By Barry Lotz
Good old Guerin Rife is back with a vengeance! This man knows how to make putters. To keep it short and sweet, I believe his new EVNroll ER5 Hatchback has to be one of the very best putters EVER manufactured.
The way the ball rolls, the feel and the aesthetics are top notch. When I went to visit EVNroll’s offices in Vista, CA, Guerin showed me how and why his EVNroll technology simply outperforms any other groove technology on the market (TR Groove Technology). We compared my gamer, the PING Ketsch against the two EVNroll putters in his office. To get more acquainted with Guerin’s technology visit https://evnroll.com/technology/.
Bottom line, using the two putters with Guerin’s groove technology was eye-opening, especially when you see it on his track board, but more importantly was the fact that even on mishits, the ball not only traveled the same distance but ended up in the same spot! This equals more putts made. My PING putter, however, produced shorter shots/rolls with various dispersion angles.
This past October while at the Shriner’s Tournament at TPC Summerlin, I acquired the EVNroll ER5 putter, put on the new Garsen Quad Tour grip, and under the watchful eye of both Retief Goosen and EVNroll’s Tour rep, proceeded to drain 9 out of 10 putts.
For 2018, Guerin has also introduced the ER1.1, redesigned ER3, ER2CS (Center Shaft), ER7CS (Center Shaft), and the ER9 (available February 1) versions, which can be found on his web site.
$359.00 www.evnroll.com
Barry Lotz, J.D., Ph.D. is the director of the Professional Golf Teachers Association of America. Visit www/facebook.com/PGTAA to see all the latest mental strategies and equipment reviews. He is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and serves both as a Consultant and Mediator to the golf industry. He is also the author of numerous books, including “333 Best Web Sites for Golfers” and his previous book, “How to Build Business Relationships through Golf”, updated for 2011, is still in the Top Ten Golf Business Book’s best seller list. His latest book, “The Right Mind for Golf”, is now in its 7th reprint is available on Amazon and at the Torrey Pines golf course.