I was lucky enough to visit Scotty's gallery and studio last week for a fitting (and shopping!) experience.
My 2+ hour fitting experience was with Spencer, a great guy who couldn't have been more helpful and explained the mechanics of the stroke and the analysis in very simple terms.
It's incredible to watch your putting stroke in super slow motion, and see how the stoke affects the path of the ball. I went in thinking I was a decent putter and after 5 minutes thought I should find a new sport!
As we went through the session Spencer identified what was going wrong in the set up and stroke to cause the ball to react so erratically off the putter face.
We then slowly put together the changes required to eradicate the faults.
It was a real eye opener and I came away feeling much more confident in my new stroke having seen the results on video.
The shopping experience is fabulous, as with everything Scotty does the gallery is beautifully designed and laid out. Tour and MOTO putters are sitting their in racks waiting for anyone to come along and give them a roll and there were some beautiful examples on the day I visited.
Sadly photography isn't allowed in the store so I can't share images.
My preference is for mallet-style putters and the style that appeared to be the best fit, both technically and aesthetically, was the Futura 5MB.
I asked Spencer if they had a Tour model in stock, which they did. It was all black with CT stamped large on the bottom and the Tour Only black shaft.
It didn't look so different from OTR versions and I'd already spotted a MOTO version in the store which had a really different look.
So this is the one I went for, with an electric blue face and sole, plus it came with a Tour Only black shaft and black shaft ring.
And it's about 1/3 the price of a tour putter :)
I've posted a couple of photos of the putter and the other stuff I couldn't resist buying.
The lesson and putter really came to the fore yesterday when I played Pelican Hills, an incredible course, and birdied 3 in a row from the 2nd. Made a mess of the last 2 holes but it was a good round and I holed around 150ft of putts.
If you ever get the chance to visit the gallery and book a fitting session I can't recommend it highly enough.
Simon