Which pros use mallet putters

You should practice more. Exactly, Joro! This suggests we mere mortals should all be using high MOI putters, which are mostly mallets. They recommended a Bettinardi BB blade which I bought. Liked the putter but struggled with it. Keep in mind I developed a mild case of the yips that would come and go. This putter was G in weight. Many times I would leave putts short. Finally after a number of years a friend told me I should try a center shafted mallet.

There is a PGA Superstore close to me with a huge selection of putters. After hours of putting with various models, I really liked the Scotty Cameron Futura 5s. It had two 10g inserts in the bottom of the mallet. The putter was very expensive. I searched on eBay and found the same putter with two 15g inserts. It was a floor model and absolutely like brand new.

Never used on the course. I am happy to say I have halved the number of 3 putts on 18 holes. Normally I would 3 putt at least 6 holes on average and sometimes more.

The mallet putter made a huge difference to me. It also is face balanced. Hey I win a few bets now also. With my old putter, my friends would make side bets amongst themselves, if I was going to 3 putt a hole or not. As they say, what are friends for!!!

I knew it! Actually the Sam Putt Lab was very useful. It showed that when I addressed the ball with my putter, I was always leaving it 2 degrees open. I had to adjust the line on my putter so it was actually farther to the right of the ball a little bit to be actually centered. The Sam Putt Lab was definitely worth it. If you pull the putter with your lead hand get a blade.

If you push the putter with your trail hand get a mallet. I go back to a time where most pros were gaming bullseye putters. Those were blades.

Now Ansers are blades. I gained a real mallet putter for years. My buddies called it my potato masher. That head over was the size of a briefcase. I recently went through a Sam Putting Lab session where I was willing to accept whatever type of putter was recommended for me. Ironically I ended up with a putter style I would have never chosen for myself on my own.

Blade or Mallet, be sure to get properly fit as noted in the article. Andrew- Awesome study! I was actually doing that comparison myself a few days ago. Really cool to see the breakdown.

Great article. Very interesting. If you forced everyone to use a blade putter or mallet , I suspect the same people would rise to the top in the putting stats. This kind of means nothing since a lot of mallets now are toe hang. Would be interested to see how successful the SBST stroke is on tour. Tip of the hat to you Robert Streb…. This is how mass delusion starts.

Absolutely correct… and add to that the Cashin, Bullseye and Spalding T. Karsten designed the heel-toe weighted Anser for the mass market which cannot consistently hit the ball on the putter sweet spot. Maybe pros have the same problem given their search for an effective way to hold the putter grip. Just a little tidbit of info.

I was on the first Ping staff and Karsten told me the design was as you stated. The most important thing to him in Putting was feel and should, later proven in testing. So he make the hard material head for sound and the small grip for feel, later copied by Scotty when he ditched the Platinum for steel.

Tiger said the Platinum was too soft. A great Putter. He was a great man and although his clubs were ugly at first, they got pretty really fast. Just a ramble on my part. What about the feel for the back and fore stroking of the putter? The hosel offset destroys putting feel due to added eccentricity. Terminology has changed over the years. Blade putters such as the Bullseye had identical faces on the front and back. Flanged putters had a small flare on the back, usually near the bottom.

The two most common styles of putter heads are blade putters and mallet putters. Mallet putters tend to provide a bit more forgiveness on direction and roll due to the weight distribution. While most golfers traditionally start off with a blade putter in their bag, mallet putters have gained popularity with advancements in control and stability through the stroke.

Players with an arc stroke tend to perform better with blades because of the weight distribution between the heel and toe.

But for the player who likes to spice up their bag with colors and designs, the larger space on a mallet head offers more room for creativity including color, stamping and other customization options. How you set up to the ball, including your posture, eye position over the ball and your stroke path, can be affected by the length of you putter. Debating the best putting stance is another discussion in itself — just ask Bryson DeChambeau and Michelle Wie.

The important part is that you are comfortable with whatever you deem to be successful, and then adjust the length from there. Toe balanced putters are a better choice for players with an arc in their putting stroke because of the greater allowance for the face to open and close during the stroke.

In conclusion, the fool-proof way to find your next best putter is to work with your local pro for a custom fitting. Forward CG placement lets the toe release easily like a blade, while the mallet shape and perimeter weighting help keep the signature Spider family forgiveness. Engineers front-loaded the Spider FCG, positioning two-thirds of the total weight in the front portion of the head. This design optimizes the benefits of a high-MOI mallet for golfers who have an arced stroke and prefer moderate to significant face rotation.

With an over-arching attention to creating Tour-preferred sleeker profiles, as well as slightly thinner and flatter toplines, Special Select putters maintain traditional overall headweight, yet display notable refinements in face height, neck position, hosel depth, corner radius shaping, flange thickness and sole weight technology to sit better, sound better and perform better. Stroke Lab has completely changed putting with the innovative, multi-material Stroke Lab shaft.

This design actually helps to improve the tempo and consistency in your stroke, and the performance is nothing short of incredible.

The innovative multi-material shaft saves 40 grams of weight, which is redistributed to the head and grip end of the putter.

This completely rebalances the putter for improved tempo and consistency in the stroke, and this major-winning technology continues to dominate on Tours around the world.

Spider X revolutionizes the way we achieve optimal stability and alignment by reengineering the mass properties of the head and introducing a new optically engineered True Path alignment system. Spider X combines a heavy g steel frame with a lightweight 15g carbon composite sole to provide extreme perimeter weighting in a more streamlined shape.

Our new True Path alignment has been optically engineered to help golfers visualize the intended target line for improved putting accuracy.

The putter used by Justin Rose himself. This is achieved by pushing the weight forward with a patented heel counterweight.