PuttOUT Devil Balls Review
PuttOUT, the company behind some of our favorite putting mats and training aids has released its latest putting training aid to help golfers gain a clearer understanding of how their putter face interacts with the ball at impact. The PuttOUT Devil Balls come in at $29.99 (£24.99) with two balls, an alignment marker, and a bag included in the package. After seeing them launched at the end of 2022, I was excited to get my hands on them to see how they could help improve my putting.
Face angle is one of the most vital aspects of the putting stroke to get right, especially on short putts. Research in relation to face angle tolerances conducted by Odyssey last year showed that if a golfer has a face angle of just two degrees open or closed from a three-foot putt, they will bring the lip of the hole into play. Such small margins mean having close and consistent control of your clubface is vital and this is where the Devil Balls come into their own. The ball is designed with a flat-edged impact zone to exaggerate the face angle delivered at impact and help teach golfers the right feel to get the putter face as square as possible at impact. It has half of the tolerance of a normal golf ball, so those three-foot putts are doubly difficult.
Out of the box, you get two Devil Balls (both exactly the same) as well as a nifty ball alignment marker. On my first use of the ball on a putting mat at home, I found it scuttled off well to the right of the hole from a three-foot putt. As a left-hander, this gave me instant feedback that my putter face was significantly closed on impact. Prior to this, I couldn’t have confidently told you what my putter face was doing at impact – the Devil Balls gave me that instant feedback on what to work on. A few putts later after trying to open the face slightly more, I was getting the ball to roll straight much more regularly. Quite simply, you have to have good control of the putter face and its angle to get the Devil Balls rolling, and it’s a real test of your short game. On the course, I was able to then translate that feeling I had in practice to my putts and I found my misses to the right much less regular.
It’s worth noting that the alignment marker that comes in the pack also works as a brilliant training aid to encourage you to hit up on the ball. You may…
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