By ED TRAVIS
Shaft maker Breakthrough Golf Technology has brought to the market a putter called the Paradox that is both a zero-torque design plus a patented stoke-balanced construction.
FAST FACTS Paradox Putter
Head weight: Mallet 365gm, Blade 355gm
Zero torque and swing balanced
Center shaft
CNC body with milled face
Steel weights
Stock loft: 3°
Stock grip: Mid-size non-taper
$499.99 to $699.99 depending on options
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Breakthrough Golf, started by industry legend Barney Adams and well known for its driver and iron shafts, has introduced a zero-torque putter with the addition of a unique swing balance weighting.
The Paradox uses Principal Axis technology which works dynamically to keep the face square to the arc throughout the putting stroke, in other words the putter self-aligns as it is being swung back and through.
Golfers will also find the head-weighting placement is unusual since its placement is high in the toe and low in the heel.
Stoke balancing aligns the weighting with the shaft axis which is the way the putter moves during the stroke or more technically the principal axis of inertia is aligned with the point of rotation during the stroke.
