"The fact is that most amateurs suffer with three-putt problems because they don’t get the first putt close enough to the hole. This isn’t the case with the putters from Tim. Often on first attempts one gets miserably long putts close enough to the hole for an easy tap in"...
From the “GOLF JOURNAL” (Germany)
September 2008
Column: Maiwalds Mandate
His game could be better. So, which tools really help? A confused golfer goes on a search for the valid answers.
The Sky full of Violins
It’s just how an inventor should look: full wild hair, that lies disheveled on his giant cranium, a glimmering look out of his big eyes and an enthusiasm in the blood like when someone grabs your shoulders and shakes you, even when one only speaks on the phone with him. Timothy Winey is an American with a background in violin-making. He has developed a putter that he says will revolutionize the world of Golf. I know what you are now thinking, and you have good reason. Every day, three or four people call our Editorial Staff also claiming to have developed the best putter in the world.
But Timothy Winey (one can call him Tim) has a couple good arguments for his new line of putters, “Torpedo Golf”. Padraig Harrington used a prototype when he won the 2007 Irish Open and only needed 24 putts in the first round.* One can assume that Harrington is in any case one of the world’s best Putters – so why did he bother to experiment with the thing? Also Adam Scott requested a sample to test, and the U.S. magazine “Golf Magazine” chose Winey as Inventor of the Year.
What then is so special about his putters? Even though the sharp-edged heads definitely give it an East European charm, there are also real optics employed. Tim says he constructed the putter – especially the shaft with its brass “Torpedo”– so that one can very clearly distinguish between a twelve, and twelve and a half meter putt. His two latest models are called “Stradivari” and “Amati”, named after the famous violin-makers. In addition, the unusual head shapes are made using the newest results from psychological, neurological and other scientific studies, are the ideal aid in aiming.
The fact is that most amateurs suffer with three-putt problems because they don’t get the first putt close enough to the hole. This isn’t the case with the putters from Tim. Often on first attempts one gets miserably long putts close enough to the hole for an easy tap in.
*The 24 putts actually refer to the first round of the 2007 Wauchovia where Harrington debuted the shaft.
