 Yes! Man in airport ambush
The brilliant new hybrid putter launched this year by Yes! Golf the Donna has Tour players everywhere going nuts to get hold of her.
Yes! European Tour Rep Phil Kenyon got his first interested customer at Seville Airport, as he waited at the luggage carousel on his way to the Spanish Open!
Richard Bland collared Kenyon after having seen Colm Moriarty using the Donna at a Challenge Tour event previously, and was desperate to get his hands on one. The Yes! Man had 5 Donnas with him and they had all been snapped within the first hour on the morning of the first practice day.
Steve O’Hara will also have The Donna in play this week, while others went to Rob Coles, Tommy Fleetwood, Per Ulrik Johansen and James Kamte – who was undecided as to whether he would play it or keep hold of his trusted Callie, which he used to such devastating effect during his 2nd round lead at the SAA Open in Cape Town last December.
So what is it about The Donna that has golfers so excited and Yes! distributors from Houston to Hong Kong sold out and stacking up orders for more?
“It’s largely about feel,” says Peter Allison. “The Donna feels like nothing else you’re likely to pick up, and that’s down to the mix of metals. Some metals lend themselves to moulding and other stages of the fabrication process. And the 304 stainless steel is an example of this, given that it also is a predictable and stable provider of weighting.
“Other metals are much better given towards feedback and conducting feel back to the hands. The aluminium we use is a superb example of this type of material.
This hybrid putter is composed of two different materials. The face is made of aviation grade aluminum and the body is made of 304 stainless steel. The combination of a light face and heavy back generates a high MOI. The design of the putter is a combination of a mallet and cavity-back blade design. The heel-toe balance makes it a very forgiving putter. The full offset shaft features a double bend and the cavity of the putter head has a single alignment line.
All the technical explanation and specification won’t mean a thing to the player for whom feel and touch is everything. But for those who want to know, there it is.
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