REVIEW: SIK Golf Putters
SIK Golf Pro putter.
SIK Golf is a golf club brand you may be hearing more about these days, thanks to the success of Bryson DeChambeau, who has one of their putters in his bag. I recently tested a SIK Golf Pro putter after speaking to the brand’s CEO and Founder Stephen Harrison on our podcast. Here are the results.
SIK Golf Putters Technology
As with most clever brand names in golf, “SIK” is an acronym that stands for Study in Kinematics, the study of objects in motion. SIK Golf’s main focus has been to understand how golfers impart motion on the golf ball while putting, including the finer elements of loft, speed, and roll.
Over time, SIK Golf understood that golfers — being people — are highly unpredictable. This includes how a golfer will return their putter face to the ball at impact. According to the SIK Golf website, they discovered a huge problem golfers experienced while putting: NOBODY can match the shaft angle from address to impact at any consistent rate. This leads to inconsistent launch angles, which result in poor distance control.
The solution SIK realized was to mill a putter face with different lofts from the top of the blade to its sole. SIK calls this Descending Loft Technology, which includes as much as 4-dgrees of loft toward the top down to 1-degree. This allows a player to maintain a consistent loft no matter how they deliver the club at impact.
Performance and Feel
Trying a putter like what’s offered by SIK Golf instills a great deal of anticipation. You don’t hear about things like “descending lofts” too often, and after learning that multiple players on pro TOURs choose to play these putters without a sponsorship… you become intrigued.
The SIK Golf Pro C putter is a classic anser blade shape that I prefer. There are five clubhead options available — all featuring the same face technology — but long-time readers will know I prefer a certain look. The plumber neck hosel is also a classic design, so right away I was smitten with the appearance of this putter.
At impact, the putter exudes a soft “ping” sound that almost borders on a “click.” It felt a little harder than I would normally choose in a putter, but only slightly. The 100% stainless steel milled clubhead provides just enough feel in your hands to let you know where contact was made on the face. The absence of a face insert is another feature I prefer, highlighting the craftsmanship that went into the putter’s design. Impressive.
What I noticed right off that bat — and later confirmed by Stephen Harrison on the phone — was the putter’s upright lie angle. Stephen explained that this was done by design, since most golfers’ wrists “deviate from the address position during the backstroke due to the weight of the clubhead.” To combat this, SIK putter implore an upright lie angle to promote ulnar deviation in your wrists right away. In other words, your wrists are “forced” into flexing sideways toward the ground at address.
This sensation took some getting used to, especially since my gamer putter has a lie angle that is much flatter. However, I did notice how little the putter head swayed in this wrist position, which was eye-opening.
Overall Impression
At its core, the SIK Golf putter is similar in feel and roll to others in the market. However, I found consistency and accuracy to be the highlights of my review session, especially considering the Descending Loft Technology and naturally upright lie angle. It’s easy to see why some of the best players in the game are selecting SIK putters independently, and I will definitely spend more time with one in my bag this golf season.
For full information, including pricing and build options, visit the SIK Golf website here.
