Ping Craz-e Putter Golf Club

I was always curious in trying a belly putter. The theory behind it seemed logical. While practicing with this putter I noticed that I was closing the face down at impact. I'm sure that is something I had been doing with ALL my putters. But because of the design, I seemed to notice it more. So I have been practicing with the "straight back/straight through" style. Which is what I THOUGHT I had been doing all these times.
I have only been able to use it a couple of times (Winter has set in)and it worked well for me. I have a pretty good putting average to begin with (1.8) but with my old putter (Ping Redwood 32"), I wasn't sinking many long putts. With this new belly putter, I have already sunk a couple of 20-25 footers plus one 60 footer.
It's too early to tell if I will putt better with this overall,but so far I like it.
Many people say that they have a hard time with long lag putts (feel) but as I mentioned, I have sunk a few long ones and have gotten many real close. I also like the solid feel it gives because it gets anchored to your body. Obviously that's the main reason for using this putter. On short putts, I feel more stable than with conventional putters.

With this putter, it's very easy to tell if your setting up square to your target. Probably because of the massive head and sight line it has. I have been practicing with aiming my feet, centering the ball, getting the club face parallel with my feet and then hit. This has been resulting in more accurate shots. People might say that your supposed to do that with every putter but with this Ping it just seems easier to line it all up.

I'll have to wait for the season to see if it keeps my average or improves it even more but so far I really like this putter.

It looks like an old west branding iron or a door knob off the space shuttle...in other words, there's a lot of material at the end of the shaft. Having written that, if getting the ball in the hole in THE major issue to you, then this is a putter to consider. Balance and feel are excellent--this putter promotes a smooth, swinging motion and does not lend itself to stabbing at the ball. The "blue effect" is overdone (I covered the blue with black and white paint) but the sight alignment is outstanding...impossible to misalign the face. Feedback from off center hits is good--the face insert may be a bit too soft for some players but lagging didn't seem to be any more of a problem than with other putters. This Ping makes putts in the 3-4 foot range much less challenging--you won't make them all, but you'll feel more confident as you line them up...definately a 4.8 out of 5.

what i like about the craz-e putter is the great feel. this particular putter had a slight defect as the previous owner tried to bend the shaft causing a slight seperation of the seam, however the putter stilled performed as good as a previous craz-e putter i owned. should i keep this putter i can use it, knowing theres a slight shaft defect won't affect me, should i decide to sell i will reshaft the putter. the craz-e putter is a face balanced putter with an accurately marked sweet spot, i say accurately marked because some putters will have a line on top or some other method of designating the sweetspot and that won't be the sweetspot. how to tell is to hold the putter between your pointing finger and thumb of the the left hand(opposite for left handed players) about 6 " above the face with the face being at about eye level, take a quarter in your right thumb and finger and using the side of the coin tap the putter face where the line on top the putter is or any other indicater and upon tapping the face the putter should swing back and foward, if the putter swings back opening the toe your putter has more weight towards the heel, if upon tapping it, the heel opens up, there is more weight towards the toe. either way your sweet spot is not where indicated. this use to be more of a problem with older putters, and if i liked the feel and looks of the putter i would simply use white or black nail polish to mark the spot the quarter had struck swinging the putter straight back and forth indicating the sweet spot. this is a trick the ole timers use to use and though not 100% accurate, was accurate enough to mark the spot. now back to the Cras-e review, i recommend it for feel putters, which i cant explain, only feel is my preference on the putter i use. for the mechanical putters, using a tighter grip with a shoulder turn keeping the putter on their line the craz-e is a good recomendation because of the balanced face and a correctly marked sweet spot. i believed the craz-e putter to be above average but because their are putters out there i haven't tried i couldn't rate it excellant. i have had a scotty Cameron Futura mallet putter and the craz-e putter felt and performed just as good. it also performed as well as the "Emma" Yes putter which is another above average mallet putter and prefereed by some because the "Emma" is a slightly smaller mallet putter. i hope this review has helped anyone considering a Craz-e putter, thanks, hack1158

This replaces an Odyssey White Hot 2 Ball and a Ping Anser 2 putter. It was my opinion that neither of these putters were replaceable, however the Craz-e proved me wrong. My putting average for 18 holes (just in the short time that I have owned the putter has gone from approx. 30 putts/round to approx. 25 putts/round). Long story short, this putter is geared for the average player looking to shave some strokes off of the short game. Watch out for the reaction off of the face of the club as it seems to be extremely "hot" and can many times fly past the target if not careful. Otherwise, extremely accurate and once you dial in on the power of your putting stroke, you will be putting like the pro's...or at least the really good amateurs. BUY IT YOU WILL LOVE IT!

Ping quality is always top notch. I have both this putter and the Ping Ug-le. The Ug-le is center shafted for more of a pure pendulum while this putter is heal shafted for a slight arc approach. I prefer the Ug-le only because it suits my swing better when putting at this time (I do go back and forth between the two approaches). Be sure you know what type of putter suits you best before buying - either way; I have no problem recommending that you buy a Ping (I also have G5 irons)! My third putter is the Nickent Pipe (heel shafted) which I actually prefer over this Craz-e for ease of lining up your puts. It is a sleeper that can be had at a cheaper price. I tried the 2 and 3 ball Odyssey and never could get alignment right with either of them.