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Best PGA Tour Putters on Bermuda Greens

Although Bermudagrass, generally known as jus Bermuda, greens get a lot of attention on the Florida Swing of the PGA Tour schedule, is actually the predominant putting surface on Tour, with at least 20 stops utilizing the grass.

The reason it receives so much publicity for the Sunshine State events is that those tournaments immediately follow the West Coast Swing, which has three high-profile events on Poannua greens, which provides a very different putting surface.

The grass is used in warm weather climates because it requires consistent temperatures above 60 degrees to thrive, so it can be found on the greens at Tour events in Florida, Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia, along with North and South Carolina.

The next most prominent type of grass found on courses used for Tour events is Bentgrass, which is found in cooler parts of the country, predominantly the Northeast and Midwest.

Bermuda greens tend to be slower and break less than bent greens but are also harder to read due to a more subtle grain pattern. Any golfer that has tried to make the change from Bent to Bermuda has a very good idea of the difficulty in making the adjustment, especially in attempting to gauge the amount of break.

Typically, the type of Bermuda used in Florida is what could be termed the purest form of the strain, creating the most extreme differences between it and other types of grass that the Tour pros face on a week-to-week basis.

For that reason, players that either grew up playing in Florida or who have relocated their residence and practice base there tend to be considered the most proficient Bermuda putters.

Phil Mickelson, for example, who has recorded 45 PGA Tour victories, has only won once in Florida, but not since 1997. He has a handful of wins on Bermuda greens in other locales, but he doesn’t have nearly the success on it as he has on Bent or Poannua.

Best PGA Tour Putters on Bermuda

Justin Thomas has 14 Tour victories, and while many came overseas, eight of his ten wins in the United States have come on Bermuda greens, including his only major in the 2017 PGA Championship played at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

His most recent victory in the 2021 Players Championship came at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida, and he also has win in the 2018 Honda Classic, also played in Florida, where he now resides.

Of Brooks Koepka’s eight PGA Tour wins, half are in major championships that were primarily played on Bent greens, but three of the other four victories were on Bermuda, not a surprise for a Florida native who played his college golf at Florida State. His ability to move seamlessly from Bent to Bermuda with almost equal success can be attributed to not only his talent but experience with the Florida-style Bermuda.

Another Florida native, Billy Horschel, has six Tour victories and won the FedEx Cup in 2014, with four of those wins coming on Bermuda Greens, including the Tour Championship that clinched the FedEx Cup.

While Horschel hasn’t won in his home state, the 2009 University of Florida graduate routinely records high finishes on Bermuda greens, with a win in the 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as well as top-ten finishes in the Sony Open in Hawaii, the WGC-Workday Championship at the Concession, the Zurich Classic, and The Tour Championship.

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Who Is The Best Putter On The PGA Tour? [2023 Season]

It’s no secret that putting is one of if not the most important elements in a round of golf. On the PGA Tour, it separates the guys that are winning lots of events and those struggling to keep their tour cards .

So when it comes to the players on the PGA Tour , who are the best putters? Let’s take a look.

Who Is The Best Putter On The PGA Tour?

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The best putter on the PGA Tour season currently is Maverick McNealy with a Strokes Gained Putting average of 1.058 as of the end of July.

The Strokes Gained Putting stat is the best method of objectively deciding which golfer is best at putting as it takes into account all lengths of putts, comparing the number of putts holes to the expected number.

Over the years, there’s been many great putters on the PGA Tour. The likes of Ben Crenshaw, Seve Ballesteros, Tom Watson, Steve Stricker and perhaps the best of all time, Tiger Woods.

In recent years, putting displays from the likes of Jordan Spieth at the 2015 Masters has been incredible to watch and the Strokes Gained putting average set by Jason Day in the 2015-16 season of 1.130 has yet to be beaten.

Being a good putter on the PGA Tour is very useful to any player and ranking highly in the putting stats is more than likely going to mean more FedEx Cup points and a healthier bank balance.

Where a few less three putts might help amateur golfers do better in the monthly medal, for professionals, even just the slightest improvement in putting strokes gained can really make or break a season.

It’s fine margins in pro golf and the difference between a shot a round can be huge to being successful or losing a tour card.

With that said, here’s a quick look at the top 10 best putters on the PGA Tour currently and the different putters out on tour:

1) Maverick McNealy

SG Putting Average: 1.058

Putter: Toulon Stanford MM Custom

PGA Tour Wins: 0

2) Taylor Montgomery

SG Putting Average: 0.892

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Ghost S

3) Denny McCarthy

SG Putting Average: 0.824

Putter: Scotty Cameron GoLo N7

4) Min Woo Lee

SG Putting Average: 0.772

Putter: Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K

5) Sam Ryder

SG Putting Average: 0.723

Putter: Odyssey White Hot Versa Seven

6) Tyrrell Hatton

SG Putting Average: 0.699

Putter: Ping PLD Prototype

PGA Tour Wins: 1

7) Xander Schauffele

SG Putting Average: 0.697

Putter: Odyssey Toulon Design Seven Prototype

PGA Tour Wins: 7

=8) Sam Burns

SG Putting Average: 0.640

Putter: Odyssey O Works 7S Black

PGA Tour Wins: 5

=8) Harry Hall

Putter: Odyssey O-Works 1W

10) Andrew Putnam

SG Putting Average: 0.635

Putter: Odyssey White Hot Stroke Lab Rossie

Final Thoughts

A good putting game is so important at any level of golf, especially on the PGA Tour. A clutch putter that can hole the most putts is always going to feel confident when it gets to the greens, whether it’s a straight putt for birdie or a dow-hill, left to right par save.

However, judging by the number of PGA Tour wins claimed by the current top 10 putters on the PGA Tour, it’s not the only thing you need to be good at to succeed. A well-rounded game which leads to the lowest scoring average is always going to be the player that comes out of the top more often.

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Of the 47 tournaments on the PGA Tour in 2017, 53 courses will be used. Tournaments like the RSM Classic, CareerBuilder, Farmers Insurance and AT&T Pebble Beach will use multiple course, with the rest playing on just one course. Each course has it’s own different style and element that sets it apart from each other, but the biggest characteristics of the courses is grass type. The location of each course is the primary reason for type of course as those in the Northeastern part of the country tend to be Bent, while courses in cold regions like those found in the south have Bermuda while some courses in California use Poa Anna. There is a new strain of grass for courses close to a ocean that is able to absorb sea-air and that is paspalum which is only on two courses, El Camaleon in Mexico (site of the OHL Classic and Coco Beach Golf & C.C. in Puerto Rico (site of the Puerto Rico Open).

Tournaments and courses on the PGA Tour that have had Bermuda greens since 2010:

Event                                                                Course

Hyundai Tournament of Champions                Kapalua Resort Plantation Course Sony Open in Hawaii                                       Waialae C.C. CareerBuilder Challenge                                 PGA West/Palmer CareerBuilder Challenge                                 PGA West TPC Stadium CareerBuilder Challenge                                 PGA West (Tournament) CareerBuilder Challenge                                 La Quinta CareerBuilder Challenge                                 PGA West (Nicklaus) CareerBuilder Challenge                                 Silver Rock Waste Management Phoenix Open                TPC of Scottsdale (2015 changed from bent) Honda Classic                                                 PGA National Resort (Champion Course) WGC-Cadillac Championship                         Trump National Doral Valspar Championship                                     Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) Arnold Palmer Invitational                                Bay Hill Club Shell Houston Open                                        Restone G.C. (Tournament Course) Valero Texas Open                                          TPC San Antonio WGC-Dell Match Play Championship            Austin Country Club RBC Heritage                                                 Harbour Town G.L. Zurich Classic of New Orleans                       TPC Louisiana Wells Fargo Championship                            Quail Hollow Club (2014 changed from bent) The Players Championship                            TPC Sawgrass FedEx St. Jude Classic                                  TPC at Southwind Sanderson Farms Championship                  Annandale G.C. Sanderson Farms Championship                  Country Club of Jackson

Barbasol Championship                                RTJ Trail (Grand National) PGA Championship                                       Atlanta Athletic Club Wyndham Championship                              Sedgefield C.C. (2012 changed from bent) The RSM Classic                                           Seaside Course The RSM Classic                                           Plantation Course

Frys.Com Open                                             Silverado C.C. (North) Children’s Miracle Network Classic              Walt Disney (Magnolia) Children’s Miracle Network Classic              Walt Disney (Palm)

Of the three main strains of grass each has different characteristics which takes a different mind and skill sense to putt. The #1 rule of thumb is usually to look were a player was born and grew up. If he was born in say Ohio and grew up learning the game in that area, he would be very strong on playing on bent. The same with players born in say Florida, they grew up playing on bermuda which is a tough weed that has several elements which need lots of knowledge that is hard to adapt. Of course players like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus were able to adapt and the difference in grasses made no difference to them. But for some great players like Hubert Green, they found most of their success on one type of grass. For Hubert, 16 of his 19 PGA wins came on courses with Bermuda greens. On the other end of the specturm Tom Watson won 39 times and only six were on Bermuda. Watson played in 76 PGA Tour events in Florida and didn’t win a single title. So as the saying goes, not only are their courses for horses, but there are green type for players.

How we did our search?

We took all the tournament results between the 2010 Tournament of Champions and ended it with the 2017 RSM Classic. We took the finish of each player from each tournament. For those that missed the cut, we ranked them per score, so those that played terrible were someplace between 140th and 156th. We also didn’t include those players that either withdrew or were disqualified. So we added up the places for each player and divided it among the events they played in. We then ranked them based on who had the lowest average finish. A player had to play in ten events on Bermuda to be a part of the rankings. So who was the best and who was the worst?

Here is a look at the top players in our rankings:

Matt Kuchar | 22.54 avg finish |*| 72 Starts |*| 2 wins |*| 28 Top-10s |*| 67 Cuts made |*| $12,461,325 Earnings *  Was born and raised in Florida, he has three runner-ups and four 3rd place finishes. Usually in the money on Bermuda Bubba Watson | 26.12 avg finish |*| 42 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 15 Top-10s |*| 38 Cuts made |*| $8,809,586 Earnings *  Another Floridan who doesn’t do well in Florida but plays well on Bermuda. Six of his wins, runner-ups outside of Fla. Steve Stricker | 28.84 avg finish |*| 38 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 14 Top-10s |*| 33 Cuts made |*| $7,356,894 Earnings *  Despite being from Wisconsin, not great on Florida courses but rules on those Bermuda courses outside of Florida Adam Scott | 29.14 avg finish |*| 42 Starts |*| 3 wins |*| 13 Top-10s |*| 37 Cuts made |*| $8,643,914 Earnings *  Grew up playing on Bermuda in Australia. Five of his top-5 finishes come in Florida Luke Donald | 29.42 avg finish |*| 52 Starts |*| 2 wins |*| 24 Top-10s |*| 45 Cuts made |*| $10,994,696 Earnings *  Of his top-10 finishes only 3 have come since the start of 2015 Jim Furyk | 29.70 avg finish |*| 46 Starts |*| 4 wins |*| 19 Top-10s |*| 40 Cuts made |*| $10,939,454 Earnings *  Despite being born and raised in Pennsylvania, has always played well on Bermuda Jordan Spieth | 29.85 avg finish |*| 33 Starts |*| 3 wins |*| 14 Top-10s |*| 26 Cuts made |*| $9,268,693 Earnings *  Key to his game is being able to putt well on all type of grasses including Bermuda Rory McIlroy | 29.92 avg finish |*| 38 Starts |*| 3 wins |*| 20 Top-10s |*| 32 Cuts made |*| $10,350,753 Earnings *  Good players adapt to all type of grasses and conditions Sergio Garcia | 32.18 avg finish |*| 38 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 12 Top-10s |*| 35 Cuts made |*| $6,634,151 Earnings *  Key is making a lot of cuts on Bermuda courses, with 20 of his 38 starts finishing in the top-25 Justin Rose | 32.32 avg finish |*| 53 Starts |*| 2 wins |*| 21 Top-10s |*| 41 Cuts made |*| $10,652,479 Earnings *  Another consistent finisher who does well in any condition Phil Mickelson | 32.62 avg finish |*| 52 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 12 Top-10s |*| 43 Cuts made |*| $7,287,444 Earnings *  Has played well in the FedEx St. Jude and Wells Fargo, only two top-10s on Florida courses Bill Haas | 33.55 avg finish |*| 67 Starts |*| 4 wins |*| 20 Top-10s |*| 56 Cuts made |*| $10,802,755 Earnings *  Has spent his life learning the game in North and South Carolina, 4 of his 6 wins are on Bermuda courses Jason Day | 34.60 avg finish |*| 43 Starts |*| 3 wins |*| 13 Top-10s |*| 35 Cuts made |*| $8,455,924 Earnings *  Makes sense with his Australian upbringing Jason Dufner | 34.82 avg finish |*| 65 Starts |*| 2 wins |*| 14 Top-10s |*| 57 Cuts made |*| $7,700,227 Earnings *  Born in Cleveland, Ohio and family moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. when he was 14. Did not start playing golf until age 15 Lee Westwood | 34.86 avg finish |*| 35 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 10 Top-10s |*| 29 Cuts made |*| $4,367,508 Earnings *  Another of those good players that travel around the world and adjust easily to any type of course

More top players: Brooks Koepka | 35.38 avg finish |*| 26 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 7| Top-10s |*| 21 Cuts made |*| $3,652,885 Earnings Kevin Na | 36.18 avg finish |*| 60 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 19 Top-10s |*| 49 Cuts made |*| $6,922,388 Earnings Zach Johnson | 39.10 avg finish |*| 79 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 17 Top-10s |*| 65 Cuts made |*| $8,284,806 Earnings Charley Hoffman | 39.44 avg finish |*| 63 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 10 Top-10s |*| 50 Cuts made |*| $6,055,690 Earnings Daniel Berger | 39.50 avg finish |*| 30 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 6 Top-10s |*| 23 Cuts made |*| $3,997,250 Earnings Charl Schwartzel | 40.44 avg finish |*| 39 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 10 Top-10s |*| 32 Cuts made |*| $5,351,197 Earnings Dustin Johnson | 41.18 avg finish |*| 44 Starts |*| 3 wins |*| 18 Top-10s |*| 35 Cuts made |*| $9,310,696 Earnings Emiliano Grillo | 41.79 avg finish |*| 14 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 3 Top-10s |*| 12 Cuts made |*| $1,808,132 Earnings Francesco Molinari | 41.86 avg finish |*| 35 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 7 Top-10s |*| 28 Cuts made |*| $2,953,230 Earnings Hideki Matsuyama | 41.90 avg finish |*| 31 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 8 Top-10s |*| 23 Cuts made |*| $4,852,817 Earnings Webb Simpson | 42.17 avg finish |*| 78 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 17 Top-10s |*| 61 Cuts made |*| $8,558,021 Earnings Keegan Bradley | 42.48 avg finish |*| 56 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 13 Top-10s |*| 41 Cuts made |*| $6,257,973 Earnings Rickie Fowler | 42.78 avg finish |*| 58 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 17 Top-10s |*| 44 Cuts made |*| $7,641,464 Earnings Henrik Stenson | 42.83 avg finish |*| 42 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 11 Top-10s |*| 31 Cuts made |*| $7,031,971 Earnings

Those that don’t do well on Bermuda You should have these names in the back of your head as players not to back on Bermuda courses.

Jamie Lovemark | 71.68 avg finish |*| 40 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 6 Top-10s |*| 19 Cuts made |*| $1,914,539 Earnings Jonas Blixt | 72.10 avg finish |*| 51 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 1 Top-10s |*| 25 Cuts made |*| $1,115,579 Earnings Matt Every | 72.39 avg finish |*| 71 Starts |*| 2 wins |*| 11 Top-10s |*| 36 Cuts made |*| $5,510,564 Earnings Ryo Ishikawa | 73.18 avg finish |*| 44 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 2 Top-10s |*| 22 Cuts made |*| $1,096,969 Earnings Jim Herman | 73.22 avg finish |*| 51 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 4 Top-10s |*| 28 Cuts made |*| $2,589,563 Earnings Troy Merritt | 73.32 avg finish |*| 59 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 5 Top-10s |*| 32 Cuts made |*| $2,766,368 Earnings J.J. Henry | 73.61 avg finish |*| 79 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 0 Top-10s |*| 44 Cuts made |*| $1,313,247 Earnings Derek Fathauer | 73.94 avg finish |*| 33 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 0 Top-10s |*| 16 Cuts made |*| $640,379 Earnings Morgan Hoffmann | 74.08 avg finish |*| 49 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 2 Top-10s |*| 25 Cuts made |*| $1,443,949 Earnings Chad Collins | 76.10 avg finish |*| 69 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 3 Top-10s |*| 29 Cuts made |*| $1,584,134 Earnings Steven Bowditch | 76.91 avg finish |*| 68 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 3 Top-10s |*| 35 Cuts made |*| $2,945,766 Earnings Andrew Loupe | 77.78 avg finish |*| 32 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 6 Top-10s |*| 13 Cuts made |*| $1,435,423 Earnings Billy Hurley III | 78.18 avg finish |*| 44 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 1 Top-10s |*| 18 Cuts made |*| $665,021 Earnings Peter Malnati | 78.69 avg finish |*| 29 Starts |*| 1 wins |*| 2 Top-10s |*| 11 Cuts made |*| $1,220,422 Earnings Tyrone Van Aswegen | 79.90 avg finish |*| 39 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 1 Top-10s |*| 19 Cuts made |*| $738,268 Earnings Rod Pampling | 80.83 avg finish |*| 46 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 0 Top-10s |*| 18 Cuts made |*| $437,055 Earnings Steve Marino | 80.96 avg finish |*| 45 Starts |*| 0 wins |*| 3 Top-10s |*| 20 Cuts made |*| $2,000,291 Earnings

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Strokes Gained Putting by grass

The two dominant strains of grass for putting surfaces on the PGA Tour -- and in golf -- are Bentgrass and Bermudagrass.

They're very different. Most Tour players live in a part of the United States where they practice on Bermudagrass, but some are in Bentgrass territory. This means some players putt significantly better on one grass type or the other (Paspalum is a lot like Bermudagrass, but Poa annua is its own animal altogether).

This chart shows how PGA Tour players compare in terms of Strokes Gained Putting based on the green type. We compare their Strokes Gained Putting on all green, Bentgrass greens and Bermudagrass greens. In the comparison columns, the bigger the negative number, the worse a player is on those particular strains. The bigger the positive number, the more likely a player is a specialist on that particular strain.

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Putting well is key to conquering Port Royal

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Roll your rock. Putt the dots off it. Get the ball to go home.

However you want to say it, the key to success at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship is undoubtedly putting. Heading into our fifth installment of the tournament at Port Royal Golf Course on the beautiful island of Bermuda we can at least rely on this metric.

Now this is one of the PGA TOUR tournaments that doesn’t use full ShotLink data, which in turn means we have less to work with when making prognostications. But even with limited data we do know this: Brendon Todd needed just 104 putts to win in 2019. Brian Gay had 106 putts to win in 2020. Lucas Herbert notched up 107 putts in his 2021 victory, as did Seamus Power in 2022.

This equates to about 26.5 putts per round for the four winners in Bermuda. In other words, they were one-putting more than half their greens per round. For context, this season Taylor Montgomery leads the PGA TOUR with an average 27.37 putts per round.

So it bears fruit to pay very close attention to Strokes Gained: Putting when you eyeball the field this week.

This is also a venue where the wind can make a huge difference so any player you feel can handle variable winds will be handy. Of course, this can be hard to know unless you watch more golf than most… but you can look at tournament history for a clue.

What strikes me about the early wind forecast is not the speed – Thursday is predicted to have 6-12 mph wind, Friday 10-20 mph before the weekend sees 12-18 mph with gusts around 25 mph – it is the direction.

Thursday’s winds are due from the north/northwest, Friday switches to southwest, Saturday is different again at west/southwest before Sunday gets another change at north/northeast. If this holds up, it is akin to playing four different golf courses over the four days. You’ll need resilient players in mind.

With a heavy focus on proven players in Bermuda and proven putters you can’t ignore the pedigree of Brendon Todd (+1800) this week. Todd, the 2019 champion, is also 14th in SG: Putting this season – the second-best of those in the field this week. Add to this the fact he’s coming off a tidy sixth-place finish in Mexico, the second top 10 in his last four starts.

Tournament favorite Adam Scott (+1600) is an intriguing option as well. After weeks of having favorites priced below +1000 on TOUR, Scott still has some potential value given he’s 16th in SG: Putting this season (third in the field) and has some experience at Port Royal. The Aussie won the Grand Slam of Golf in 2013 out there. While he’s well-rested, Scott is also a proven performer at this time of year, often jumping out in his native Australia off a break and winning or contending back home without lead-in events.

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Another Australian you might want to bank on is former champion Lucas Herbert (+400 top 5). A known wind player who can shape the ball in creative ways, Herbert is also a great putter, ranked 30th in SG: Putting this season, or sixth in this field. In the year he won, he led the TOUR in putting.

Last week we saw Erik van Rooyen have a nice little career resurrection moment. This week it could be Alex Noren (+200 top 10) who knocks on the door. The 41-year-old is a 10-time DP World Tour winner but still searching for a PGA TOUR breakthrough, and this week could be it. At 23rd in SG: Putting, fifth in the field and with a T15 prior in Bermuda and a recent T3 in the FedExCup Fall, he is certainly trending.

Staying with the putting trend, you can look to the likes of Justin Lower (+188 top 20) and Peter Malnati (+120 top 40) as plus-money options in the higher place markets. Lower ranks seventh in the field in terms of SG: Putting and has a T8 and T17 prior in Bermuda. Malnati is fourth in the field in SG: Putting and has a T7 and T21 on his Bermuda resume.

Adam Long (+5500 to win; +200 top 20) hit 56-of-56 fairways in Mexico last week, becoming the first player with a 100-percent Driving Accuracy over four rounds in a PGA TOUR event since Brian Claar at the 1992 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. Even allowing for the mile-wide fairways in Cabo, clearly he’s hitting the ball half-decent. Add to this the fact he’s 41st on TOUR in SG: Putting and has finished inside the top 35 his last three starts, and he’s intriguing.

What about Brian Gay (+500 top 20, +165 top 40) as a bank-builder option? His four trips to Bermuda read 11-12-1-3.

I’m prepared to add one more player to the mix who does NOT fit the elite putting metric but who does have current form and tournament history: Taylor Pendrith (+200 top 10) had the 2021 tournament in his hands before letting it slip to Herbert. He also has recent FedExCup Fall results of T15 and T3. The Canadian isn’t known for his putting, but if he makes his fair share, he could be dangerous.

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Who are the best putters on the PGA Tour ahead of the AT&T Byron Nelson?

Putting is arguably the most important part of a PGA Tour player's game, but who is statistically the best putter on the world's best circuit?

We are in the thick of the PGA Tour season as we arrive at TPC Craig Ranch for the AT&T Byron Nelson this week, with the PGA Championship around the corner on May 19.

Now that we are in May, the tour has collected a wealth of statistics on each player such as driving distance, greens in regulation and the number of birdies.

One statistic that interests players the most is strokes gained on the field. This statistic is divided among many parts of the game such as from to tee green, around the green and approaching the green.

We want to focus on the top 10 players in the strokes gained in putting department. We want to know who are the best putters on the PGA Tour and who gains the most shots on the field with the short stick.

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In 2021, former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen was at the top of the pile in strokes gained in putting. In the 80 rounds the South African played last season, he gained 45.852 strokes on the greens.

Despite not winning an event last season, Oosthuizen came second four times and earned $6,306,679. He certainly putted for his dough in 2021.

Take a look below at the best putters so far in the 2022 PGA Tour season.

10 - Martin Trainer

PGA Tour wins: 1

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.695

Putter: Scotty Cameron Prototype T-12

9 - Billy Horschel

PGA Tour wins: 6

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.697

Putter: Ping Sigma 2 Tyne 4

8 - Tommy Fleetwood

PGA Tour wins: 0

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.747

Putter: Odyssey White Hot Pro 3

7 - Kelly Kraft

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.756

Putter: Odyssey Versa Prototype

6 - Beau Hossler

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.780

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten

5 - Lucas Herbert

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.820

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X Chalk

4 - Cameron Smith

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.922

Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M Prototype

3 - Scott Brown

Strokes gained in putting (average): 0.945

Putter: Scotty Cameron 303 SSS Newport 2 Prototype

2 - Tyrrell Hatton

Strokes gained in putting (average): 1.009

Putter: PING Vault Oslo

1 - Brian Gay

PGA Tour wins: 5

Strokes gained in putting (average): 1.068

Putter: Scotty Cameron Tour Rat II

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Three Shots At The Green: Best Bets For The Bermuda Championship

Welcome to Three Shots at the Green , where each week I’ll use my experience as a PGA Tour caddie and golf writer to identify the three best bets on the board.

The PGA Tour heads east to a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 600 miles due east of the North Carolina shore. Bermuda, known for short pants and low taxes for the wealthy, is a remote gem for golfers.  

Despite being the shortest course on the circuit (6,831 yards), the par-71 Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed Port Royal GC should provide a firm test for the 132-man field.  

This is the fourth edition of the Bermuda Championship and 15-under has proven to be the magic number for victory. Plodding putters Brendon Todd and Brian Gay won the first two years in Bermuda while Lucas Herbert scrambled his way to the crown last year. Bombers like Taylor Pendrith and Wyndham Clark have been successful as well.  

First, let’s talk about the weather. It’s going to be an adventure. There’s a weak nontropical low pressure spinning around the island through the weekend. Rain and strong winds (30 mph plus) are in the forecast. Players expect the wind to blow on an island, but this could be extreme.

235 yards away. 30+ MPH winds. Where are you hitting your tee shot? pic.twitter.com/LejaMfULWy — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 25, 2022

Proceed with caution when making any wagers. Check the last-minute forecast Wednesday night, if possible, to try and discern if either wave has an advantage. I always have confidence in the plays presented here, but the weather is a powerful variable that must be considered.  

The course itself has seven short par-4s (350-400 yards) and three long par-3s (200-plus). Past comments from players emphasize the value of playing from the fairways, which are some of the most difficult to hit on the Tour schedule (53 percent compared to Tour average of 62 percent). But scoring opportunities are available from the rough. Shotlink data isn’t available for this tournament; the old fashioned stats reveal Herbert was T-53 in fairways and T-58 in GIRs on his way to victory last year.  

Let’s take three shots at the green.  

Russell Knox – Top 20 +180

Let’s keep this one simple. Knox has played in all three Bermuda Championships and finished in the top 20 each time. The native of Scotland is no stranger to the wind and rain. His combination of accurate tee shots and superb proximity from outside 200 yards should generate birdie chances and easy pars.

Knox struggles on the greens so the veteran is always more attractive in tournaments where scoring can be difficult. If the weather is rough, 10-under may be good enough to win and avoiding bogeys (fifth in field) is another strength for Knox.  

Sam Ryder – Top 20 +280

Ryder finished 45-28-36 in his three most recent starts this fall. He’s in the top quarter of the field in recent SG: Tee-to-Green, scoring in windy conditions and has gained strokes on approach in six of the last seven measured starts. Ryder missed the cut in his only Bermuda appearance in 2020 but his game has quietly been trending upward since he hired veteran caddie Brent Everson about a year ago.

He also putts his best on Bermuda greens and is well above the average in hitting fairways and avoiding penalty shots on difficult driving courses. He’ll take advantage of the weaker field, collect a hefty check and make it a pleasant weekend on the island.  

Ben Griffin – Top 20 +500

Had my eye on this fellow North Carolinian for several years and his play on the Korn Ferry Tour last year punctuated by a fourth place finish at the Wyndham in August pushed him up my short list of players to watch and back in 2022-23. Griffin gained 6.2 shots on approach at Sanderson Farms and 2.8 at Shriners. His short game is strong and he has plenty of practice putting on Bermuda greens.

I’m expecting Griffin to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs next August and earning a chunk of points in Bermuda will put him on that path. He slotted in the top-10 of every model I built this week so enjoy this value while it lasts.  

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Last Week: Even. Tommy Fleetwood +200 finished easily inside the Top-20; Brian Harman missed that mark by two shots; Jordan Spieth’s shot at a Top-10 was ruined by a disastrous opening round. You’re on notice until the new year, Mr. Spieth.  

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The putter played by every winner on the PGA Tour during the 2022-23 season

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 2022-23 season wrapped up at the Tour Championship with the 47th and final tournament played (including one team event), Odyssey led the way with 17 wins. Titleist was second with 10, followed by Ping with nine after Viktor Hovland's victory at East Lake. TaylorMade was next with seven wins while L.A.B. had two. Axis, Bettinardi and Swag rounded out the winners with one each.

Viktor Hovland

Tour Championship

Putter: Ping PLD DS72 prototype

Key putting stat: In addition to ranking fifth in strokes gained/putting, Hovland went a perfect 50 for 50 on putts from five feet and in for the week, resulting in a tournament-low two bogeys.

Here are all the clubs Hovland used to win at East Lake

BMW Championship

Key putting stat: Hovland ranked fifth in strokes gained/putting, gaining more than six shots on the field.

Here are all the clubs Hovland used to win at Olympia Fields

Lucas Glover

FedEx St. Jude Championship

Putter: L.A.B. Mezz.1 Max

Key putting stat: Glover ranked 12th in strokes gained/putting, picking up 3.058 shots on the greens . He also averaged a mere 26 putts per round.

Here are all the clubs Glover used to win at TPC Southwind

Wyndham Championship

Key putting stat: Glover was handy on the greens, ranking 16th in strokes gained/putting—a massive improvement over his season rank of 181st.

Here are all the clubs Glover used to win in North Carolina

Putter: Scotty Cameron By Titleist GoLo 6 tour prototype

Key putting stat: On the greens, Hodges ranked second in strokes gained/putting, picking up nearly seven shots on the field.

Here are all the clubs Hodges used to win at TPC Twin Cities

Brian Harman

British Open

Putter: TaylorMade Spider OS CB

Key putting stat: Harman holed nearly 450 feet of putts and gained nearly 11 shots on the field in strokes gained/putting, ranking him first for the week. He also made 56 of 57 putts inside 10 feet.

Here are all the clubs Harman used to win at Royal Liverpool

Akshay Bhatia

Barracuda Championship

Putter: Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K #7 Double Wide

Key putting stat: On the greens, Bhatia ranked 11th in putts per green in regulation for the week.

Rory McIlroy

Genesis Scottish Open

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast

Key putting stat: On the greens, McIlroy was one of the best on Sunday, gaining two strokes on the field.

Here are all the clubs McIlroy used to win in Scotland

Vincent Norrman

Barbasol Championship

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X

Key putting stat: Normann ranked first in putts per round and seventh in strokes gained/putting.

Sepp Straka

John Deere Classic

Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle

Key putting stat: Straka ranked fourth in strokes gained/putting, picking up 6.731 shots on the field with his Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle mallet, the oldest club in his bag .

Here are all the clubs Straka used to win at TPC Deere Run

Rickie Fowler

Rocket Mortgage Classic

Putter: Odyssey O-Works Jailbird Mini

Key putting stat: For the week, Fowler ranked 12th in strokes gained/putting, picking up more than four on the field. He also ranked fourth in putts per green in regulation.

Here are all the clubs Fowler used to win at Detroit Golf Club

Keegan Bradley

Travelers Championship

Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird Mid-size

Key putting stat: For the week, Bradley ranked first in strokes gained/putting, picking up more than seven shots on the field.

Here are all the clubs Bradley used to win at TPC River Highlands

Wyndham Clark

Key putting stat: Clark rolled in enough putts to rank second in birdies for the week with 19, trailing only Rickie Fowler.

Here are all the clubs Clark used to win at LACC

Nick Taylor

RBC Canadian Open

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Red

Key putting stat: Taylor rolled in a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth extra hole to win a playoff with Tommy Fleetwood.

Here are all the clubs Taylor used to win at Oakdale C.C.

Memorial Tournament

Key putting stat: Hovland excelled on the greens, ranking third in SG/putting, gaining more than six shots on the field.

Here are all the clubs Hovland used to win at Muirfield Village

Emiliano Grillo

Charles Schwab Challenge

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5 T T10

Key putting stat: Grillo ranked second in strokes gained/putting, picking up 7.439 strokes on the field for the week.

Here are all the clubs Grillo used to win at Colonial

Brooks Koepka

PGA Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Newport 2 SLT T10

Key putting stat: Kopeka was solid on the greens all week, with no three-putts and several clutch makes, including a momentum-saving 10-footer for par on the par-5 13th Sunday.

Here are all the clubs Koepka used to win at Oak Hill

AT&T Byron Nelson

Putter: TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider Black

Key putting stat: Day gained 2.703 strokes on the field on the greens en route to his first victory since 2018.

Here are all the clubs Day used to win at TPC Craig Ranch

Key putting stat: Clark ranked third in strokes gained/putting, picking up 7.465 strokes on the field on the greens.

Here are all the clubs Clark used to win in Charlotte

Mexico Open at Vidanta

Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2

Key putting stat: Finau had the touch on the greens as he ranked eighth in strokes gained/putting.

Here are all the clubs Finau used to win in Mexico

Davis Riley

Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Phantom X 7.2 prototype

Key putting stat: Riley knocked in four of the team's seven birdie putts during the final round.

Here are all the clubs Riley used to win in New Orleans

Putter: Swag prototype

Key putting stat: Hardy rolled in a key 33-footer from off the green at the 71st hole.

Here are all the clubs Hardy used to win in New Orleans

Matt Fitzpatrick

RBC Heritage

Putter: Bettinardi DASS prototype

Key putting stat: Fitzpatrick ranked second in putts per green in regulation while only taking 25.4 putts per round.

Here are all the clubs Fitzpatrick used to win at Harbour Town

The Masters

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie S

Key putting stat: Despite four three-putts and a four-putt Rahm still ranked 16th in putts per green in regulation.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win at Augusta National

Corey Conners

Valero Texas Open

Putter: Ping PLD Prime Tyne H

Key putting stat: An 18-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole Sunday proved to be the difference for Conners .

Here are all the clubs Conners used to win in San Antonio

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Putter: Odyssey O-Works 7S Black

Key putting stat: Burns made a astounding 48 birdies in 117 holes during his championship run.

Here are all the clubs Burns used to win at Austin C.C.

Matt Wallace

Corales Puntacana Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist P5 GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Wallace holed 24 birdie putts—one-third of the 72 holes he played.

Taylor Moore

Valspar Championship

Putter: Ping PLD Oslo 4

Key putting stat: A 26-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole Sunday helped propel Moore to victory .

Here are all the clubs Moore used to win at Innisbrook

Scottie Scheffler

Players Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Special Select Timeless Tourtype GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Scheffler dropped a key 18-footer on the par-4 10th hole Sunday, the third birdie in a crucial five-birdie run.

Here are all the clubs Scheffler used to win at TPC Sawgrass

Kurt Kitayama

Arnold Palmer Invitational

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X HydroBlast

Key putting stat: Kitayama rolled in 144 feet of putts on Sunday, the most of anyone in the field during the final round.

Here are all the clubs Kitayama used to win at Bay Hill

Nico Echavarria

Puerto Rico Open

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Eleven

Key putting stat: Echavarria was fifth in putts per GIR at 1.643, impressive when finishing second in greens in regulation

Honda Classic

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Key putting stat: For the week Kirk ranked third in putts per GIR and ninth in strokes gained/putting.

Here are all the clubs Kirk used to win at PGA National

Genesis Invitational

Key putting stat: Rahm was 12th in strokes gained putting for the week but ninth in birdies or better conversion percentage.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win at Riviera

WM Phoenix Open

Key putting stat: Scheffler ranked 13th in strokes gained/putting, picking up 4.157 strokes on the field.

Here are all the clubs Scheffler used to win at TPC Scottsdale

Justin Rose

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Putter: Axis 1

Key putting stat: Rose ranked fifth in putts per green in regulation, making 17 birdies and three eagles in the process.

Here are all the clubs Rose used to win at Pebble Beach

Farmers Insurance Open

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist X5.5 Tour Prototype

Key putting stat: Homa ranked ninth in strokes gained/putting, picking up 4.595 strokes on the field on the greens .

Here are all the clubs Homa used to win at Torrey Pines

The American Express

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie

Key putting stat: Rahm ranked 10th in putts per green in regulation, leading to 28 birdies and one eagle.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win in Palm Springs

Sony Open in Hawaii

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten Broomstick

Key putting stat: Kim won the event with a critical two-putt birdie from 42 feet on the par-5 finishing hole .

Here are all the clubs Kim used to win at Waialae

Sentry Tournament of Champions

Key putting stat: Rahm ranked first in strokes gained/putting and was second in putting from outside 10 feet, making 11 of 46 tries (23.91 percent).

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win in Hawaii

Adam Svensson

RSM Classic

Putter: Odyssey Toulon Palm Beach

Key putting stat: Svensson picked up more than eight shots on the field on the greens for the week to rank first in the strokes gained/putting statistic.

Here are all the clubs Svensson used to win on Sea Island

Cadence Bank Houston Open

Key putting stat: Finau ranked first in strokes gained/putting, picking up more than nine shots on the field. On Sunday he made a couple of big bombs, including a 40-footer at the par-5 eighth that was followed by a 19-footer at the next hole.

Here are all the clubs Finau used to win in Houston

Russell Henley

World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Henley dropped enough birdie putts to rank third in putts per green in regulation at 1.500.

Here are all the clubs Henley used to win in Mexico

Seamus Power

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Putter: Ping PLD 3 prototype

Key putting stat: Power ranked fifth in putts per green in regulation—a handy stat to have when you also rank near the top 10 in greens in regulation (Power finished 12th for the week in that stat).

Here are all the clubs Power used to win in Bermuda

Key putting stat: McIlroy was 15th in strokes gained/putting, gaining more than six shots on the field. He also ranked third in putts per green in regulation.

Here are all the clubs McIlroy used to win in South Carolina

Zozo Championship

Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird Mid

Key putting stat: Bradley ranked sixth in putts per green in regulation at 1.661 putts.

Here are all the clubs Bradley used to win in Japan

Shriners Children's Open

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist TourType Timeless GSS tour prototype

Key putting stat: Kim was strong on the greens, ranking third in strokes gained/putting at nearly six shots better than the field average.

Here are all the clubs Kim used to win in Las Vegas

Mackenzie Hughes

Sanderson Farms Championship

Putter: Ping Scottsdale TR Piper C

Key putting stat: Hughes picked up nearly four shots on the field on the greens, ranked 14th for the week.

Here are all the clubs Hughes used to win in Mississippi

Fortinet Championship

Key putting stat: Homa ranked 15th in strokes gained/putting, including making three key birdie putts in a row on Nos. 9, 10 and 11 in the final round—the last a 30-footer .

Here are all the clubs Homa used to win in Napa

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It’s no secret that your putter is the most-used club in your bag. It’s also common knowledge that love affairs with putters can come to quick and painful ends. What couldn’t miss yesterday can go stone cold today. Some players (like Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker) have used the same basic putter for much of their careers. Others change their putters as often as their socks.

Club manufacturers introduce new models all the time, as evidenced by the parade of new offerings that debut at the annual PGA Merchandise Show each January. Often, these clubs incorporate new technology or new design ideas that make them quantifiably better. But sometimes, and especially with putters, the changes can be as much about style as substance. And there’s nothing wrong with that—if it looks good to you and feels good in your hands, that can help build the confidence that leads to more putts holed. Beauty, in this case, really is in the eye of the beholder.

But innovations come along, too—and they’re worth considering. Here are 12 putters that are new to the market for 2024. Each has its own distinct look and its own story to tell. There are mallets, blades, long putters, and more—most with a range of customization options. There’s a big emphasis on fitting this year, too, to help ensure that you get the right loft, lie, weighting, and setup for your putting stroke. Is one of these putters destined to become your go-to wand?

Odyssey Ai-ONE Milled Six T DB

Odyssey’s new Ai-ONE line is comprised of eight different models, including the Six T DB, a traditional mallet-style putter. All of them are milled from stainless steel, and all feature milled inserts developed with the use of artificial intelligence. The backs of these inserts are characterized by wavy contours that Odyssey says will help promote consistent ball speeds on strikes to different areas of the face. That’s a feature many manufacturers are focusing on. Each Ai-ONE features an SL 90 lightweight shaft, with 20–30 grams of counterbalance weight in the butt end. New for 2024 you’ll also find Ai-ONE models with urethane face inserts—whose aluminum backs are again designed with the use of AI to promote more consistent ball speeds on off-center hits. With interchangeable weights available in 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-gram options, finding one with a balance that feels right to you should be easily done.

TaylorMade Spider Tour Z

TaylorMade’s Spider putters have been holing putts on Tour and at neighborhood munis for almost 20 years. New for 2024 are their Spider Tour models, which have been designed to better control weight distribution and shift their centers of gravity to more optimal locations. With the Spider Tour Z, and the four other multi-material Spider Tour models, weight has been shifted lower and farther to the back, with thin wall undercuts to further reduce overall weight. The putters also feature a new HYBRAR Echo Damper—something that’s also utilized in TaylorMade distance irons like the Stealth and Stealth HD. It’s located directly behind the face and helps dampen unwanted vibrations and deliver an appealing sound and feel. You’ll be able to customize your Spider Tour with a choice of face inserts, finishes, sight lines, and more.

Scotty Cameron X 5.5 Phantom

Customization is also an important aspect of Scotty Cameron’s new Phantom mallet line, which includes 10 new models featuring four unique head shapes for 2024. Scotty Camerons are well known for their craftsmanship, dual-milled faces, and their focus on providing effective visual alignment support. Design changes for the new year are aimed at enhancing alignment even further, rebalancing the location (depth) of their centers of gravity, and optimizing their MOI (moment of inertia), which promotes greater stability through the putting stroke. The new models are available with four different neck/shaft configurations—low-bend, mid-bend, straight shaft, and jet neck—and in lengths ranging from 33 to 38 inches. The Phantom 5.5 model features the jet neck option, and is a great choice for players who want a club with the alignment aids of a mallet, but with a visual nod to more traditional blade putters. The new Phantoms also feature what Cameron is calling the “Full Contact Grip,” a paddle-style grip which is aimed at promoting better face angle awareness and providing better feel and control.

Scotty Cameron Long Putters

Also new for 2024 from Scotty Cameron are two long putter models, with stiffer 36 to 40-inch shafts wedded to 17-inch, 135-gram, pistol-style grips. The models are the Super Select Squareback 2 Long Design, with a solid milled face and an integrated 6061 aluminum sole plate; and the Phantom 11 Long Design, a counterbalanced putter with two 25-gram tungsten weights and a stiffer, mid-bend shaft to compensate for the heavier head. Devotees of longer putters may well want to give them a look.

Bettinardi BB1

Bettinardi comes out with new and/or updated putter models every two years like clockwork (with limited-edition offerings in between). This year, their new BB line includes six different offerings, with the BB1 being the traditional blade design. Each is one-piece-milled from durable, responsive 303 stainless steel, on top of which they layer smooth, Black Pearl PVD that’s resistant to scratches and corrosion. Like many other makers, Bettinardi is constantly searching to find the optimal center of gravity (COG) for their clubs, and with the BB line, they’ve reshaped the bumpers and shoulders to give it improved weight distribution and help it align more naturally at address. The faces feature their Perpetual Flymill milling, enhanced in 2024 to produce a distinctive sound upon impact and immediate feedback to the player. The bright blue grips on the new Bettinardis are sweet-looking, too.

Evnroll Neo Classic ER1.2

The 2024 news from Evnroll is its just-launched Neo Classic series—five new putters available in two different finishes with a new insert that offers even better feel than the company’s prior (and much heralded) all-aluminum SweetFace groove design. This new insert still has an aluminum face with those helpfully corrective SweetFace grooves, but now it has a polymer material right behind the face that acts to soften the feel and provide increased feedback. Evnroll’s new Neo Classics are available in stainless steel or black ceramic, in five models ranging from blade to mallet to winged mallet, and have a simplified weight system for 2024 with easily adjustable sole weights ranging from 12.5 grams all the way up to 45.5 grams. The ER1.2 is a classic heel and toe-weighted blade design with a traditional plumber’s neck hosel and both an alignment line and Evnroll’s usual two-dot aiming system on the topline.

Bobby Grace Bruce’s Magic

Bruce Lietzke had one of the sweetest, most repeatable swings in the history of the PGA Tour. He won 13 times, and probably would’ve won a handful of majors if he hadn’t been so into fishing and had practiced a bit more. As good as his swing was, though, his putting was even better—thanks no doubt to his mastery of the long putter. This new Bobby Grace long putter design pays homage to Bruce and is a limited-edition model of which only 10 will be made. It features Grace’s unique HSM radial face, is set up at the max 80 degrees upright, and is available with Grace’s new Stability Shaft, which is designed to reduce torque and deliver more on-line putts.

PXG Battle Ready II Bat Attack

PXG’s Battle Ready II Bat Attack putter is a batwing mallet-style putter with long, contrasting-weighted heel-toe wings that make it easy to align to the target. One of nine new offerings in their Battle Ready II line, the Bat Attack’s design, with its two-tone coloration and strident alignment line, gives it the dual appearance of a traditional blade and a high-MOI mallet. It’s also hollow, with an extremely thin face, thin walls, and an injection-molded core—all of which allows PXG to shift weight to the perimeter, which increases its MOI and improves performance on off-center hits. The pattern of the milled face has been tweaked for 2024, too, and you can customize yours with a choice of five hosel designs, several different grip options, and adjustable weights.

Void USVG Saber

The guys at Void say they didn’t set out to create a putter company. But during their efforts to make putters that worked well for them, they discovered they had ideas that other players might like and pony up for, too. The foundational idea behind their 2024 Saber and Goliath models revolves around their face inserts—and elasticity. Those inserts feature a patent-pending design that uses thermal plastic bonded to stainless steel. But rather than make the insert thin in the center as other manufacturers do, they kept its center thickness constant and increased the thickness at the heel and toe. The result of employing this overall thicker plastic insert is a face that generates more energy on impact and can help compensate for the loss of distance on off-center hits. To give their putters higher MOI, they make them with 6062 aluminum and add more than 160 grams of tungsten to the perimeter of the club. Void says this design makes it easier to get putts to the hole—especially on mishits. That’s something everyone can benefit from.

Never Compromise Reserve NC Contrast Model 2

There was a time when Never Compromise putters were exceedingly popular among players of all skill levels—including three-time major winner Vijay Singh (and almost-major-winner Jean Van de Velde). Their distinctive black and gray designs and soft polymer inserts were widely appealing, and the disappearance of the company was disheartening. But the Never Compromise brand is back now, part of the Dunlop Sports group that also includes Cleveland, Srixon, and Asics. Today’s Never Compromise Reserve putters come in five models, with each available in both their trademark black-gray contrasting color scheme and in a Tour Satin stainless. Milled from soft 303 stainless steel, they no longer feature the soft face inserts; milled faces have replaced those. The different models are designed to offer a variety of alignment options and to be stroke-specific, so there are different options depending on how much arc your putting stroke has. The company is emphasizing its in-store fitting process, which considers each player’s unique setup, posture, arc, etc., en route to identifying the ideal length, head shape, grip, and weighting for the player.

Cobra Agera Armlock 3D-Printed Putter

How does 3D printing benefit putter design? The internal 3D-printed lattice structure in Cobra’s 3D-Printed putter line allows the company to redistribute weight to the perimeter, which, if you’ve been reading closely up to now, helps create a higher degree of MOI for more consistent results. The putter’s frame is stainless steel and has been designed to allow for precise weight positioning and a low CG. The face insert of the Agera Armlock model (like those of the other eight models in Cobra’s 2024 lineup) is 6061 aerospace-grade aluminum that features Descending Loft Technology—a design that utilizes four descending lofts from 4 degrees to 1 degree and helps ensure a more consistent launch and delivery even when you loft or de-loft the putter at impact. An adjustable weighting system with options from five grams to 25 grams allows for customization to match your desired feel.

Cleveland HB Soft 2 Model 8S

Last—but certainly not least—Cleveland has updated its popular (and popularly priced) HB Soft series for 2024. The lineup includes nine different models that are characterized by the type of putting stroke they’re best suited for—five face-balanced choices for players with a straighter stroke and four others with more toe hang for players whose strokes have more of a natural arc. If you can’t find one that suits your stroke and your eye, you’re probably not looking closely enough. Cast from stainless steel, they have a clean, simple design that’s free of unnecessary visual distractions. And they perform very well, in part because of their Speed Optimized Face Technology, which calls for densely grouped groove lines in the center of the face and less dense ones at the heel and toe—something that helps promote more consistent distances no matter where on the face you strike the ball.

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These kids are good.

The PGA Tour shouldn’t bother with reviving its old marketing slogan these guys are good because pretty soon none of them will be old enough to celebrate their successes with an alcoholic beverage.

First, it was 15-year-old Miles Russell, the youngest AJGA Player of the Year (displacing Tiger Woods), making the cut at a Korn Ferry Tour event ( he finished T-20 in the LECOM Suncoast Classic ) and nearly doing it again the following week. The high school freshman already has secured a sponsor exemption to the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship in November, and the invites should be rolling in.

Last week, Kris Kim, 16, did one better, receiving a sponsor exemption into the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson and shooting a first-round 64. He became the fifth-youngest player in the history of the PGA Tour to make the cut and the youngest in tournament history . Younger, in fact, than the Golden Child, Jordan Spieth. (Kim finished 65th.) Asked what he is most excited about when he gets back home, Kim responded with this classic answer: “I’ve got my driving license this year, so I think that’s going to be pretty cool.”

This week, it smells like teen spirit in the play-for-pay ranks in the form of young Blades Brown. Having already become the youngest stroke play medalist in U.S. Amateur history in 2023 (he was co-medalist) and breaking a record set by Bobby Jones 103 years ago, the 16-year-old Brown teed it up on Thursday at the Tour’s Myrtle Beach Classic and opened with 1-over 72.

Man, so cool to see @BladesBrown2026 competing in his 1st @PGATOUR event. Blades is 16 and a So. in HS. Unreal bud. Like yesterday you, Chase, Hayes and all the boys were out there playin coach pitch. Happy for all your success-go gettem tomorrow and please give your Mom and Dad… — Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) May 9, 2024

At this pace, the Tour’s going to need to expand its daycare with all these youngsters proving they have game.

And it’s not just the men – 15-year-old Asterisk Talley of Northern California just qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open later this month and another 15-year-old, Ashley Shaw, earned a two-stroke victory at the John Shippen Cognizant Cup on Monday to earn a spot in this week’s LPGA field in New Jersey .

Impressive accomplishments, for sure, but when young golfers are doing seemingly remarkable things with such regularity it does take some of the wow factor away from the feat. These stories begin to feel more dog bites man than man bites dog. This latest kiddie corps, after all, isn’t that far removed from the age of Rose Zhang, who won in her LPGA debut last year, or Nick Dunlap, who won the American Express on the PGA Tour in January as an amateur and subsequently turned pro. Before celebrating his 21st birthday, Tom Kim won twice on the Tour and earned additional victories in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Singapore.

It wasn’t that long ago when Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson were the only players with multiple victories on the PGA Tour among players in their 20s. But Tiger Woods, besides winning eight to 10 times a year and preventing a generation from winning enough for World Golf Hall of Fame consideration, also gave rise to an influx of young, athletic talent. Talk to a PGA Tour Champions pro and he’ll tell you that in his day, he had to learn to shape shots and to flight the ball at different trajectories.

“You were almost serving an apprenticeship,” Woody Austin said. “You had to cut your teeth and get experience on Tour before you were ready to go win, and if you were any good, you’d do so in your 30s. Now, they come out of the box and they’re ready to go.”

Austin went on a lengthy rant about equipment, and he’s not wrong. The biggest factor, he said, is that the golf ball doesn’t curve anymore, and the penalty for hitting it crooked is less severe. So, newly minted pros and those still seeking their driver’s license don’t have to learn to work the ball both ways; just grip it and rip it. Another factor is that the equipment is so much easier to match. It used to take months of trial and error to find the right shaft and driver. If it used to take a player three months to determine that his driver is spinning the ball too much, it is now revealed in three shots. Now a player sets up his TrackMan or FlightScope, it spews out numbers and the whole bag can be reconfigured in an afternoon. Game-changer. Not to mention that there are data analytics experts to tell a player how to play a course and a green book that tells a player the break and read of the green. Experience is overrated.

The reason “these guys are good” is less of a secret. Players are being groomed like future pros well before they arrive at college. And when they turn pro, they travel with an entourage of swing, fitness and mental coaches. That these youngsters have the ability and the mental fortitude to compete with golfers more than twice their age and old enough to be their parent is still is impressive but it’s no longer something to marvel about. It’s a new day and age and one in which youth is not wasted on the young.

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