Description From Kevin Burns Golf:
Signature Series putters incorporate the optimum levels of design and feel. These one piece solid milled carbon steel putters are hand ground, and inserted with copper for opti...
Summary: hearing of these putters i had to try them out....my name is "kevin byrnes".....i thought it would be a ruse at first but, this is the most solid feeling putter i have ever tried. materials and workmanship are first rate and the copper insert {although a nuisance to polish} gives you a sensitivity i've never seen even in more expensive clubs.
Customer Service: never used
Similar Products Used: none
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Summary: Kevin Burns is a small company located in Calif.
Putters that are hand crafted are their only business. I had been looking for a Kevin Burns on Ebay but never could quite get what I wanted as there are not that many-anyway in the end bought a used only at my proshop that was imported from Japan as used. I own quite a few putters including Bettanardi. This Kevin Burns I must admit appears to be better machined or at least more time spent in machining. All corners are perfect rounded off.No mill marks can be seen.Does all that make it a better putter?Not really but it does make you feel good, in some minds anyway, that someone spend more than the normal amount of time in making this putter. Feel is a personal thing and my model has the copper under the pad that is not visable on the face.It is a small mallet head with a single line mark .The web site shows 2 lines on the head but mine has 1 line on the lower back of head-I guess that has something to do with being a Japan model perhaps.Its hard to review a putter really-you cannot measure distance it hits or measure offhits distance. You can only measure feel in your hand & mind. I can tell you that the Burns feels as good or better than the best and it is machined as good or better than the best.Retail I think is about $300. I paid $110 used in 95% condition.Burns putters are worth a look anyway-who knows they might end up as collectors models in the end.
Customer Service: Have not tried
Similar Products Used: Bettanardi, Scotty Cameron,STX,Taylormade Rossa Monaco,Teardrop,
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Review Date August 27, 2002
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Visitors rate this review 3.67 of 5,
3 votes
Reviewed by: dan (Unregistered User)
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Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed: 9314
Summary: My father let me borrow this club for a round, and I fell in love with it after 9 holes. I insisted that he give it to me as a wedding gift. Easy to align. Well-balanced. Pleasant appearence. I love it.
Customer Service: N/A.
Similar Products Used: Ping Anser. Scotty Cameron Newport.
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Review Date August 24, 2002
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Visitors rate this review 3.33 of 5,
3 votes
Reviewed by: mielenz(Unregistered User)
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Shoots in the 70s
, from Sugar Land, TX
Model Reviewed: 9307,-11
Summary: I agree with the assessment that a Kevin Burns putter feels better and more consistent than a Bettinardi, Cameron, Mills, Tad Moore, or any premium milled putter I have tried. I like the 1/2 shaft offset, and therefore favor the 9307 and 9311. I also like the clean look of a non-cavity head, but until I find one of the older Burns putters that had no cavity and no plumbers neck, I will stay with the 9307 and 9311. I think that the ball comes off the "hidden copper" insert in my 9311 a little softer than off my 9307, which looks a lot like the 9311 in the playing position but has no insert at all. I suspect that the "exposed copper" insert might be softer still. If so, what a great idea for playing different speeds of greens: have three Kevin Burns putters of the same model, one with no insert for slow greens, one with the hidden insert for medium-speed greens, and one with the exposed copper insert for fast greens. That way you would not need to change the force of your stroke as much to accommodate different green speeds, but the look of the putter would be the same. After I find an exposed-copper 9307 or 9311 I will advise if this works.
Similar Products Used: Bettinardi BB24, Titleist Cameron Coronado and Studio Design 3, original hand-made T. P. Mills, Tad Moore Pro TM-2
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Review Date May 30, 2002
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Visitors rate this review 4.00 of 5,
4 votes
Reviewed by: A Dick Ted Golfer(Unregistered User)
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Shoots in the 80s
, from Chicagoland Suburboplex
Model Reviewed: Kevin Burns 9305
Summary: I am one of those dopes who has owned (and still owns) a zillion different putters. These have included Scotty Oilcans, Gunmills, TE2's, Pro Plats, six Bettinardi's (can you believe that?), Pings of every sort, Odyssey TriForce, etc.
But the reason I'm writing this review is to encourage you to search out and try the Kevin Burns. This feel of the ball off the face is unmatched. The putter has a completely solid thud feel that seems to grab the ball a little and put a very nice roll on it. My putter has the invisible copper insert, which, compared to the Scotty TE2, does not have a plastic feel, and compared to the Bettinardi BB 10, is completely consistent-feeling on every single putt. It is not as soft as the TriForce, but almost, which means I can hit a harder-feeling ball for distance without losing feel on the greens. (At times, I have felt the Bett feels soft, and at times steely.) The balance is excellent, giving me a fine pendulum motion through the ball.
The fit and finish of this putter is perfect. It is understated and, in my opinion, extremely elegant. The feeling I have is that this putter is the perfect putter, for putting-sake, versus something I brandish about for the sake of looking like a big spender. It has put a Bett BB 41 (a $500 putter) on the shelf, because of its outstanding quality and understated elegance. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to bash Bettinardi, who makes the most beautiful putters in the world, but I've sometimes felt a little sheepish about whipping out something that looks like a Rolex on a stick in front of golf partners I don't know. It puts added pressure on me at a time when I would rather be completely engrossed in the art of putting.
If you can spend $300 on a putter (or better yet, $99 like I did when the golf shopping gods smiled on me at 2nd Swing), then definitely definitely consider Kevin.
One more thing: you spend 40% of your shots on the green--why not spend the money to get the right thing? You'd drop that much on a driver in a heartbeat.
Customer Service: Not used.
Similar Products Used: All egregiously priced putters, and hundreds of sensibly priced putters.
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