The Guarneri Del Gesu differs markedly in appearance from the Amati and Stradivari for its simple, sleek design as well as its unique vibrational profile, owing, in part, to the harmonic “tuning” of the head to the Torpedo shaft. The combination of its ovaloid geometry, strategic weight distribution and face texturing, simply must be felt to be believed. Don’t let looks deceive however; the Guarneri Del Gesu is truly advanced in function.
Click the thumbnails below to see the enlarged view of the back, front, and transverse Guarneri Del Gesu designs.
Why so-called “Toe Flow” is a “no-go!”
Toe-weighted putters as depicted in Fig. 1 were historically weighted more heavily in the toe area (and sadly are still all too common) to ostensibly offset the angular momentum generated when putts were struck away from the shaft. This made “intuitive” sense insofar as traditional shaft insertion points were at the heel end of most putters. In recent years, center shafting has become popular as shown in fig. 3
, the logic being that if the ball was struck on a point nearer the shaft insertion point, putters could have equal weighting. This equal weight distribution of center-shafted putters results in what is termed “face balanced” (where the face is parallel to the horizon when the club is balanced on its center of mass. These overly simplistic approaches ignore the inherent complexity of the putting stroke (involving at least two planes) treating the stroke as a perfect planar pendulum motion. For a right-handed golfer, looking down from above, a natural putting stroke will follow a curved path 
(fig. 2 [depicting the ball and stroke path]).
Because all right-handed putting strokes tend to follow this counter clockwise path curve, all conventionally weighted putters, whether they be toe-weighted or face-balanced, tend to send putts left of the intended target line for right handed golfers when striking the ball along a natural, counter clockwise stroke path. Due to the tilt in putter shafts, there is really no such thing as “straight back straight through.” The only truly “straight back straight through” putting stroke is that of a croquet mallet while straddling the ball, a technique banned some time ago!
I have demonstrated experimentally using robots, that heel oriented putters, when striking a golf ball following the above curve paths, send the golf ball along the intended target line whereas the same robots using conventional putters consistently send putts left of the target line. This is because the curved vectors of the putting stroke are compensated for by the inventor’s putter design, effectively opening the putter face slightly at impact for both humans and robots, thus canceling the counter clockwise vector with a clockwise putter face deflection upon impact.
All conventional putters, when clamped into robots simulating human putting strokes, send the ball left of the intended target line. In short, we proved that even robots pull putts! This “pull effect” is an inevitable byproduct of the complex vectors in the human stroke combined with ill-conceived weighting. This is why golfers must go through complex and unreliable contortions to “hold” their putts (prevent them from pulling). After testing the heel-oriented concept embedded in the Guarneri design in conjunction with the Torpedo shaft, a top ranked professional (who shall remain nameless for contractual reasons) admitted that he could no longer pull putts left of the target, even if he tried!
In keeping with our dedication to precision and craftsmanship, we have selected Star grips for their unique precision and quality (the only grips still made in the USA), and have tuned our shafts to their specifications. For this reason, we are including Star grips with each purchase and recommend you give them a try before giving any thought to switching. If you do choose to change grips, they will, no doubt, somewhat alter the performance parameters of the putter; so if you do change, try to ensure that the new grips come as close as possible to the Star grip's specifications.
You have a choice between two types of Star grips for your putter:
The Guarneri Del Gesu Putter including the Star Pistol Grip  Price: $345.00 + Free Direct Hit Trainer Buy Now > |
The Guarneri Del Gesu Putter including the Star Oversized Round Grip  Price: $345.00 + Free Direct Hit Trainer Buy Now > |
The Direct Hit Putting Trainer will be included free, with your first purchase of a Torpedo Putter.
Due to strong demand, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery of Torpedo Golf products.
