A $750 Putter Shot 125. Hubert Green's Cost $5 (with Kieran Harris) | Ep. 12

John is out this week, so Kieran Harris of Good Misses sits in the Ortega chair from his mother-in-law's basement in Toronto. Brian Manzella, Top 50 teacher, starts with the putter in Kieran's bag: a 20-year-old Ping Zing 2, the putter Curtis Strange won two US Opens with, and the putter Brian's dad Basil Manzella putted the best of his life with after banging the pin so many times he took the loft off.Then the big question: do regular people putt better than they did 20 years ago? Kieran caddied in the Toronto city championship and watched a grade 8 kid with $6,000 custom clubs and a $750 zero-torque putter shoot 125. Brian says the Nunez Tour putts better now, but the tour stat everybody recycles on the socials is lying: greens are slopier and faster and they're playing for more money.Also: can you teach the modern tour stroke to Mr. Faversham, the 65-year-old accountant? Never up, never in is out. The 25-handicap stroke, described. Tiger, Crenshaw, and the putter head behind the hands. Vic Harris and the conveyor belt stroke. Freddie Haas, who hit down on it and ended Byron Nelson's streak. Why plumber's necks bend if you lean on them. Name 20 famous putting instructors, and why they all look the same. The Norman Playground putt-putt experiment. Hubert Green's $5 barrel putter, Isao Aoki's 38-inch loaner, and Buddy Reno, who cut every putt and knew it.Chapters 0:00 Putting Is Fun 0:37 John is out. Meet Kieran Harris 2:20 Putting Is Fun is an attitude 3:45 The putter wall at Golf Town 4:44 Edwin Watts and the 3 wood that almost made an ace 6:38 Kieran's 20-year-old Ping Zing 2 7:40 Curtis Strange, and Basil Manzella banging the pin 9:12 What a $70 putter cost in 1983 10:57 Do people putt better than 20 years ago? 11:42 $6,000 clubs, a $750 putter, and a 125 13:12 The Nunez Tour putts better now 15:13 The tour stat recycled on the socials 15:52 TifEagle Bermuda: a different sport 17:34 The kid who shot 66 in the rain 19:44 Can you teach the modern tour stroke to regular people? 20:38 Mr. Faversham, the 65-year-old accountant 21:20 Never up, never in is out. Get it close 23:30 No trickle-down from tour strokes. Give me a putting lesson 24:17 The 25-handicap stroke, described 25:04 If Rory showed up with a 10-footer 25:41 Beating David Toms at 11 27:08 Grip, thumbs, elbows on the ribs 29:02 Tiger, Crenshaw, and the putter head behind the hands 29:37 One-handed putting for speed 30:40 Vic Harris and the conveyor belt stroke 31:24 A little lag in transition: the two-finger test 33:00 Hitting down on it: Kevin Abe and Freddie Haas 35:06 Take loft off and hit up on it 36:03 Plumber's necks bend: go look at the used rack 38:23 The chest pass 38:47 Don't lean on it, don't fix ball marks with it 40:20 Manganese bronze vs. 303: put a sock on it 41:35 Name 20 famous putting instructors 43:57 Same devices, same numbers, $600 an hour 47:27 Too much similarity in high-end putting instruction 48:05 The sock in the laundry bin 48:23 Norman Playground and the putt-putt experiment 52:40 Ben Franklin High goes to City Park 53:39 30 kids, 30 putting instructors, a contest at Oakmont 54:19 The Oakmont practice green prank 55:11 The best putters will look like none of the above 56:10 Jake Knapp: don't change it 58:26 Hubert Green and Isao Aoki: putters out of barrels 60:20 Putting needs more variety 60:37 Buddy Reno cut his putts. Bobby Jones would be fine 61:39 Trevino on Trackman: all zeros 61:53 Get well, JohnnyBrian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher and runs his Studio in the Sky in New Orleans. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters, runs the Ortega Golf Lab in Costa Mesa and is long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp. Kieran Harris runs Feel Good Golf Academy in Toronto and co-hosts Good Misses.Be your own coach.#PuttingIsFun #FunnelGolf #Putters #PingZing #GolfHistory putting is fun, funnel golf, brian manzella, kieran harris, john ortega, ping zing 2,