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22 March 2013
AXIS Golf
1834 Centre Street #320051
West Roxbury, MA 02132
ATTN: Mr. Phil Long, Vice President M & S
Dear Phil,
SUB-JECT:
Axis Umbra 2 Putter
I went to the Pete Carlson's Golf Expo on February 8th for the specific
buying a new driver.
I got there as they opened and walked
vendors trying the Adams, the Cleveland and Callaway drivers.
and finally chose a Cleveland.
through
purpose of
the various
I went back and forth
They did not have the model I wanted at the Expo so I
picked it up at the store.
I guess I was feeling
a little
guilty,
so I convinced
Saturday to buy a new driver. Similarly
settling
on the Ping Rhapsody.
my wife to go to the Expo on
to my trials she hit several different
The Ping representative
brands,
suggested that we special
order one with a 44" shaft, rather than the longer shaft which comes on the stock
model.
This would need to be ordered from Ping. I knew processing the order would
take a little
intention
time so I suggested
Nancy go look at the putters,
which
we had no
of buying. It did take some time to process the special order so I ambled
- -~ do";n to the putting area. I was happy, or at least satisfied,
with my current
putter:-
Having spent about $500 on the new drivers I was not looking to buy any more golf
equipment.
Nancy was putting
thought
and so I just
looked around a bit. I saw the Axis
it was a very weird looking
piece of equipment.
of buying a new putter.
and
The Axis representative,
Phil Long, came over and began to explain the unique design of the Axis.
fine, but I still had no intention
putter
It sounded
Phil asked what putter I was
using, and then some other questions about my putting.
Brian B. Torsney Sr., 37736 Colebridge Street, Palm Desert, CA 92211, Telephone: 760-837-1846
He gave me a putter to try out and so I agreed. The wind was blowing so badly, that
my eyes were tearing and I could not focus on the ball. I hit a few balls, and was not
really impressed. He then gave me the Axis Umbra 2 Flat and I started to putt again.
I sank 8 in a row from about 8 feet, maybe not impressive to some, but very
impressive for me. I then watched Nancy putt and she had just hit 6 in a row from
about the same distance. That was impressive. We both agreed·that we had already
spent enough money on golf equipment and we left. Phil gave me his card with the
order details if we changed our minds. The Expo had another day to go.
We headed for Ivey Ranch to play golf, but decided it was too cold once we got
there. 0 •.•the way home we talked about the putters and agreed that we had spent
too much money on golf equipment for the weekend.
Back at homewe talked about the putters some more. -we-deciCIeatogo -lJacl<
and if - - -we still liked the putters to share one. The only difference between the 2 putters
was, I thought, the shaft length. That was not the case. The lie angle, if that is what
it is called, was different. Mine was "flat" Nancy's was not.
We ordered the two putters.
Nancy's was available at the Expo, mine had to be
special ordered. I will add this report as we use our new putters. I hope the results
are similar to those we experienced at the Expo.
I got my Axis Putter on Thursday. I tried using it the first time on Friday. The course
was crowded and very windy.
I tried 3 or 4 putts on the putting green, and we
decided to go home. We went out again on Saturday. I tried about 12 putts on the
putting green. The putting green closely resembles the real greens on our course. It
slopes down, and breaks quickly at the hole. I was mostly trying to judge speed,
however my aim was good. I would putt 3 balls in succession from about 10 feet
from the side of the hole. The first 2 repetitions I only made one out of three, but the
misses were by less than 6 inches.
Putting down hill was quite a bit tougher,
JiiCljing-tileCiownliilrspeed reqiliresmore practice.
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Nancy had about 2 weeks more experience than I did, about 7 weeks.
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She also
spends about 15 minutes each time before we play putting on the putting green. My
back does not handle extended practice. Nancy has probably knocked off about
three or four strokes off her game. When she misses the problem is speed, not
direction. Downhill putts are the most difficult.
The majority of our greens slope
downward to the front of the green, if you are above the pin, the putts are difficult.
I have been using mine for about 5 weeks. I have found that you can push or pull a
putt, but you have to work at it. My problem is speed. I have always putted with the
idea of babying the putt in. I have to work at being a more aggressive putter. I am
now confident
at the 8 to 10 foot putt, where I was apprehensive
about 60% of them now, where
even feeling fairly
confident
previously
I would
probably
before.
I will make
only make 25%. I am
and trying the putter when I am on the fringe,
or even
just off the fringe, when the putt would not be overly long. In short, your Axis Putter
is the best investment
in golf equipment
I ever made.
Very truly yours,
Brian B. Torsney Sr.
37736 Colebridge Street
Palm Desert, CA 92211
760-837-1846
e-mail:
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[email protected]
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