When shopping for putters in the spring, I was looking at the DF3 but felt that I could not justify the price. I ended up purchasing a different putter (we will call this "putter A") but never quite performed on the course as well as it did in the store. Seems that I was hitting good shots but losing out on the green play, often 3 putting 5 or more greens inside of 20 ft. After a few disappointing rounds with "putter A", I ended up going back to my original putter but still saw many 3 putts each round.
Many rounds later, I got to thinking "what if I would have purchased the DF3 instead"? Since Fathers day was upcoming and the wife was asking me what I wanted, I finally gave in and paid the top dollar for the DF3 and stuck it in my bag for my round the next day.
So I'm on the putting green before my round, kinda nervous. Not sure how long it will take me to get used to the odd shape of the putter, the forward press, and the center shaft which puts the face farther ahead than normal. But the putter does feel real balanced and is weighted such so the face feels straight thru the putting stroke.
So the round starts, I have a curvy 20ft uphill put on the 1st and I almost drop it. However, I'm not 5 feet past like I have been with my old putter. So for the remaining 17 holes, I drop a few long putts and escaped without a single 3 putt green (and I had some long difficult putts that never crept more than 1 ft past the hole). This putter probably saved me 5 strokes in my first round. Just wait till I get used to it some more.
Should you buy this putter? Only if you want to knock a few strokes off your game. Think about it, if you spend $500 on a driver, why wouldn't you pull the trigger on a top of the line putter that you use on every hole (unlike a driver)?
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