Odyssey has been producing some of the best putters on the market for some time now but it’s the success Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley have experienced using the Jailbird model that makes it stand out from its comprehensive range. If you like this head design but are looking for even more face stability then you’re in luck thanks to the launch of the Odyssey Square 2 Square range – a stroke balanced collection of putters designed to minimize face rotation.
The Odyssey Square 2 Square Jailbird Putter with stroke balanced design thanks to it’s modern center shaft design
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Putters that don’t want to rotate away from square, lie the lie angle balanced L.A.B. Golf DF3 and the zero torque technology found on the PXG Allan putter more recently certainly seem to be the start of something bigger in putter design. They are intended to help golfers start the ball on their intended line more often and it now looks like Odyssey has joined the party with its unique approach to the principle.
The center-shafted positioning of the Odyssey Square 2 Square Jailbird Putter provides minimum face rotation
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Credit where it’s due, Odyssey has done a great job with the Square 2 Square Jailbird design. It hasn’t strayed too far from the original head design but managed to build it in a way that incorporates a ‘stroke balanced’ design. I really like the Versa-style colouring on these putters and found the blocks of highly contrasting colors in black and white extremely helpful when setting my putter face square to target at address.
The alignment features and visual technology make this putter easy to set up at address
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The modern centre shafted design on this putter certainly takes some getting used to at first given the on set at address and built in 3.3° of shaft lean, which encourages a forward press. By placing the shaft in the centre of the head directly through the balance point and CG, the putter then sits with the toe up and in a reverse torque position. This reverse torque position is the complete opposite of what you would find in a traditional bladed putter which typically possesses a large amount of toe hang, and therefore makes the face want to stay square relative to the path of the stroke.
Sam De’Ath on the golf course testing the Odyssey Square 2 Square Jailbird Putter
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I was really impressed with this putter upon initial testing. Not only does it feature this…
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