| 2009 Guerin Rife Island Series Abaco Mid-Mallet Putters
One of Guerin Rife’s first designs in the late 90’s was the 400 MidMallet that was a no hosel “Anser” style small mallet. The Abaco is inspired by that design. This is a players mallet and similar designs are seeing play on the PGA Tour (Sabbatini, Furyk, Kelly, Michelson). In fact, Rori Sabbatini has already put the Abaco in his bag as of the British Open at Royal Birkdale. In many ways, the Abaco is the mallet version of the Bimini Blade. On Tour we do extensive grinding to on both the heel and toe and the putter was designed with ability to meet the varying preferences of the tour players for this particular design.
Assembly
Construction
Specifications
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Head weight – 345 grams
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Lie Angle – 70 degrees
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Loft of head – 2 degrees
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Shaft kickback – .5 degree (shaft leans back away from the face toward the right eye)
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Effective loft – 1 ˝ degree (head loft minus kickback)
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Groove to land ratio – 1 to 3 (groove width 45/1000” to land 15/1000”)
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Lengths – Available in 33”, 34” and 35” RH and uncut RH
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