The ifrothgolf review
A set of three powder-coated steel putting gates in decreasing widths (70mm, 60mm, 50mm) that you set just in front of the ball. Roll the putt through without clipping the posts and your face was square at impact and your start line was true. Miss the gate and you know exactly what went wrong. They work on a practice green with the feet removed or indoors on a mat with the weighted feet attached, and there is a slot for an alignment stick if you want to build a fuller drill.
What's great
The feedback is ruthless and immediate, which is the whole point. The three widths give you a real progression: start with the forgiving 70mm gate to build confidence, then work down to the 50mm gate where you need to be within half a degree of square to get through cleanly. Build quality is genuinely good for the money, the steel feels solid and the weighted feet keep them planted indoors. It packs into the pouch small enough to live in your bag, and it is equally useful for a two-minute pre-round warm up or a long practice session.
Worth knowing
It only trains start line and face angle at impact. It tells you nothing about read, pace over distance, or stroke path, so it is one piece of a putting toolkit rather than a complete fix. The narrowest 50mm gate can be genuinely demoralising if your stroke is not already fairly sound, and beginners may want to live on the wider gates for a while. The spiked feet bite fine on a real green but can be fiddly to get level on a thin indoor mat over hard floor.
The verdict
If you want the cheapest, most honest way to find out whether you are starting putts on line, this does exactly that and packs away to nothing. Just go in knowing it is a face-and-line tool, not a cure for three-putting from distance.
