Variable Loft

Have you ever recognized that you putt better on a particular speed of green? Most golfers have, and there’s a reason why. Edel Golf has unlocked this secret and developed a revolutionary putter that will help you putt better in all green conditions.

The most significant breakthrough in putter technology since the Ping Anser, new variable-loft (Vari-Loft) technology gives you the ability to alter your putter for the green conditions, instead of adapting your stroke. Race-car drivers change their car set-up and tires for different track conditions, so why don’t golfers change their putter for different green conditions? It’s a very simple process of changing the loft plate and/or the weight ports to optimize the putter for the green conditions. One putter – 42 easy variables.

INTRODUCTION
The variable-loft system designed by Edel Golf is a concept that has been in the works for many years. Variable loft is not a novelty concept – it’s about making you a better player.

It’s obvious that grass types, maintenance practices, temperature, humidity and a host of other factors dictate green speeds. Greens change significantly from morning to evening, season to season, and course to course. It makes more sense to have a putter that allows you to adapt to these changing conditions than it does to change your set-up position merely to induce better roll. Our Edel Master Putter Fitters fit to your aim, so we’re acutely aware that changing set-up positions alters aim significantly – any roll benefits are offset by the change in aim. These changes in aim require the subconscious and conscious mind to adapt to the new aim parameters and require parallel changes in path, face rotation, and touch. In other words, changing your ball position is not the way to adapt to changing green conditions.

CONSISTENCY
Great putting is a result of consistency, or the ability to reproduce a putting motion that has been structured to allow both the subconscious and conscious mind to develop sound, lasting habits.

Variable loft enables you to approach putting with a simple and fast procedure that evaluates green speeds and grass texture. The procedure of “getting set up” evaluates the conditions at hand, and then you can make a simple modification of the putter’s mechanical properties, adapting the tool instead of tinkering with your familiar feel and compensation system.

Variable-loft technology lets you maintain a sense of normalcy regardless of the green’s texture. For example, a player’s skill set is accustomed to a green that rolls 9.0 on the stimpmeter (generally a normal green speed), and it’s difficult to adjust to faster or slower greens. When you go to a green that rolls a 7 or a 12, that same putting motion does not match the new green conditions. The change requires adaptation, which sets the stage for fear, doubt and on-the-fly stroke alterations.

GETTING SET UP
Edel Golf has developed a procedure that enables you to evaluate the green speed in order to know how to modify the mechanics of your putter, not your stroke. This improves your ability to quickly understand the touch requirements for that day. Since the putter has been fitted to your aim, your total focus should be on speed control and touch. Since speed dictates aiming points, speed is the total objective when you’re setting up. Understanding the relationships of backstroke length, time, tempo, perceived pressure and the direct relationship that loft and weight play in this touch-based paradigm is the key. This may sound like a lot, but once you understood this, putting will become nothing but logic and self-trust.

Ultimately, weight is the variable that controls distance. Loft allows the pitch of the putter face to produce optimal roll so that hopping and skidding are reduced, allowing for consistent roll patterns. When you practice your motion, you develop an understanding of a sense of pressure or effort for a given distance. When the putter’s swing weight is altered, the same sense of pressure will change the velocity at which the putter moves. Weight changes the impact collision only fractionally, so the change in velocity determines the change in energy transmitted to the ball (in scientific terms, E=1/2mv2).

CONCLUSION
Understanding the principles above – and having a tool that can change to accommodate these simple concepts – increases your versatility. The habit of approaching the act of putting randomly and yet expecting consistent results is erroneous. In the beginning, the concept of altering the putter to match the situation of speed and roll may seem confusing or even mechanical. However, once you understand, your stroke will become more natural on any green condition you run into. Putting is physics; green reading and execution are art. Having the ability to revert to solid fundamentals and routines develops consistency, and your mind will be able to create patterns and ultimately build putting confidence. This description only scratches the surface, and with the aid of Edel Master Putter Fitters, the simplicity of good putting is self-evident. The variable-loft (Vari-Loft) technology works because it allow you to be less mechanical and more natural on whatever greens you come across.