putter fitting

at 5 feet 6in i am struggling to find a putter that sits flat with my eyes over the ball and my forearms in line with the shaft, i find myself really bent over to get a flat lie angle with a shortened putter, which i have experimented with. The 2 main UK retailers aren't much help [ stand nearer the ball ]. Would a forged putter have the flexibility to be bent a la forged irons? The fisher smart link seems unavailable in the uk and i have e-mailed golfsmith europe to see if the snakes eyes putters are available properly fitted. The style i have in mind is a heel / toe weighted design. I need to get myself a repeatable set up as inconsistency is costing me shots. HC10. thanks Brian.

When it comes to putters, the shaft ends up being bent, not the hosel necessarily. So any putter is totally customizable. In fact, I was reading the other day that most putters were made to 35" with the intent that they get cut down to size. Since no-one actually did this, we now see lengths from 35" to 30".

You already know that your eyes should ideally be over or slightly inside the ball/line, then you fit your length from that posture. This may, in fact, necessitate either standing closer or bending over more if you're not going to alter length or lie.

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Hi thanks for replying. I never thought the shaft would be bent, images of kinked shafts spring to mind. Have you seen it done or even done it yourself?

In double bend shafts, sometimes you get a little wrinkle.

But there are many putters whose shafts simply epoxy into a hole in the head, the only thing left to bend is the shaft.