The Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Style line-up employs a carbon-steel face insert that features a chain-link milling pattern and a durable nickel plating to improve and maintain soft feel.
Mizuno’s M.Craft X putter line-up mixes not only materials, it also mixes the performance aspects of blades and mallets to produce designs that offer the best of both.
In a recent online exchange, L.A.B. Golf founder Sam Hahn was explaining why the company was dropping the “broomstick” terminology on its putters and replacing it with “sweeper”. The answer was eyebrow-raising.
The new TaylorMade TP Black line of putters is the latest instalment of traditional blade and mallet shapes all featuring the company’s roll-enhancing grooved face insert, along with seven distinct hosel/shaft bend orientations and all at a relatively affordable price.
Putting coach Bill Smittle encourages golfers to test their performance with both blade and mallet putters to see if they are right for them, but generally, players who struggle with distance control or alignment are good candidates for mallet putters.
The Ping PLD Milled line-up expands to include two classic Anser blade additions (notably Tony Finau’s Anser 2D) and three mallets, including the DS72 model that Viktor Hovland used on his way to winning the FedEx Cup last year.
With eight models in each line, the putters all feature faces with LA Golf’s descending loft technology, where the loft changes from four degrees at the top of the face to one degree at the bottom of the face to ensure the same ideal launch angle for consistent forward roll.
Putting is normally a key component to success on the PGA Tour. Given that, it seems logical to take a look at every putter used to win a tour event over the course of the season. As the 2024 season kicks off this month with 38 regular-season and FedEx Cup Playoff events, let’s take a Read more…
Obviously, it’s a lot different for average golfers, whose livelihood doesn’t depend on what putter is in their bags. But there are things they can do to make the process of changing more effective, starting with getting custom fit.
Australian Golf Digest
