| Boomerang
Putting System: Review / July 2006
While
GolfTest USA was walking the aisles of the PGA show in Orlando
last January came across an interesting putting training
aid. Boomerang Golf offered to send a unit for us to review.
We had several of our test administrators use the Boomerang
Putting System and then offer their comments. We did not
conduct an actual test. The comments offered are the individual
opinions for the test administrators and should be viewed
as such.
The following information was provided by Boomerang Golf
and is being included here to explain the claims made about
the Boomerang Putting System by the manufacturer.
FEATURES
• Professional Putting Aid
• Kinetic Ball Returner
• Addictive Match play Game
• Includes Free 8ft Carnoustie Putting Mat (Stimpmeter
11.5, USGA: Fast)
• Includes Free Instructional VCD
• Ingenious 2-Ball System
• Fully Adjustable - length, break & distance
• Silent, gravity operated mechanism
• Compact & Portable
BENEFITS
• Better Feedback than any other putting aid
• More repetitions than any other ball returner
• More fun than any other putting game
• Groove a professional stroke in weeks
• Maintain a professional stroke in less than 15 minutes
a day
• Highly efficient - Never chase golf balls under
the furniture again
• Can be used on any flat surface
• Virtually silent
• No batteries or power required
The Boomerang's an addictive game. It also gives you better
quality feedback than any other putting aid and more reps
than any other ball returner.
It's so challenging
you can play for hours but at the same time you're playing
on a training device used by tour pros to fine tune their
muscle memory.
The Boomerang's
silent, kinetic design and ingenious 2-ball mechanism doesn't
need batteries which means you can use it anywhere and play
for as long as you like without needing to retrieve a ball.
You can beat the Boomerang by improving your Average or
beat another golfer by challenging them to a game of Match
play.
Once set every putt becomes an identical challenge of perfect
line and perfect pace. Get it right and the Boomerang alternates
a lag putt followed by a match play putt up to 500 times
an hour, get it wrong and the ball is back at your feet
to try again
The target works like a spirit level and a ball will only
come to rest at 6 o'clock when you're on a level surface.
When you know the putt is straight before you hit it you
also know that any putt that misses can only be the result
of the stroke itself. But if you miss you immediately know
why and the back is right back at your feet for another
try.
Learning how to hit a perfectly straight putt is the first
thing we show you on the Boomerang's VCD because it's only
once you can hit a totally straight putt that you can start
working on absolute distance control. Access Tour Tips on-line
and combine them with the BoomTech video and you'll have
a lethal putting stroke on any surface.
The Boomerang gives you tour quality practice and simulate
incredible pressure at home, the office, the club or anywhere
you might be - and the best part is it's so addictive I
promise you wont be able to walk past the Boomerang without
trying to get an in&out or two - however long that takes...
A Boomerang MK-1 Tour Pack contains a Boomerang, an instructional
VCD, an 8ft Carnoustie putting surface and a money back
guarantee. It's absolutely absorbing and we think it's the
perfect gift for any golfer. Play on your own or with friends
and start grooving a professional putting stroke today -
it's great fun and you won’t be disappointed with
the results.
GolfTest USA Review
To begin with the Boomerang Putting System was
easy to set up and within a couple of minutes we were making
putts and working on our stroke and tempo. The Boomerang
makes you work on your accuracy and distance. The speed
of a putt is very important and the Boomerang helps you
develop the touch you need to “just get the putt to
the hole”. The Boomerang can easily be adjusted to
effectively increase the length of putts by adjusting the
angle of the hole up or down. It is a low tech training
aid that doesn’t require batteries and it has no moving
parts so it works every time. It was fun and easy to use
so most of the reviewers used it for up to a half an hour
at a time. It was a challenge to see how many putts in a
row you could make and keep hitting putts on line and at
the right speed. It was very effective at improving golfer’s
tempo of putts because it was easy to hit putt after putt
on the same line and speed which helped to ingrain muscle
memory into the stroke. It can be used as a game at get-togethers
where even people who are not skilled at golf can have fun
playing with it. There are many games that can be played
and competitions can be conducted in many different ways.
There are many more aspects to the Boomerang that can be
reviewed by visiting the Boomerang website. There is a cool
video of a guy who makes many putts in a row. We want to
reiterate that we are only offering our opinion here as
we did not have a focus group of golfers use the Boomerang,
rate it and then compile results. However we would add that
we have reviewed many putting training aids and we can say
the Boomerang is one of the easiest to use and most effective
ones we have seen over the years. And it is very reasonably
priced.
The GolfTest USA Staff.
For
more information go to www.boomgolf.com.
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