ML-06 · Putter
Putter loft is a launch, not a fashion
A “3°” stamp on a blade can deliver 4.5° after a few years of toe-hang abuse, or 2° after a belt sander of a practice green. The ball either hops, skids, or rolls. We clamp the head and read the face. Then we decide if metal should move.
Putter hosels are not iron hosels. Some necks take a gentle loft bite. Some are pipe dreams. Quinn will say which is which before the vise closes. Lie on a putter is the other column: a toe that sits high on Hamilton Street tile will sit high on a Bethlehem green too.
We are not building a stroke. If you need a lesson, read lesson or bench. If the face loft is wrong for the stroke you already repeat, the jaws can help. If the stroke changes every Thursday, a bend is a waste of mill paper.
Mill ticket lines
- Stamped loft, if the head even has one
- Delivered face loft on the gauge
- Lie as it sits in the jaws
- A short roll on the mill carpet — hop, skid, or go
A Single Jaw Bend covers a putter. A Stamp Audit covers the reading if you only want the number. Do not book a Saturday short hour for a putter plus wedges; the clock will not forgive it.