I played around with the Abaco for a good thirty minutes trying putts of various lengths from all over the green and the results were spectacular. The 303 Stainless Steel head is 345 grams which is similar in weight to my Scotty. The Guerin Rife Abaco Island Series is a player's heel shafted mallet design with very clean lines at address. With that in mind, I ambled over to the Rife area and one putter immediately caught my attention. But, I could never find a style that I liked. I've demoed a couple of Rife's over the years and have always been impressed with the roll that their milled groove face technology puts on the ball and John echoed that sentiment during our chat.

Nothing has come close to knocking it out of the bag. I've been a Scotty Cameron loyalist and have been gaming a Studio Style Newport for four seasons now. As I was browsing the putter rack, I recalled some tweets I exchanged with John Raser regarding Rife putters. In the other, you have young stars like Keegan Bradley and Matt Kuchar who just keep winning with it.Īnd the more they win, the more entrenched it becomes in the professional game, and the less likely it will be declared illegal.I was in a local big box retailer last week hanging out in the putter section as I sometimes do. In one corner, you have Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Ernie Els and many others arguing that it has no place in golf. With each mounting victory, the belly putter makes its case against the mounting chorus of those who want to ban it from the professional circuits. The brand was acquired by Innovex Golf, but it has been pretty quiet ever since. Rife Putters fell on hard times last year. It remains one of the sleekest mallet designs out there. The Rife Barbados is a blast from the past that dates back to the earliest days of, more than five years ago.

Matt Kuchar’s putter the Rife Barbados belly putter. Matt Kuchar maintained a steady hand right to the end, winning the Player’s Championship (and a cool $1.7 million) and notching yet another victory for the belly putter.

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