In golf, the word Hybrid has become synonymous with a class of game improvement clubs that is a cross between an iron and a metal wood. Hybrids combine the best or most playable aspects of each. Hybrid, by definition is: “anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds”. Rife putters, is now introducing the worlds first hybrid putter, the TwoBar Hybrid Mallet. This putter is a combination of elements taken from the 2007 Golf Magazine “Mallet of the Year” Island Series Barbados, and the even-more-successful original TwoBar putter. The most distinct features and performance benefits from both models have been blended into one new spectacular design that is a game improving “hybrid” product in every sense of the word.
The new TwoBar Hybrid features Rife’s patented RollGroove Technology TwoBar Alignment, Twin In-Line Moment of Inertia (MOI), Dual Response (DR) insert technology, the LieAline Fitting System, and adjustable Speed Weighting.
Assembled TwoBar HYBRID putter includes:
- Custom Dual Textured Winn AVS grip
- Extruded (no seam) stepless steel shaft
- Two sets of rear weight screws 12.5 grams & 20 grams
- Allen wrench adjustment tool
- LieAlign bending tool
- "Putting to Win" DVD (upon request)
- Custom head cover with zipper pocket for weights.
Construction:
Body – 431 stainless steel
"Dual Response" Face Insert – 6061 CNC milled anodized aluminum fused to high durometer polymer
Rear Weights – milled 303 stainless steel
Specifications:
Head Weight – 345 grams w/light wts. & 360 grams w/heavy wts.
Lie Angle – 70 degrees
Loft of Head – 2 degrees
Effective Loft – 1 ½ degree loft to shaft angle
Lengths – 35” and 34” RH and 35” LH
Shafting - 90% face balanced (slightly toe down)
Offset - 1/2 shaft
True forward roll and more forgiving than conventional putters. *FREE Speed Weigh Kit! includes a set of heavier 22.5 gram weights and a set of lighter 12.5 gram weights
True Forward Roll:
The precisely milled grooves of the Guerine Rife putter slightly press into the cover of the ball gripping and lifting it out of its own depression. As a result, the Two Bar putter only needs 1 degree of loft to simulate the same launch angle as traditional lofted putters (standard is 4 degrees) without the negative effects (backspin). The end result is a ball that launches into the air with a slight forward rotation instead of backspin. This eliminates the skipping and skidding created by traditional putters, creating a more consistent and accurate roll, every time.
Soft Feel: The grooves are 40/1000” wide and 20/1000” apart, which decreases the overall surface area of the putter by 2/3. With 2/3 less contact surface area of a conventional putter the ball feels softer coming off the face – and this is a “real feel” not the “fake feel” created by face insert putters.
More Forgiving: When a ball is hit off-center, it will assume a slight-sidespin and takeoff on an undesired line to the hole. The immediate, no-skid roll produced by RollGrooves overrides sidespin from a miss hit and keeps the ball rolling along the target line.
Distance Control:
Amateurs miss the majority of their putts below the hole because they don't understand or can't correctly read the direction of the greens grain. RollGroove Technology dramatically reduces
the effects of grain by getting the ball rolling on top of the grass quicker with true forward roll, which decreases the friction with the grass. This means your ball will roll out truer and more consistently and your putts will catch the bottom lip of the cup instead of missing below the hole.
Conventional putter having 3 to 5 degrees of loft, hit the ball off the ground with a slight back roll. As the ball lands it skids across the putting surface before changing its back roll to forward roll. During this "skid zone" the grass grain interacts with the ball's dimpled surface and alters its direction and speed.
Guerin Rife putters have RollGroove Technology™. At impact the narrow space between the grooves grips and carries the ball forward slightly off the putting surface. Because there is only 1 degree of loft, the ball starts its forward rotation while in the air allowing it to continue rolling with out skidding. Eliminating skid reduces the effects of grass grain for a more consistent roll.
*FREE Speed Weight Kit!
includes a set of heavier 22.5 gram weights and a set of lighter 12.5 gram weights
Available in Mallet
Length: 34" and 35"
Right Hand Only
Your shop consultant is Richard Gorbaty
