Equipment

Will golfers find their happy place with the Happy Putter?

Published

11 years ago

Jun 12, 2015

The more putts golfers miss, the more frustrated they generally become. And the more frustrated they become, the more putts they miss. Vikash Sanyal, CEO of Brainstorm Golf and creator of the gadget-laden, multi-colored “Happy Putter,” wants to bring a more positive vibe to the putting green.

[quote_box_center]”We want to change people’s mindset on the greens,” Sanyal says. “People always play better when they’re happy, right? There’s a positive message behind the name.”[/quote_box_center]

Of course, Sanyal recognizes that any putter that looks the way his does is just as likely to be mocked as it is praised. But the golf equipment industry veteran not only anticipated the polarizing response. He wanted it.

As part of the original marketing team at Odyssey, Sanyal developed an understanding of the industry that helped him to start the once enormously popular putter company Never Compromise. He learned early that words such as “normal” and “average” are no way to make a name in the industry.

And there’s more to the Happy Putter than its light-hearted appearance first indicates. It has a serious amount of adjustability, allowing golfers to quickly and easily tweak the putter’s loft, lie angle, offset and head weight — specifications that are regularly adjusted by professional golfers, but often left untouched by average golfers.

Adjustable weights in the club head allow golfers to adjust head weight and swing weight.

If a PGA Tour player needs to adjust the loft or lie of his putter because of the green speeds or problems with his stroke, he goes to the on-site equipment vans and has someone adjust it. While it’s possible for the average Joe to make the same changes, the process is often time consuming and can be expensive. With a Happy Putter, however, golfers can make those changes on the spot, with 484 possible configurations. The putter can even be swapped from right-handed to left-handed.

Offset is adjustable, as well as loft, lie angle and dexterity.

Happy Putters come in both blade and mallet-style heads, each of which features a CNC milled aluminum face and body, with adjustable components that are CNC milled from stainless steel, aluminum and tungsten.

The Options

Offset: Zero, Half-shaft, Full-shaft
Loft: Low (1 degree), Standard (3.5 degrees), High (6 degrees)
Lie Angle: Flat (68 degrees), Standard (71 degrees), Upright (74 degrees)
Weights: Heel and toe weight come in light (3 grams), standard (9 grams), and heavy (15 grams). The blade model has a stock head weight of 360 grams, while the mallet model has a stock head weight of 390 grams.
Dexterity: Putters can change from right- to left-handed.
Lengths: Stock lengths of 34 and 35 inches with custom lengths available (31-33 inches, 36-38 inches)

The Happy Putter sells for $279.99 in stock lengths, and $299.99 in custom lengths. Each putter comes with a wrench, a head cover and all of the adjustable components.

See Happy Putter’s website for more info.

Here’s how it works

To aid in the custom-fitting process, the “Happy Putter – The Adjustable Putter” app, is available for iPhone and Android devices. It gives golfers feedback on suggested loft, lie and offset based on their stroke and common misses. Download it for iOS here.

Select retailers will also carry a Bluetooth-enabled Smart Putter in conjunction with a Stroke Analysis app that provides suggested settings.

Here’s how the Stroke Analysis app works.

More Photos of the Happy Putter

Join the discussion about the Happy Putter in the forums.

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Andrew Tursky

He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

11 Comments

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Carlos Danger

Jun 15, 2015 at 12:09 pm

I love the idea of this putter but not so sure I like the putter itself. Pretty ugly…but I also thought white driver heads were ugly and that sure didnt work out for Taylor Made.

I have just had putters in my hand that felt great if only they were a little less upright, heavier, etc…kind of a cool idea to be able to adjust putters in the same manner we can now adjust our drivers.

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Golf Pro

Jun 14, 2015 at 10:08 pm

The Toys R Us color scheme is a deal killer.

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Bobby

Jun 13, 2015 at 6:49 pm

I am surprised that adjustable length is not a feature of this putter, given that almost everything else is adjustable.

How about different material face plates, it would be nice to have a copper milled plate on this.

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- Carlos Danger
  
  Jun 15, 2015 at 12:06 pm
  
  Ya! And it should also play music and squirt out beer. Why doesnt this putter have literally anything I can think of!!!!!
  
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J

Jun 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm

The problem with this is simple….

Yet another NEW PRODUCT trying to charge top of the market price.

I hope they fail due to sheer greed alone.

Make a name, gain acceptance, prove your product, then, AND ONLY THEN, should you charge 300.00 for your product.

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- Carlos Danger
  
  Jun 15, 2015 at 12:16 pm
  
  well…yes and no.
  
  look at some of these boutique iron and wedge companies (Edel, Scratch, etc…) that charge an arm and a leg for their clubs. People perceive them to be of high quality because they are expensive. Forget for a moment that they are actually high quality, and just understand that most golfers are more confident in knowing that they are holding a $400 driver than they are holding a $75 driver they found at Wal Mart.
  
  take a look at some of the companies that popped up and made really good stuff for a lower price (Nickent comes to mind) . They were one of the only companies I know of that was able to get people (not many but a good amount) to not be as wrapped up in the cost of clubs and just worry about how they felt, looked, and performed. Now, Nickent is virtually obsolete…you can maybe find a small rack of whatever new hybrids they make at a Golf Galaxy…
  
  Basically, the aura of an expensive club…particularly a putter can attract a niche market. Scotty Cameron is doing just fine charging a monthly house payment for a hunk of metal. So i think if this company wants any street cred…the high sticker price is actually a good move
  
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Andy

Jun 13, 2015 at 9:08 am

Is this Happy putter USGA approved?

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- Kryssa Cooper
  
  Jun 22, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  Yes! The Happy Putter is 100% USGA approved!
  
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JuNiOR

Jun 13, 2015 at 12:58 am

How much time before Scotty Cameron makes one and calls it an original idea.

ETA 10 months or Orlando Golf Show.

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Ken

Jun 12, 2015 at 8:01 pm

That’s got a whole lot more options than my car!

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Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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Joel Thelen

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Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

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Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

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Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

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Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

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Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
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Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
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Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”