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Showcase: Putters
Orka Rife TaylorMade
SGS P46 DBA Type #1 IMO Rossa TP Kia Ma Daytona
Custom-fit specialist Orka Golf has launched its Rife founder Guerin Rife believes deceleration at TaylorMade has launched a new, premium line of
SGS (Short Game Specialists) ‘boutique brand’. impact is the number-one fault in putting, which five Rossa TP putters designed by Kia Ma.
From the new line the P46 DBA Type #1 is classic is why he designed the IMO, which stands for Vietnam native Ma stated working in putter
in terms of shape and construction. It has a ‘Inline momentum’. 85% of the IMO’s mass is design in the United States in the 1980s and
traditional blade putter-head, and bucking the concentrated directly behind the impact area of joined TaylorMade six years ago, and his
trend of many contemporary, multi-material the putter-head, with a view to helping golfers new putters have already been played on
putters, it is precision milled from a single block drive trough the ball. The IMO is available in the Tour by Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Paul
of 303 Stainless steel. The putter face comes with UK from June. McGinley and Andres Romero. The Kia
horizontal grooves with a view to maximising the RRP: £129 Ma Daytona is one of three blades in
forward roll of putts.
www.rifeputters.co.uk the new series.
RRP: £119 RRP: £219
www.orkagolf.co.uk www.taylormadegolf.com
Snake Eyes Cleveland Yonex
Tour Platinum 7803 Classic 3 Cyberstar CP-02
The Snake Eyes Tour Platinum 7803 is one of four The putter used by Jerry Kelly to break his The clubface on Yonex’s Cyberstar CP-02 mallet
models in the Tour Platinum series that began seven-year duck on the PGA Tour last putter is milled from a responsive material called
delivery in March. It features Snake Eyes’ month, the Classic 3 is made from 17-4 M2052, which is often used in precision audio
Advanced Roll Control milling pattern on the stainless steel and features a precision equipment. The theory
clubface, which is designed to minimise backspin milled face with a view to providing a soft is that the M2052
just after impact to send the ball on line with a yet solid feel. The clubhead is built with absorbs
true roll. The milling patterns consist of a series of heel-toe weighting to maximise the vibrations from
semi-circular cuts at an upward angle to moment of inertia, to resist the clubhead a limited
encourage topspin. twisting at impact, and it comes with a frequency
RRP: £149 hand-polished satin finish. band,
www.snakeeyescustom.com RRP: £59 while
www.clevelandgolf.com allowing
the vibrations
through to the
shaft and hands that
enable golfers to receive a
clear feel for the club and
hence, accurate distance control.
The mallet head is designed to
provide a greater moment of inertia
for maximum forgiveness.
RRP: £99
www.yonex.co.uk
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