Logan Olson Classic Anser Style Putter

Blade Putter

Logan Olson builds putters one at a time, by hand, and the Classic Anser Style is his take on the shape that started it all. This is a milled blade in the Anser mold, the plumber's neck design that Karsten Solheim drew up in the 1960s and that half the tour has putted with ever since. Olson's version is not a mass-production club. He mills, shapes, and finishes these in small numbers out of his own shop, which is why they cost what a full set of irons costs and why collectors line up for them.

The 2023 build sticks to the classic recipe. Compact head, plumber's neck hosel, a clean look down at address with no sightline or dot on the flange. What you get for the price is the feel of soft carbon steel milled to tight tolerances and finished the way a custom maker does it rather than a factory. If you have putted a Scotty Cameron Newport or a Ping Anser and wished it felt a little more personal, this is the direction that leads.

Understand what you are buying, though. Full toe hang and a blank flange mean this putter asks something of you. It rewards a repeatable arc and a good eye for lining up on your own. It will not hide a stroke that comes and goes.

Design

The head follows the Anser blueprint: a heel-shafted blade with a plumber's neck hosel that sets the shaft ahead of the face. That neck geometry is what produces the full toe hang, where the toe points straight down when you balance the shaft across your finger. The weight sits mostly in the heel and toe of the blade, which is the classic distribution for this shape, and the topline stays thin so the club looks small and clean over the ball. Olson leaves the flange bare with no alignment aid, so your reference is the leading edge and the shape of the head itself. The milling is done in-house, and depending on the run you might see a raw, oil-can, or torched finish rather than a uniform factory coat. These are cosmetic and personal choices as much as functional ones, and each head carries small differences that come from being worked by hand instead of stamped out by the thousand.

Who It's For

• You have an arc stroke, the kind where the face opens going back and closes through impact, and you want a putter that matches that motion instead of fighting it.
• Lining up without a sightline comes naturally to you, and a clean flange looks better over the ball than a busy one.
• You care about how a milled carbon steel face feels and sounds, and you are willing to pay custom-shop money for a hand-finished head.
• Collectors and gearheads who want a small-batch maker's Anser rather than another mass-produced version of the same shape.
• Faster greens suit this blade better, since the soft feel and heel-toe weighting reward a controlled roll more than a firm poke.

Technology

About Logan Olson

Logan Olson brings a distinctive approach to putter design, focusing on quality materials, precision manufacturing, and performance-driven engineering.

Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Logan Olson Classic Anser Style good for a straight-back-straight-through stroke?

Not really. Full toe hang is built for an arcing stroke where the face rotates open and closed. If your putter travels on a straight line, a face-balanced mallet or a shorter-hang blade will square up more consistently for you. This head wants to open and close, so pair it with a stroke that does the same.

Why does this putter cost so much more than a Ping Anser or Scotty Cameron?

Logan Olson mills and finishes these by hand in small numbers rather than running them through a high-volume production line. You are paying for a custom maker's time, tight tolerances, and a hand-worked finish, plus the scarcity that comes with limited runs. It is the same shape as a factory Anser, made a very different way.

Does the lack of an alignment aid make it hard to aim?

It depends on how you aim. Some golfers line up better off the shape of the head and the leading edge than off a painted line, and this flange stays clean for exactly that reason. If you rely on a sightline to point yourself at the hole, this blade will feel bare and you will have to trust your eye more than you might be used to.

What kind of feel does the milled face give?

Soft and solid, the way carbon steel milled to tight tolerances tends to feel. You get a muted, dense sound and good feedback on where you struck the face, so mishits off the heel or toe tell on you. That feedback is a feature for players who want to learn their strike, not a flaw.

Can I get this putter custom fit for length and lie?

As a small-shop maker, Olson's putters are typically built or specced to order, so length, lie, and finish are worth sorting out at purchase rather than after. Getting the length and lie right matters more with a toe-hang blade, since the arc and face rotation are sensitive to how the club sits at address. Nail the fit up front and the stroke gets easier.