First thing you need to decide is whether he wants a mallet putter or a blade putter and go from there. Ping and Taylor Made make some good putters……the Taylor Made "Itsy Bitsy" Spider is a very popular model. It is an excellent putter, has weight adjustments on it and can be purchsed new or used on EBay well below golf shop prices. An average price at the golf shop would range anywhere from $179.99 to $199.99, but like I said, you can find them on EBay alot cheaper, anywhere from $79.99 to $129.99, sometimes cheaper.

This may sound dumb, but the length of the putter really depends on personal preference, not necessarily a person’s height. Some people like a shorter shaft and to crouch in over the ball, some like a little longer if they stand more upright when putting. It sounds like you are maybe buying this as a surprise gift….if so, go with a 35" putter, because he can always choke down on the grip a little…..and as far as the model, again, if you don’t want to give away the surprise, I would recommend the Taylor Made Rossa, Itsy Bitsy Spider Model with a 35" shaft. Good Luck!

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There are two basic designs when it comes to putter heads, face balanced and toe balanced. A face balanced putter means that when you balance the putter on a finger, the face of the club is parallel to the ground facing up to the sky. A toe balanced putter will be pointing down with the face perpendicular to the ground. One style is not better than the other, the face balanced putter is generally what is classified as a mallet putter, one with a large head and significant material on the back of the putter head. The toe balanced putter is usually a heel toe style blade.

Typically, the rule is that someone with a straight back, straight forward stroke would benefit from a mallet since they keep the putter face square to the target the whole time the club is in motion. A person who moves the putter head from inside to square to inside would be best served with a heel toe style since the mallet would drag along the green when it gets taken back inside the line.

Another difference is whether or not you want an insert in the face of the putter. Odyssey was one of the first companies to offer a putter with a softer material inserted into the face of the club. This insert generally dampens the vibrations at impact and will get the ball rolling smoothly with a softer feel. A solid club face will make an audible click and give a firmer feel to the person making the stroke. Again no one is better than the other, it just comes down to personal preference.

Now that I have boiled down some of the significant differences in the putter that require personal preference to choose, I can move on to the differences that may be important to the performance of the putter to you. The length of the putter shaft will play a part in how well the putter works for you. Height of the player matters a little, but more importantly is the length of your arms, players with longer arms tend to need a shorter putter so that they can fully extend their arms when making the putt. A player like Phil Mickelson is quite tall but has long arms and likes to fully extend his arms when putting, he actually uses a 33 or 34 inch putter while Tiger Woods who is the same height but has shorter arms uses a 35 inch putter. Belly and long putters are generally used by players that need some help maintaining the pendulum like motion in the putting stroke or have some ailments that prevent them from bending as far at the waist.

There is a higher level of importance in the lie angle of the putter, by this I mean how the putter head lies along the green when you are holding it comfortably. It is most beneficial if the putter head is flat along the ground when you are lined up waiting to take the putter back. This will allow you to get a better roll on the ball and to avoid hitting the heel or toe of the putter on the surface of the green when making the stroke. In order to determine this, I would go to a store that has a putting green and does club fitting, Mitchell makes a measuring device that will determine the proper lie angle for the putter when you are holding it at a comfortable position.

Above all that I have written, remember that you need to have a putter that you feel confident in and will allow you to feel that if you hit the putt well, it will go in the hole. It should suit your eye and frame the ball well, so that you are focused entirely on the stroke and not distracted by glare or something that stands out on the putter head. Shop around and try them out, make a decision only after finding one that you like.
Remember "Drive for Show, Putt for Dough".