I got to check them out in store the other day. It's a Challenger clone. Good putter, used them for years myself.
Does that mean it is significantly deeper than the judge/warden?
Looked like it might be similar in shape/flight to a Pilot. A buddy has one on order so I'll know soon enough.
I can't really make it more clear - it's a challenger.
Deeper than a judge or warden. Taller than a pilot and has a classic putter 'shoulder' to it, where the pilot is pretty flat
It is flatter than a Challenger past the shoulder by a pretty good margin. Where the challenger has a curved top the EMAC is just about dead flat. And since for me a flat top putter was one of the big differences, that is a big difference for in hand-feel. The rime shape is definitely similar, but IIRC the challenger doesn't have a bead (?).
Flat top challengers are what the mold is supposed to be. The challenger does have a small bead. I'd encourage you to compare a challenger and Emac Judge, at the same time, in your hands
Judge thrower for life here, so I won't be checking them out.
I'm only here to watch the inevitably hilarious confusion ensue because DD continues to think that it's enough of a re-name to slap 'Emac' on a completely different mold with the same name and call it good.
Oh, interesting--didn't realize they were designed as a FT. My sample size for challengers is 1, so not exactly expert level.
While I'm mostly clowning on the lazy naming, it's not the enthusiasts that are the liability. It's the newer players getting into different discs that can't always make the differentiation and end up with one mold when they intended to get another. See Truth vs. Emac Truth.I'm confused as to why anybody would find this particularly confusing.
...especially in a community where enthusiasts absolutely devour minutia about mold and plastic differences.
While I'm mostly clowning on the lazy naming, it's not the enthusiasts that are the liability. It's the newer players getting into different discs that can't always make the differentiation and end up with one mold when they intended to get another. See Truth vs. Emac Truth.
Also, there's literally a line of Emac Signature Judges (which is honestly what I thought everyone was talking about before I became aware).