Ontic M-Pulse Putter
Ontic Golf is a company that's been generating some notice for its putters. The flagship putter for Ontic is the M-Pulse.
The Ontic M-Pulse putter is a mallet milled from aircraft-grade aluminum with 2.5 degrees of loft and a "platinum pearl" finish. A "mass weight alignment bar" is a down-the-line weighting system that puts more than half the head weight directly behind the ball, and also serves as an alignment aid.
Like all Ontic putters, the M-Pulse features what the company calls "Dynamic Sole Technology," a design in which the heel and toe of the putter set up flat to the putting surface. This is a design accompiment to Ontic's custom-fit lie angles, a combination the company says leads to a more precise setup for better accuracy and roll.
About those custom-fit lie angles: The M-Pulse putter features something Ontic calls the "Patented Positive Lie Angle Locking System." The system is design to allow for better custom fitting and can produce a lie angle on the putter ranging from the USGA limit of 80 degrees upright to 60 degrees flat.
When a golfer places an order, Ontic sends a fitting kit and instructions for measuring the golfer's preferred lie angle and length. That info is sent back to Ontic, when then constructs the putter to specifications.
No matter what lie angle the golfer winds up with, the M-Pulse is always face-balanced.
The Ontic M-Pulse Putter has a MSRP of $225 and is available in both right- and left-hand models. A custom adjusting tool and head cover are included.
Ontic also offers the Signature Tour Blade (MSRP: $165), which gives the golfer the option of a copper insert, a urethane insert or no insert; and the Classic Series putters are heel-shafted and center-shafted, solid-brass putters with an MSRP $139.
Magique EC2 Hybrid
Magique Golf's EC2 Hybrid will be hitting store shelves in June. The club is designed to provide great trajectory control and playability from tough or questionable lies and tight fairways alike.
The Magique EC2 Hybrid incorporates what the company calls the "Elliptical Cavity Sole," two ovals on the sole of the club whose position and design are aimed at helping the club glide smoothly in the fairway or better get through the rough. The club also has a lower leading edge design that the company says will help get the ball airborne more quickly and easily.
The EC2 hybrid will be available in 17-, 22- and 27-degree lofts. The 17 and 27 models are available in right-hand only. An Aldila high-performance graphite shaft is standard, but custom options abound. The base MSRP is $99 each.
SwingRite
The folks behind the SwingRite training aid have full faith that their product will help every golfer who uses it consistently add yards. So much faith, the company says it will refund your money if you don't add at least 10 yards to your drives through practice with the SwingRite.
The SwingRite focuses on helping the golfer achieve a proper release point at the bottom of the swing. The training aid resembles a real golf club, but inside it is a spring-release mechanism that produces a loud "click" when the clubhead is released. If you don't hear that click, or hear it at the wrong time in the swing (i.e., not at the bottom of the swing), then you know your release timing is off.
The SwingRite also includes a 1-9 dial that allows the golfer to begin at the easiest setting (9) and progress upwards as a means of judging progress and power. It takes a more powerful release to make the SwingRite click at 5 than it does at 8, for example.
A demo video and more information about the use of the SwingRite is available on the company Web site at www.swingrite.com. The SwingRite sells for $129 to $179 depending on model.
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