Anyone else who have a problem with the Warden shoot past the target?
The glide is so "good" that i always ends up 30feet past the target. . .prefer the Marshal over Warden for throwing
I big yes, and I unfortunately found out during one of the biggest high-stakes tournaments I played that year.
It was my first serious round at this wooded course in nearly a year, and it was early in the spring. Up to then I was playing easier, city-park style courses throughout the winter because that was all I could get at. I generally did not have approaches outside of 60 feet. Now I was facing much longer holes that required several second shots of the 60-140 foot variety, and the Classic Warden I was using for upshots often sailed by the basket by 30-50 feet. It was a three round tournament, and by the end of the second round, I believe I lost at least 6 strokes because of blown approaches and another 10 or so because I was outside of my comfortable putting range. I finished the tournament approaching and putting with a Drone, that was how upset I was, and I ended up posting the hottest amateur round for the day.
For me, the Warden's glide does not kick in until you give it power; so it goes from being just average to suddenly being an excellent driving putter. That area of no middle ground, unfortunately, makes it horrible at approaching. I switched over to Pures, and despite really loving them for shots 100 feet or more, the Pures did not fare any better.
For the last year I have been using Champion Polecats, which are deadly from 50-110, the prime approaching distance, but they get uncontrollable after 120 or so, and they sometimes have too much loft when I am that range between putting and approaching. If I miss high with a Polecat, sometimes it keeps drifting backside, just back out of putting range. It happens maybe once a round, but that can change a birdie chance into a guaranteed bogey real fast.
So, in the last week I have been messing around with the Lucid Deputy, and oh my goodness, I instantly clicked with that disc. It flips way too much at power to use for driving, but approaching, deadly accurate. After only a week, I feel totally in control of its power and angles that I have not been outside of 15 feet yet. I know it is only practice, but I have put in several from 60+ feet.
Now, thanks to winter still hanging on here in Minnesota, the best I can still play on a regular basis is a city-park, albeit a fairly wooded city-park course. Time will tell within the next month or two when I can finally start hitting up the bigger courses. Still, I am a color-snob for my tournament bag, so I will be on the lookout for at least two yellow Lucid Deputys; that is how much I think they will work in this slot.
