Cleveland Huntington Beach Soft 11 Mens Right Hand Putter

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The Huntington Beach Soft is available in about eight different styles. Although these putters are not widely used on tour, each design is based on a model that is being used and played on tour. It must be some of the proportions that had me convinced from the start that the Huntington Beach 4 was longer heel to toe than other similar models. That turned out to not be the case, but it does have a generous sweet spot. With a 345 gram head weight, I was able to put a confident, flowing stroke on both long and short putts. Cleveland Golf claims that the deep face grooves “increase friction for a truer, more consistent roll.” Very true – my putts started tumbling end over end immediately. Conclusion Company number: 1394141; Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing,

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It’s pretty easy to execute and is pretty cost-effective for golfers,” says Schielke. “Within 30 seconds to a minute, you can personalize your paint-fill colors. It’s a pretty simple way to make the putter more your own.” The #11 is Cleveland’s take on the popular fang-toothed Odyssey #7, a putter head nearly every OEM, putter specialist, and boutique outfit offers. It’s usually a toe-hang model with high MOI, but the center shaft basically balances the face.

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Any golfer wanting a preferred shape, they’ll have a nice-looking putter that should fit their eye,” says Schielke. “From a feel standpoint, these putters have milled faces with pretty deep milling. That really softens the feel at impact, along with the fact they’re made from 304 stainless steel.” Cleveland's proprietary Speed Optimized Face Technology, found within the Huntington Beach Premier line, normalizes ball speed across the face of the putter. A unique milling pattern on each putter produces consistent speed, and consistent distance, even when you strike your putts off-centre. I’d argue from a performance standpoint, with Speed Optimization Face Technology, these are better,” says Schielke. “I would say our putters are premium in terms of performance; they’re just priced lower. If you put our putters up against any other putter, ours do just as well, if not better. We want to give our golfers performance and save them a little money as well.”

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From a “volume of offering” standpoint, that would be an emphatic yes. Cleveland considers the HB SOFT Milled line to be an extension of the existing Huntington Beach SOFT putter family. And the innovative Frontline series is still current but is being discounted, which is a sign that it’s due for an update. The difference is hard to miss. The lines on the new HB SOFT Milled putters are much sharper and the overall look is much more premium and much less department store. Additionally, Cleveland continues its SOFT face milling. SOFT stands for Speed Optimized Face Technology and is Cleveland’s take on ensuring distance control on mishits. It’s an undeniable fact that golfers mishit putts. And even missing the center by scant millimeters can cause a putt to come up short. By using head-specific milling patterns, Cleveland is giving you more face material and less groove space on either side of the sweet spot and more groove and less material right in the sweet spot. More material means you’ll impart more energy to the ball on slight mishits and get the ball to the hole.With a traditional milling pattern, if you catch it on the heel or toe, you’ll likely leave that putt a little short,” says Oakley. “By how much really depends on the MOI and CG properties of that particular putter head.” The SOFT line features six models, all slight variations on existing Huntington Beach or TFI models. Those numbers sound impressive but do they mean anything for a putter stroke? Again, according to Cleveland, its testing shows seven-percent improved face rotation consistency and six-percent improved impact location consistency. In plain English, that means clubhead rotation was better and golfers hit the center of the face more often. Ultimately, Cleveland says it all leads to a 10-percent more consistent face angle at impact. In Cleveland-speak, SOFT stands for Speed Optimized Face Technology – a unique, model-specific milling pattern designed to preserve ball speed on slightly off-center hits. It’s Cleveland’s version of what both PING and Evnroll do – use putter face technology to help make sure you get the ball to the hole when you don’t hit it dead center.

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I would urge golfers to try the UST ALL-IN for themselves,” says Shultz. “The feel is noticeably different so it may take a few putts to get used to the added stiffness. But you can really tell the increase in control and consistency with a side-by-side comparison.” When golfers are trying the putter at the store, the feel and weighting will go hand in hand,” says Schielke. “It can be hard to evaluate a putter head if the grip is so different from what you’re used to. Having both options at the store for people to try will help golfers appreciate the putter and the technology even more.” In other words, Cleveland will give you enough information to help you fit yourself into something that fits you better than if you went eeny-meeny-miny-moe. It’s no SAM PuttLab but I suppose it’s better than guessing. Stop! Hey! What’s That Sound? The numbers are simpler to communicate, easier to put on the putter itself and just a little bit clearer,” says Schielke. “Sometimes when we switch around complicated names it can be tougher to switch from an old model to a new one.”

As mentioned earlier, the putter heads themselves in both the standard and premium lines are exactly the same. The most obvious difference is cosmetic. Traditionally, the HB SOFT line, like every other value-priced putter line, has featured a cast body with a milled face. The upside, compared to a 100-percent milled putter, is lower cost. The downside, however, is a finished product that looks like it’d be more at home in a department store. Regardless of performance, they looked cheap. And right or wrong, the “ I gotta love the looks” crowd believes a better-looking putter will be a better-performing putter. A Sharper Image If you’re a member of groups 3 or 4, Cleveland Golf’s recent release of the Huntington Beach SOFT putter line might just make you want to Twist and Shout like Ferris Bueller. If you’re a proud, card-carrying member of groups 1 or 2, well, ignore technology at your own peril, and if the SOFT line isn’t expensive enough for you, well, Cleveland is sorry. But the point of the Cleveland HB SOFT Milled putter line is affordable innovation. With each iteration, the HB line has added a meaningful tech twist. The price has inched up each go-round, too, but that’s a separate story. Provided your read is correct, does face technology help you get the ball closer to the hole on mishits? It’s something MyGolfSpy has proven repeatedly over the years, but there’s still the notion that looks and feel are the most important – if not the only – attributes that matter in a putter. Oakley, for his part, sees it both ways.