MurrayNevada
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What do those guys use? Tried to search it and couldn't find anything. Then again I am an old and easily confused man.
What Cues/Shafts do the Professional Players Use?
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The same cues the amateurs use. There are no differences. They just get theirs for free, or even get paid to use them, depending on their pecking order
middleofnowhere
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Coos Cues
I suppose so. Worth watching if you haven't seen them though.
What do pros shoot with? Which ever one didn't sell the day before for gas money.
I gave a sneaky pete to a pro once and it was in action with a new owner the same afternoon. He said he loved the
If they're sponsored, then they use that brand.
Based on my own personal experience, it is all over the place. Outside of those using sponsored cues, I have seen literally every brand of cue out there, from Lucky all the way to high end custom cues like South West or Josey. My practice buddy uses a Lucky with an i-Pro shaft. My other buddy in Houston uses a Schmelke Sneaky Pete that he has had since high school. I see lots of G-Cores, Vikings, Lucasi, and Joss cues all the time. At the end of the day, it's the poet not the pen. A great player will play great regardless of the cue as long as the shaft is straight and the tip shaped and chalked.
Glenn Atwell uses a Chris Nitti as his playing cue...but he's sort of retired from professional play. Since he spent his money to buy the cue, I'd consider it a pretty high endorsement. No, I wouldn't call Glenn a "top" pro, but in his day, he was good enough to win master of the table at the bar table championships over many who are considered top pros.
Predator must pay well...you sure see a lot of top pros using them. Also, I'm curious if anybody knows how much Cuetec pays Shane Van Boening?
He must sell a potload of cues for them...
In other words, don't consider what a top pro uses as necessarily an endorsement by that pro...they can play well with anything and do shop around for sponsorship deals.
Predator must pay well...you sure see a lot of top pros using them. Also, I'm curious if anybody knows how much Cuetec pays Shane Van Boening?
He must sell a potload of cues for them...
In other words, don't consider what a top pro uses as necessarily an endorsement by that pro...they can play well with anything and do shop around for sponsorship deals.
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They use the cues of whatever company pays them the most to represent them. Just goes to prove it's the indian not the arrow.
Murray,We old and confused must stick together
Three categories:
What they can afford.
What they are givin to use for free.
What they get paid to use, talk good about, and use because of
attached.
Tiger Woods wear Nike stuff, I would too Daily if free, and millions attached to wearing.
What they can afford.
What they are givin to use for free.
What they get paid to use, talk good about, and use because of
attached.Tiger Woods wear Nike stuff, I would too Daily if free, and millions attached to wearing.