Putter project, the "Cunningham"

[JoeSixPack74]

I have not posted in a while as I have been distracted. My friends got me into a golf association called the MGA. That is the Mediocre Golf Association. It is for mid to high handy cap golfers. Anyways I have spent the past several months playing about 20 rounds of golf. Even broke 100 with a 97 on a hard course. Well anyways I have qualified for the world championship in Las Vegas. Trust me that is not as impressive as it sounds. So anyways I have taken to study golf technology. There is a lot to it. Drivers, hybrids and irons are a bit out of the reach of a home machinist. However the putter is not. This is one of the most unregulated clubs in the USGA. In fact there really is no rules on how a putter is to be constructed. So here I go with my putter. It is modeled after the highly successful PING Anser 2 putter. Back in the 1950's this design was scratched out on a record jacket. It is one of the most duplicated putters in golf history. Custom milled putters of this style can range from $200-800+ dollars. I am just doing this for fun.

So I am starting with a block of 1018 CRS 1" x 1.25" x 4.65". This will be milled down to 0.875" x 1.125" x 4.5". Thus this is where I start. A cad drawing and a block of steel and two new 1/2 4 flute cutters.



And here it is during the milling to bring it down to 0.875.



As to why I am calling this the "Cunningham". My first tournament I played the chapter leader thought my last name was "Cunningham" which it is not. I have a German last name. Well anyways it stuck so that is my nickname. I have been called WAY worse in my lifetime. These are a great group of guys so it is fine. :0

 

[JoeSixPack74]

Here is a video of a facing cut of the bottom of the putter on my X2 mill. 900 RPM and hand crank. Will be retrofitting with power feed after this project.

[video=youtube;NWjM2E2au4Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWjM2E2au4Y[/video]

 

[Hardly]

Good luck at the MGA world championship. If you have a chance please post some pic's of your finished putter and may the spirit of Karsten Solheim be there to guide you if you need some help.