Name: MacGregor Face-Off DCT Response review
Brand: MacGregor

Golf Monthly Verdict

This putter's face is huge. The black polymer insert has an unusual feel which made me wonder initially if I'd made solid contact. But I had and it rolled the ball beautifully. The titanium insert didn't feel quite as different as I'd expected but better suited my home club's greens right now. Will be experimenting further. Where next? More On Test: - MacGregor MT irons review - MacGregor MacTec M685 review - MacGregor MT Hybrid review

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By Jeremy Ellwood

published 8 August 2008

This large-headed MacGregor putter boasts a system that lets you switch between soft polymer and crisp titanium face plates according to course conditions and player preference. Its ingenious Distance Corrective Technology (DCT) is designed to minimise the damaging effects of off-centre contact by ensuring mis-hits travel the same distance as central strikes.

Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf

Jeremy is currently playing...

Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft

3 wood: Srixon ZX, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 50g shaft

Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft

Irons 3- to 8-iron: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Irons 9-iron and PW: Honma TWorld TW747Vx, Nippon NS Pro regular shaft

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Putter: Kramski HPP 325

Ball: Any premium ball I can find in a charity shop or similar (or out on the course!)

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