While the torched version of Rory McIlroy’s Spider Tour X has been made in limited quantities, it was never a retail option. That will soon change with the release of Spider Tour Torched.
In need of a new wand, Koepka tested a myriad of different mallet offerings from TaylorMade and Scotty Cameron during a session that lasted close to an hour on the practice putting green.
Odyssey’s zero-torque evolution has been gradual: improved shapes, the original Tri-Hot shifting CG forward to remove shaft lean, and now the S2S Tri-Hot SB (single-bend), a heel-shafted model with traditional alignment and a more familiar setup.
Ping’s Scottsdale TEC mallet putters offer high-resolution white-black contrast, distinct alignment features and onset and face-balanced models that fit the shift to straighter putting strokes.
Visually, the Studio Aluminium model pays homage to three decades of Cameron heritage, featuring intricate milling marks and a geometry that echoes his most famous work.
The Cobra 3DP Tour putters, a range that includes a blade and five mallets, evolves the company’s additive manufacturing process for putter construction to incorporate multiple materials surrounding a weight-saving 3D-printed nylon crown structure with stainless steel and tungsten for increased stability for better strokes, better impacts and more consistent roll.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, a majority stake in L.A.B. Golf has been acquired by L Catterton, the private-equity firm backed by LVMH.