The Bottom Line
Louisville Golf's True Center putter features a persimmon insert and rewards time well spent on the practice green learning its distance characteristics.
Pros
- Great looking putter conjures tradition.
- Weighting of putter feels great in hands, stroke.
- Soft feeling at contact through persimmon.
Cons
- Distance off at first because of that softness.
Description
- Heel-toe weighted design in a very traditional appearance.
- A white siteline appears on the top of the flange.
- The model tested, the TC-1, features a full shaft offset.
- Loft of 3 degrees and lie of 72 degrees.
- Weighs in at 325 grams.
- Comes in right- or lefthanded.
- Length is 35 inches for men, 34 inches for women.
- Persimmon insert in stainless steel head moves more weight to heel and toe.
- Other models include blade, center-shafted and semi-mallet.
- MSRP as of this writing is $115 (subject to change without notice).
Guide Review - Louisville Golf True Center Persimmon Insert Putter
"Softness" isn't the right word - but "vibration-dampening" just didn't fit! The persimmon insert is not a gimmick - Louisville Golf makes quality products the old-fashioned way (using persimmon, natch), and the True Center putter line is in that tradition. It's a great looking and feeling putter, very traditional in appearance. A bit hefty, but it is weighty in a good way - the golfer can really feel the club throughout the stroke. The persimmon threw off our distance control at first - we were leaving everything short. The dampening of vibrations is very pronounced, letting the feedback through clearly. But, OK, maybe it did play a little "soft." Be aggressive with this putter, we finally learned, and it rewards you.
