Sweet looking Bettinardi wedge - never seen 1 b4

[ManchesterGolfer]

I've never seen one of these before it looks Sweet Dude's. Not sure what benefits you'd get from the Honeycomb milling on the face though but I'd ho it in a flash!

Bettinardi BB56-12 Sand Wedge on eBay, also, Clubs, Golf, Sporting Goods (end time 07-Jan-08 03:40:04 GMT)

[MCDavis]

For some reason, I can never open your links to ebay uk.

[acarty]

item number 330200752749 just to help you out!

[big_greasy_taco]

That face looks sick! some fancy hexagonal pattern.

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by MCDavis

For some reason, I can never open your links to ebay uk.

I will start to put the item number up as well then

Originally Posted by acarty

item number 330200752749 just to help you out!

Thanks

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by big_greasy_taco

That face looks sick! some fancy hexagonal pattern.

Thats Bettinardi's trade mark milling pattern looks nice on his putters as well

Mizuno

[Rockford35]

Asthetics only, it does nothing for performance.

Personally, I think both the putters (which I've seen first hand) and the wedges (from these pics) look pretty bland.

R35

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by Rockford35

Asthetics only, it does nothing for performance.

Personally, I think both the putters (which I've seen first hand) and the wedges (from these pics) look pretty bland.

R35

I think the milling looks nice but agree it does nothing for performance. Can't blame him for trying to jump on the Scotty bandwagon though.

I read an article about Cameron which said about how his Dad used to love restoring old permission drivers. Scotty fell for putters and started tinkering with them as a youngster. When he was starting off his business no banks would touch him and people laughed and said he was crazy trying to sell putters at that cost. Scotty stuck to his guns of producing milled putters & wouldn't be talked into mass producing cast putters. He got told he would go out of business in a few months but he had the last laugh.

BTW, didn't Bettinardi work on the design or milling of the I-Trax?

[Rockford35]

Originally Posted by ManchesterGolfer

I think the milling looks nice but agree it does nothing for performance. Can't blame him for trying to jump on the Scotty bandwagon though.

Bandwagon? Is this the bandwagon that is pulling over to the side of the road as Cameron putters are dying a slow death, save some hardcore collectors?

Originally Posted by ManchesterGolfer

BTW, didn't Bettinardi work on the design or milling of the I-Trax?

Have you seen the ITRAX? It's butt-ugly. I doubt it.

R35

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by Rockford35

Bandwagon? Is this the bandwagon that is pulling over to the side of the road as Cameron putters are dying a slow death, save some hardcore collectors?



Have you seen the ITRAX? It's butt-ugly. I doubt it.

R35

Well the 'Bandwagon' has made Scotty Cameron a multi-millionaire. If the bandwagon is coming to a halt, how come all the major brands have launched milled putters, ie, Ping Redwood, Odyssey Black series, Mizuno Bettinardi, MacGregor Bobby Grace, Nike ugly things? Must be a market for it? Scotty may loose some market share but people want 'nice' putters and the companies are producing them (exept Nike, yak).

I-Trax is a Bettinardi, I'm sure I read it somewhere (not the back of a lolly stick).

[Rockford35]

Originally Posted by ManchesterGolfer

Well the 'Bandwagon' has made Scotty Cameron a multi-millionaire. If the bandwagon is coming to a halt, how come all the major brands have launched milled putters, ie, Ping Redwood, Odyssey Black series, Mizuno Bettinardi, MacGregor Bobby Grace, Nike ugly things? Must be a market for it? Scotty may loose some market share but people want 'nice' putters and the companies are producing them (exept Nike, yak).

I-Trax is a Bettinardi, I'm sure I read it somewhere (not the back of a lolly stick).

It may have made him a millionaire, but if you read some of his recent blog entries, he's starting to complain. I guess people want putters that aren't readily available as other people's designs - save the Futura.

Why buy a Cameron when you can have a TP Mills custom or a milled Odyssey for less money?

If you haven't already deciphered, I personally think Cameron putters are the biggest scam in golf. Period. That's my opinion and I don't think any less of anyone for using one. However, there's not a hope in hell I'd pay that kind of money for a run of the mill putter because it's got "heritage". Not a chance.

R35

[Rockford35]

Good call on the ITRAX, by the way...

Callaway's I-Trax putter is designed to enhance feel and especially alignment

R35

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by Rockford35

Good call on the ITRAX, by the way...

Callaway's I-Trax putter is designed to enhance feel and especially alignment

R35

About time I was right about something!!! Law of averages I supose.

As for Scotty's I like them a lot, good feel, well made but mainly because if you buy the right one you don't loose any money on it. Buy a brand new retail Scotty and your a fool. Buy a 2nd hand retail Scotty and they hold there money very well. Buy a limited edition or sort after Scotty and you'll make money every time. I've got respect for the man after reading that article and the fact that he stuck to his dream when everybody was telling him he was a FOOL. Yes his Newport is very simlar to (copy of) the Anser but the methods of getting the final product are miles apart.

I like Ping Redwoods & Bettinardi's but there's not a lot on the 2nd hand market and you loose too much money on new.

[dave.]

Right, so its made using unique one-piece technology is it?

That would be forged then. I think forging might already have been invented but I could be wrong

[ManchesterGolfer]

Originally Posted by dave.

Right, so its made using unique one-piece technology is it?

That would be forged then. I think forging might already have been invented but I could be wrong

NO. Forging is where metal is heated & hammered into shape. Scotty milled his putters out of a single solid block, Milling is where you take a solid block and mill away at it until you get your desired shape. Scotty didn't invent milling but he was the one who 1st put milled putters on the menu.