Karsten Solheim designed the Anser after watching players at the 1966 Los Angeles Open put their trust in Arnold Palmer's blade putter instead of his own. He sketched the new shape on the back of a record cover and had it prototyped within three days.
What made it different
The Anser's offset hosel gave players a clear view of the face at address and a sense of pulling the putter through the ball rather than pushing it, a feel that was new at the time and is still the standard blade profile today.
The name
Solheim wanted to call it the Answer, his response to the putters everyone else was playing, but the word didn't fit on the toe. Dropping the W gave the putter its name, Anser, and Julius Boros won with one just months after it launched.
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