“Most Expensive Putter In Golf For 2009”

Looks Like A Ping, Putts Like A Plop

$8 Million Out Of A Potting Shed…Now That’s A First

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a story of a business man starting a multi-million dollar company out of a garage…I would have like $12 or $13 bucks. That story is old…but this is new…this guy did it out of a potting shed?

Jake Schimdt…ever heard of him? Maybe not…but maybe you remember Plop Putters from back in the 90’s. The last time Jake Schmidt introduced a unique putter, he had the likes of Eli Callaway and Zevo Golf knocking on his door for the rights to it. He eventually went on to sell Plop Golf, which he turned into an 8 million dollar company, back in 1996 to Zevo Golf. Still doesn’t jar your memory? Well… I am sure Jake will be glad to in 2009…because he and his new Plop putters are making a come back. And I must admit the new putter looks interesting to the guys at MGS.

Sounds Simple…But Still A First

Basically his concept sounded simple…but as far as we know no one else was doing it. It was about having a “Completely Balanced Putter”. Yeah we know…lots of putters are balanced. But Plop putters are unique in the fact that they are balanced from front-to-back and side-to-side…pretty interesting. But back in the 90’s the only way Schmidt could achieve this, was to make the putter center shafted. Which at the time was all the craze…but now golfers realize that a center shafted flatstick is not suited for all golfers. (article on: how putter neck designs effect your putting)

Well, the new Plop putter incorporates the same technology as it did in the 90’s, but in a much cooler way. You see the putter actually looks like a heel shafted putter…but looks can and are deceiving in this case. That is because the putter is actually center shafted. You have to follow the path of the hosel into the back of the cavity in order to see the inner workings of how this is achieved. Now we actually have a putter designer on staff, which has actually done some designs for a major OEM putter company) and he would love to challenge Plop on this one…that’s because the laws of physics just does not seem to be meshing with what he is seeing. But that challenge will have to wait until the 2009 PGA Show, because that is the first time we will get a chance to actually putt with it. And I am sure Jake will be up to the challenge.

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It will retail as the highest price putter on the market for 2009…at $500. That could be a tough purchase for many wives to swallow in ’09…but nevertheless we wish Jake and Plop the best of luck. Because we truly commend the fact that he didn’t do what almost every other putter company does when they are trying to establish themself…and that’s design the 507th version of the Ping Anser. So…Kudos to you Plop!

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