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.  Name another product on the PGA Tour where the same product was used by multiple winners over the course of 14 years. 

Beyond the great feel of the putter, there are some clear reasons on why players have performed so well with the FGP.  First off, SeeMore Putters including the FGP feature RifleScope Technology (RST). SeeMore’s patented RST, known by a visible gun sight on the top line, allows the golfer to set up the putter perfectly each and every time in relation to the intended target line. This is accomplished by lining up the black bottom portion of the shaft between two white lines and covering a signature red dot on the heel of the top line.  The process is like locking radar on a target.  The two parallel white sight lines frame the shaft and serve as an indicator that the golfer is in perfect position to make a consistent and reliable stroke.

The FGP, standing for “Featuring Ground Plumb” allows for the perfect rotation and release of the putter-head.  The FGP is also Face-Balanced at impact, meaning that the toe weighting in this putter naturally wants to return to square at the impact position. 

The FGP will help the golfer establish consistent alignment, ball position, head position, hand position and loft on the putter, leading to a consistent stroke.  SeeMore Putter Institute (SPi) instructors are communicating this message to their students.  You can learn more about the process below.  

 

 

SeeMore Putter Institute

SeeMore has launched the SeeMore Putting system to golfers in the form of introducing the SeeMore Putter Institute (SPi), where golfers and instructors will be able to come together in person and online to share these fundamental ideas about how to improve putting performance.  In its first year over 215 global instructors are utilizing SPi to generate more lessons, more revenue and more game improvement!

SPi is a learning system based on the simple fundamentals of finding the proper grip, alignment, stance, and posture.  This allows for a natural, free, and simple putting stroke on each and every putt.  It is based on the technology built into the SeeMore putter itself, and on the refined teachings of SeeMore Global Ambassador Pat O’Brien – putting instructor to Zach Johnson, and many other top PGA Tour and developing players.  O’Brien has been teaching the SeeMore System around the world for more than 12 years, ever since he watched his good friend, the late Payne Stewart benefit from the SeeMore putting system to win 1999 US Open and lead the tour in putting statistics that year. 

Becoming SPi Certified will help golf teachers formulate a complete teaching plan to help their existing students and recruit new students to become great putters using the SeeMore system that has won 2 Major Championships and set numerous putting records on the PGA Tour.  It is a complete game plan, which will give any golf instructor a new level of confidence in the proper teaching and fitting involved in putting instruction. Becoming certified to teach the system initially consists of online training, but also includes personal coaching.

SeeMore Facts

SeeMore originally became recognized when Payne Stewart won the 1999 U.S. Open playing a SeeMore putter in the greatest final round putting performance in US Open History.  The brand was re-launched in 2007, and immediately regained worldwide prominence as Zach Johnson used a SeeMore FGP to win the 2007 Masters. SeeMore’s website at www.seemore.com and www.seemorespi.com has many new features about SeeMore’s remarkable legacy, technology, and tour success. SeeMore putters are custom made in Franklin, TN.