Toe hang is a description, not a prescription
The industry sells toe hang as a matching rule. On the pivot it is simply a statement about where a head's mass sits, and it predicts far less about your stroke than the charts suggest.
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Six arguments we keep having with players
These are working notes rather than articles. Each one started as a conversation that happened often enough in the roll room that writing it down became quicker than repeating it. They lean heavily toward the putter, because that is where we spend most of our week.
Balance point versus toe hang: two numbers, one pivot
Two putters advertised with identical toe hang can measure eleven degrees apart once you actually balance them. Here is what the pivot is measuring and why the marketing number drifts.
Arc width and how fast the path turns
How far the head travels inside the line matters less than how quickly it gets there. Separating width from rate explains why some strokes suit heavy heads and some do not.
Reading sole wear to find a putter's lie
The sole of a putter you have owned for two years is a written record of your address position. Most players are toe-down and have no idea, because the ball still starts roughly on line.
What counterweighting actually changes in a putter
Adding weight under the grip lowers swing weight and raises total mass. Both of those change the stroke, and they do not always change it in the same direction.
Effective loft around the green, from putter to wedge
Static loft on a scoring club is the number nobody should be looking at. What the ball sees at impact depends on shaft lean, and shaft lean varies enormously between players.
None of this replaces measuring
Everything on this page is general. The whole point of the studio is that general answers stop being useful the moment you put a specific player on a specific surface.