Putters
The zero-torque revolution and everything else happening on the green — reviewed and explained.
Scotty Cameron Newport 2 vs Ping PLD DS72: an arc-stroke blade that now has a carbon steel insert, against Hovland's face-balanced, solid-milled mallet
Scotty replaced the Super Select Newport 2 with a Studio Style version in March 2025, and the shop Newport 2 isn't solid-faced any more. Against it, the PLD Milled DS72 Hovland has used since his first win. Neck, face, fit, the tour bags, and who should buy which.
By Dan Mercer
Takomo Lumo M1 vs Odyssey Ai-ONE Jailbird: the low-torque mallet costs about a third less, and the neck decides between them
Takomo's new Lumo M1, its first putter, went on sale on 7 October as a direct-to-consumer answer to the stable mallets. It is cheaper than the Ai-ONE Jailbird but isn't half the price, and it gets there with a heel shaft and onset instead of a centre shaft.
By Ross Hamilton
TaylorMade Spider Tour X vs Scotty Cameron Phantom 12: three neck options against one, and the one is built for a straight stroke
Two big tour mallets at similar money. The Spider comes with 21 degrees of toe hang, 30 degrees or face-balanced; the Phantom 12 comes one way. The face, the aim line and what the tour bags we track say about each.
By Ross Hamilton
SIK Pro C-Series vs T.P. Mills Trad II: the SIK corrects a wandering forward press, the Mills is a one-off you buy for the craft
Bryson DeChambeau putts with one and Jordan Spieth with the other, and they could hardly come from more different beliefs. One face is engineered to cancel out what your hands do at impact. The other is a single hand-finished head whose selling point is the person who made it.
By Ross Hamilton
Scotty Cameron Phantom 3.2 vs Phantom 12: same price, same face insert, and only one lets the face rotate
Scotty added exactly two shapes to the 2026 Phantom line and put the same number on both tickets. They also share a face. What is left to choose between is the neck, and that has a right answer for you specifically.
By Ross Hamilton
PuttOut vs Perfect Practice: one of these mats has no hole in it, the other has two and a ball return
Both are sold as putting mats and they are not the same product. One has no hole in it. The other has two, and neither of them is the size of a golf hole.
By Ross Hamilton
Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie vs Tri-Hot 5K Double Wide: a face insert from 2000 against tungsten in the sole
Two Odyssey putters sit on the same rail for almost the same money and answer opposite questions. One is built around a face insert from the year 2000, the other around tungsten in the sole. The tiebreaker is not your stroke arc.
By Ross Hamilton
Evnroll EZPZ vs L.A.B. DF3: delete the torque, or control it?
Two putters, two opposite answers to the same problem. The DF3 removes face rotation entirely; the EZPZ slows it down and keeps a normal putter's look. Your stroke decides which is right.
By Ross Hamilton
Spider ZT vs Odyssey Jailbird: two routes into zero-torque
The big brands' answers to the zero-torque craze, head to head — and which one suits how you actually putt.
By Ross Hamilton
