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THE WORLD
SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS OF GOLF V
MARCH 24-28, 2008
PHOENIX ARIZONA USA
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A CRITICAL REVIEW OF
PUTTER DESIGN FEATURES WHICH CAUSE MISSED PUTTS
Presentation on
March 25th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm by Duane Engdahl, Principal Investigator and
Inventor, Phoenix Arizona and Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto, Professor of
Materials Science & Engineering, Federal University of Sao Carlos Brazil.
Sponsored by
Quantum Golf Company |
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This event was the
official debut of the new technology Quantum Putters. If you want a
printable transcript of this presentation plus ten other topics we addressed
during Q&A,
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"In my 40 plus years of golfing having
achieved Golf Digest Teacher of the Year, PGA Professional of the Year, and
Horton Smith Award winner in my home state of Connecticut, I have seen a lot
of putters - from its beautiful head to its awesome grip, you can't find a
better putter than the Quantum."
Ken Doyle, West Simsbury CT USA |
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 The
Quantum Putter embodies unique and meritorious features which have been
granted patent protection by the the United States Patent and Trademark
Office under following Utility Patents:
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GOLF PUTTERS GOLF PUTTING PATENT
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"I am a lefty so my choices are always
limited and I appreciate Quantum's L/R convertibility so I can not only use
it for myself but let my right handed friends give it a go also."
David Service, Upper Hutt Wellington, New
Zealand |
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TEST YOUR PUTTER FOR SWEET
IMPACT CAPABILITY |
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TAP
TEST
Hold
your putter loosely with one hand and then tap where on the head where you are
supposed to strike the ball – if this tapping causes the putter head to
rotate even the slightest, then your putter has no sweet spot and is not
capable of sweet impact dynamics. |
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SPIN
TEST
Hold
your putter between the palms of your hands and then move your palms to and
fro to cause the putter head to spin one way then the other – if this
spinning wobbles even in the slightest, you’re your putter is out of balance
and incapable of sweet impact. |
GOLF PUTTERS GOLF PUTTING TIP
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"I came across your
website and have been reading it for over an hour and I am blown away! You
give the best explanation about putters and putting I have ever read and
that's saying something because I have been a PGA member for over 50 years
and active in teaching putting almost that entire time. Quantum is the only
putter that has it right."
Later he writes,
"There is no question in my mind that the science that has gone into this
putter is of the highest order. High on the list are the training alignment
aids that go with this putter, they are extremely valuable, plus you have
the opportunity to change the weights in the head, if you so desire. To say
the least, I am very impressed with my new Quantum Putter.
John Hardy, Murrieta CA USA |
GOLF PUTTERS GOLF PUTTING TESTIMONIAL
"I searched
GOOGLE.COM for 'PUTTING PUTTERS"
and Quantum was #1 of about 750,000 listings.
Then I purchased a Quantum Putter
on that very first visit because everything you
said about it made sense."
Thomas Spinelli, Navarre FL USA |
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"I searched
YAHOO.COM for 'PUTTERS PUTTING' and Quantum
was #1 of about 750,000 listings.
For over 30 years I have been golfing
and buying golf equipment and
this is the first time I ever bought a golf club that actually did
everything the manufacturer said it would do."
Mike HIll, Goodyear AZ USA |
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GOLF PUTTERS GOLF PUTTING TIP
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"Quantum solved the backspin bouncy
launch problem and I consider that a very important breakthrough."
David Low, Swadlincote, England |
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"I have no doubt the golf balls roll
much smoother than they did with any of my former putters (Ping, Ping G5i
Anser, Nike Oz, Taylormade Rossa Monza). My overall feeling is very positive
- the Quantum Putter is very efficient and I really enjoy having it."
Edgar Zanotto, San Carlos Brazil |
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"The Quantum is so different than
anything else that comparing it to other putters is like trying to compare
apples and oranges. My major concern about the Quantum was its negative loft
because so many were telling me that a loft was needed to lift the ball up
out of a turf indent; but that was quickly dispelled and to prove the point
to myself, I actually stepped on a few balls to push them further down into
the green and I found that the rolling launch still always occurred."
Brett Partridge, Robina QL Australia |
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USGA
DECISION #2005-1001, DATED 1/11/2006.
"Iin reference to the Quantum Putter,
received on December 14, 2005, which you submitted for an Official Ruling. Please be advised that the
putter as submitted, has been evaluated and it has been determined that it
conforms to the Rules of Golf. In advertisements of the Quantum Putter,
you are authorized to make the statement...
"CONFORMS TO THE USGA
RULES"
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 "Duane,
you are a genius because you have designed the sweetest putter on the
planet. I have been around the golfing market for a long time and before
that my father was around the golfing market even longer. I expect that your
Quantum Putter will soon become the 'numero uno' putter in the world."
Grant Westthorp, Albany WA Australia
Principal, Simpli Golf System
where we say,
"The most used club in your bag has
just become your best friend - your Quantum Putter"
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"I was the inventor of MetalWoods
and ever since I sold my company to TaylorMade, I have always said that if I
were to go back into the business it would be with a putter rather than the
other clubs in a full set. I understand perfectly what you said about
bending/breaking the shaft, and your analogy about heel shafting tennis
racquets made the point about how ridiculous it is to heel shaft putters. I
look forward to using my new Quantum Putter and I'll be happy to give you
whatever help and advise I can from my experience as a golf club
entrepreneur."
James Cole, Brookings OR USA |
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 "Wow!
I have been taken by your putter. There simply does not exist anywhere else
in the golf universe a putter that is designed in this comprehensive way -
it is the perfect tool for the job of putting. No other putter I have ever
used gives me this quantum improvement in my putting precision."
George Hibbard, Palm Coast FL USA.
Author of "Golf is not that Hard", "Golf's Critical Details", and "Even
Great Golf is not that Hard"; also the Director of
Perfect Impact Golf
Academy, where we say,
"The
Quantum Putter is the only putter anywhere engineered with perfection."
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 "Duane,
you are my new teacher!"
Geoff Mangum, Greensboro NC USA;
Author of the definitive guide to golf putting, "Optimal Putting"; also
Director of Putting Zone Academy which has putting instruction centers
worldwide and which has the honor of being the highest ranking website on
the subject of golf putting and putters; and where the Quantum Putter is featured as their,
"Hot Stick" |
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Here is how to make a quantum improvement in
your Putt Launch. There are four aspects to the Golf Putt: Stoke,
Glide, Impact, Launch. Here we will cover the topic of Putt Launch,
but before we get started, let's make sure we have common understanding of that
term.
Launch is the movement of the ball which is
caused by Impact. Like Impact, Launch is hard to explain without getting overly
technical; suffice it to say that Good Launch is rolling the ball on the green
in the right direction with the right power without loft and with an initial
topspin that equals the initial roll.
Technique and Technology affect good launch; we
will talk technology now and save Technique for
another time. Put your thinking cap on because this is going to get technical.
Besides Direction and Distance, which is obviously
an important aspect of putting precision, there are two other lesser known
aspects of Launch: Spin and Loft.
All three need to be considered in the technology of Launch.
Direction and Distance Technology
Direction and Distance is a direct result of Impact. Good Direction and Good
Distance comes from Good Impact which comes from Good Glide which comes from
Good Stroke. But Good Direction and Distance can be adversely affected by Spin and Loft.
Spin Technology
Any bar-room pool shooter can tell
you that when his pool cue impacts the ball above the cue ball's center-of-gravity
(COG), the cue ball will be launched with topspin, but when impact is below COG,
launch will have backspin.
The technology of this is well
understood by physicists and can easily be explained by the mathematics of
geometry and vector analysis. Unfortunately most golfers are not physicists nor are they apt
to know
much about geometry and vector analysis. So let's put this in layman's
terms as best we can:
Whenever impacting power is applied
offset of the COG, then rotational movement in favor of the offset will be the
result. This is called torque. So when the impacting power of the
putter head is applied above the ball's COG, then the ball will get top
rotational movement (topspin). And when the impacting power is applied below
the ball's COG, then the ball will get bottom rotational movement (backspin).
Every good bar-room pool shooter will
tell you that when faced with a long shot, he will want to keep the ball on the
surface of the table and impart just enough topspin on the ball to match the
roll that is needed for the shot. He knows that any amount of skid or excessive
spin of any kind will be adverse to his accuracy of direction. The same is true
for a putt on the golf green.
The Technology of
Loft
Any golfer can tell you that the
fairway club having a greater loft angle will launch the ball higher into the
air. In fact, loft angle is the fundamental difference between the thirteen
fairway clubs in a golfer's full bag. The driver has the least loft angle and
launches the ball with the lowest loft; the wedge has the greatest loft angle and launches
the ball the greatest loft; and the other fairway clubs range in between.
So far this all makes perfectly good
sense to every golfer.
But when you ask a golfer (even a
good one), about the loft of a putter, the response usually ranges from utter
confusion and absolute non-sense. Golfers intuitively know that
launching a putt up into the air causes bounce and that bouncing a putt on the
green is bad for putting precision. They also know from experience with the
other clubs in their bag that it is the loft angle of the club that causes
launch. But putter makers and many putting pundits for some inexplicable reason have
been trying for a long time to make golfers believe that loft in a putter is a
good thing. Of course, that goes against what golfers intuitively know and that's what
causes all the confusion.
Again, the technology of this is well
understood by physicists and can easily be explained by the mathematics of
geometry and vector analysis. But let's explain this in terms almost anybody can
understand:
Picture in your mind a Circle sitting on a Horizontal
Line. Now add a Triangle sitting on the Line pointing toward the Circle. Next
picture the Triangle moving toward the Circle in an attempt to push the Circle
down the Line. Wouldn't the Circle feel both a Forward Force and an Upward Force
caused by the forward movement of the leading slope of the Triangle?
Wouldn't the Forward Force move
the Circle down the Line (distance) and the Upward Force move the
Circle up off the line (loft). Can you see how the angle affects
distance and launch - the sharper the angle, the lesser the distance and the
greater the lofting; the blunter the angle, the greater the distance and the
lesser the lofting. So, wouldn't it make perfect sense that when you want all distance and no lofting (which is
what golfers want when they putt on the golf green), you'd want no loft
angle at all?
This is not rocket science!
During our research, we found currently existing putters have
shortcomings which adversely effect Good Launch. Most do not facilitate Good Stroke
which results in Bad Glide; putters with bad glide cannot facilitate good impact;
and putters with bad impact cannot facilitate good launch. Furthermore, we found
most currently existing putters actually were designed to create...
- Adverse backspin (or skid at best).
- Adverse loft.
To our astonishment, we could not find a single putter currently on the
market which met all requirements for Good Launch. Of course, without good launch, precision putting
not possible.
Why is Good Launch so important?
Even if your putter Impact launches with perfect direction, adverse backspin
or skid will adversely affect that direction, and a bouncy loft will
unpredictably affect that direction even further. Anything that adversely or
unpredictably affects Direction makes precision putting impossible - that's a
major problem!
Solution to the Problem
The solution to the problem is for the putter to have a slight negative loft
angle, the extent of which is perfected by experimentation -- that will
completely solve the problems of Launch Bounce/Skid/Backspin.
A slight negative loft angle causes the striking surface of the putter head
to impact the ball just above the ball's COG; that causes offset top force
which when combined with the bottom offset counterforce of friction, puts the exact amount torque on the ball so that resulting topspin
exactly matches required roll.
This slight negative loft angle also prevents the ball from being
lofted into the air (bounce); but it does even more: It also causes the
ball to be pushed ever so slightly into the turf so that friction will
prevent skid and also provide the counterforce needed to make topspin.
The solution to the problem is simple and singular:
Get a putter which embodies all requirements for Good Launch. Then
you will enjoy the benefit of a putter which launches the ball in your
intended direction with no adverse bounce or skid or backspin. So far the
only putter we know of that does this is the Quantum Putter, so your choice
is a simple one.
                 
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