Having the right putter in the bag is so important when it comes to shaving every last stroke from your scores across a season, and with there being so many customisable options available, it can be challenging to know exactly where to start and what to look for. Earlier this year, Hannah travelled to Callaway Golf’s Headquarters in Carlsbad, California, to see if a putter fitting with Jon Rahm’s putter fitter could help her find something that works.
Getting invited to Callaway’s world headquarters in Carlsbad, California, is a big deal. Getting the chance to get an Odyssey putter fitting from a tour fitter that Jon Rahm and Phil Mickleson have used is something that most golfers can only dream of, and Hannah got to do both on our recent trip to the United States.
Arriving at the Ely Callaway Performance Centre is a crazy experience. Just a short journey from the head office, you have to have an appointment just to be let through the gate; if you are not expected, you are not getting in. As you open the door to the facility, Callaway have replica sets of all of the big tour players lined up for you to ogle over. You can’t help but pick up Jon Rahm’s clubs just to get a feel of if you hit them or not.
The Ely facility is a state-of-the-art centre built for research and fitting golfers of all skill levels, from PGA Tour players like Xander Shauffele to Hannah Holden to just your average mid-handicapper. They have every single shaft, head and club you can imagine available, from all the 2023 Callaway equipment to the Callaway Chrome Soft golf balls to the full range of Odyssey golf putters. It is basically impossible to leave the facility without improving.
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We spent an hour with Odyssey’s head tour fitter, who has worked with pretty much any of the top golfers that have ever won with an Odyssey putter, who took Hannah through the whole experience, starting with questions on what her current putting performance is like, what her good and bad putts look like and what is her current preference. This is an important part of the process as it allows the fitter to mentally eliminate a lot of options from the huge putter lineup.