{"id":1610,"date":"2014-09-09T18:06:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2014-09-09T19:35:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T19:35:05","slug":"green-not-with-envy-but-concentration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/golf\/equipment\/1610\/green-not-with-envy-but-concentration","title":{"rendered":"Green Not With Envy, but Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My head moves when I putt.<\/p>\n<p>I know it does. I can feel it. On video, I can watch it. I talk to it and ask it not to move. S0metimes it listens, other times it doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t move all the time but when I do there is no consistent reasons why. I sometime move over long putts. I sometime move over short putts. I move over putts to win a match and putts for quadruple bogey.<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1611\" alt=\"mantis_mallet_2-500x500\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500-300x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not the only one who is afflicted by this malady. In fact, I&#8217;d like to meet the golfer that is free of it.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to aid head-movers the world over, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisgolfco.com\/\">Mantis Golf<\/a> has come out with two putters that are the color of grass, the object being that hues are in harmony with the putting surface and not some jarring object (I&#8217;m thinking of the two-ball putters) that grabs your attention and makes your head sway when you should be focused on that little orb near your toe line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watch the ball, not the putter,&#8221; is the catch phrase.<\/p>\n<p>The Mantis Original and the Mantis &#8220;B&#8221; Blade list for $159.99. The original comes in right-handed and left-handed models, but the blade is only for the right-handed at the\u00a0 the moment. Both come with the shafts running from 33 to 35 inches, or can be sent with an uncut shaft, grip included.<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_blade_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1612\" alt=\"mantis_blade_3\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_blade_3-300x300.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tour players have\/are using them. A quick Internet search found that Tag Ridings had one in his bag this year.<\/p>\n<p>Mantis sent me a B Blade model and I gave it a go. I&#8217;m not sure what turf variety the putter color is supposed to be mimicking, bent, Poa, Bermuda or maybe even &#8220;a cross, ah, of bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, Featherbed bent, and Northern California sinsemilla.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The concept is cool. It makes total sense. I like the feel and the balance of the putter. The ball comes off the face cleanly with no bounce.<\/p>\n<p>Does the concept work? It did for me, at least some of the time, and that&#8217;s a start. Will it work for you? Why not give it a try? You have a problem, you know, your head moves when you putt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My head moves when I putt. I know it does. I can feel it. On video, I can watch it&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/golf\/equipment\/1610\/green-not-with-envy-but-concentration\" title=\"ReadGreen Not With Envy, but Concentration\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":1611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[979966],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-equipment","tag-mantis-golf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/09\/mantis_mallet_2-500x500.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1619,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}