WHAT TYPE OF PUTTER IS BEST? Blades vs Mallets

[@mygolfspyvideos]

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[@deanmccormick8070]

I play a Cleveland Frontline mallet with a Super Stroke grip. Just feels good, and I sink more 4- and 5-footers than I did with a blade. But is it the best??

[@maxlyall200]

Odyssey 2-ball fang, and I love it!

[@joeluvs2danceify]

I play Ping Ketsch. It's been in my bag since they were first issued.

[@Conway020590]

Nike Method Concept Mallet (in red). No real reason why other than liking the looks of it a few years ago!

[@grantscott7409]

I've been playing an Odyssey WH #1 blade for over 10 years. Tried a mallet but it didn't feel right. Would love to see what a professional fitter would say.

[@adammiller4044]

Great test as usual. I like mallets and think the 5 foot mark is the most important for strokes gained, since the bogey golfers out there will two putt from 10 and 20 feet about 80-85% of the time, while making 50% of their 5 footers.

[@mh_golfer]

Same that is why I switched to a mallet putter, I was missing way too many short putts. It was also causing me to leave a lot of my longer putts a bit short because my only goal was not to leave a 4 to 6 foot putt that I was struggling with.

[@mikeygarcia7065]

I just had a putter fitting today. Always thought I was going to be using a mallet putter. Then went through the testing and since I’m right eye dominate, I ended up being a perfect fit for a blade. The testing blew my mind. Ended with the Odyssey Tri Hot and sunk 12 straight with the most consistent put path.

[@tomashmore4128]

where did you get fit at? I am also right eye dominant and play a TM spider but been struggling lately

[@xfrom321]

Are you left handed and right eye dominant? I’m curious how eye dominance plays a part in putting.

[@mikeygarcia7065]

@@xfrom321 I’m right handed and heavily right eye. It forces me to push a decent amount of putts.

[@TopGIJoe]

Great video!! At last count, I have over 30 putters in my garage, not counting the ones already sold this year. Interesting how we (I) always blame the putter for putting woes and thus are constantly searching for the “right one.” Best comment ever made by my wife: “If that putter isn’t working for you, what makes you think another one will? Why don’t you change the golfer instead of the putter?!” BOOM!! Got fitted and now am rocking my putter - no one/thing to blame but the “indian” shooting the arrow now!

[@Levi_1911]

I was fit for my Newport 2 timeless 6 years ago and still absolutely love it. Hoping it stays my only putter for life.

[@roblilt7359]

I've only just watched a few MGS videos today, but I see a solid trend. No matter the club or ball, go get fit!

[@jkca1473]

“Visual cues have no correlation with performance” …..5 min later….. “The triple track technology works”. What gives?

[@mygolfspyvideos]

This is based on how our testers score a putter looks vs how they perform during our annual mallet and blade testing. We have been taking subjective data vs objective data for years.

[@jkca1473]

@@mygolfspyvideos got it. Thanks

[@GregVanGorp]

“Ugly putters perform just as good as beautiful putters”

[@polykane2315]

Meaning it doesn't matter how cool it looks

[@grownbabygolf1676]

WOW.....glad yall caught that too!

[@pokclkkielt7149]

I go back and forth between mallets and blades; I prefer blades for look and feel, but mallets (TM Spyder) remains a go to club when the blades go cold.

[@Johndct1]

Bought a $500 mallet putter last fall. Played about 15 games with it plus practice. Couldn’t even get close to the hole. Got fed up this spring and bought the Kirkland putter from Costco. I have never putted so well. Absolutely love it. And I didn’t even have to buy the weights to modify it.

[@jinxyj08]

I WAS just looking into this with a deep dive to order a new PLD Anser. Thanks for the video!

[@mikemoore9606]

Great information this new series is outstanding. I have not purchased a club in the past 6 or 7 years without checking MGS.

[@beatarmy39]

Scotty original Newport 2 blade. Love it.

[@vitobarfalone6060]

Using a Tour Edge OS10 center shafted mallet. Went back to a centered shaft after one round using my old bullseye and putting lights out. I used to have 10 putters. Sold all but 3. For me the center shaft seems to be more important than blade vs. mallet.

[@MrJed000]

I'm using a classic Ping B60 and rolling the ball very well this year.

[@rayjd1650]

I've played the same blade (Odyssey #9) for like 15 years. Only putter I've owned since I bought it.

[@marilyncatterall402]

Tried a few putters as a kid. In my early teens I came across a heel shafted, blade putter that just fit me perfectly. It was a straight shaft too, not one of those with a weird kink where it meets the clubhead. I used it successfully for the next 20 years or so, got down to single figures handicap, played for my County, won a few comps etc etc, until I got bored/dissatisfied with the sport and stopped playing.

[@georgefettersjr.2238]

Blade for now. Looking at trying a Mallet. Really just want one that fits my length and lie. The aiming exercises that Edel does in their fittings, looks interesting.

[@stephengotkin5486]

Been playing center shafted mallet for years! YES Natalie. Doesn't mean I'm a great putter unfortunately and should get fitted for sure!

[@lkae4]

Got refit into my old Scotty blade with loft, lie and face angle adjusted. Puring putts now for the first time ever. Crazy.

[@charlesbornas391]

I just started using a Kirkland putter and it has improved my game. Was using an older odyssey blade putter and had many 3 putts. Now my 3 putts are less than 1 a round.

[@edlloyd976]

Brilliant, I am now wondering as to WHY I’ve never been fitted for a putter, am going to change that and first get some advice from my pro. It has been very frustrating these past few months with very dry few single putts, mainly two putts and the generous sprinkling of three putts! Thanks.

[@douglaskanner6109]

Great stuff! A bit of a surprising head-to-head result to me.

[@Grunt21Tennessee]

Currently playing a mallet. Always and I mean always trying new putters. Trying to find the magic one. Enjoyed this video. Really like getting the email notifications also. Great info with research behind it with this one as well as with all your videos. Thanks!

[@bluesrocker33]

Do you know how to spot a good putter? Look at the bottom of his putter and see how worn out it is.

[@jeroldyee7130]

Currently using an odyssey mallet, but contemplating trying the blade as I've been missing more from over 15 feet.

[@darrelle.thompson540]

Do a fitting. You'll be greatly surprised on much it matters

[@lewistaylor1701]

I now play a Mallet; Ping Tyne C, that I purchased at the end of last year. Before that I was Blade, an Odyssey. In between I did try the Pyramid, a Blade, but hated it and just recently donated it to my baby Brother. If I remember, I purchased a Mallet based on a MyGolfSpy article; I like it and probably would not change it no time soon although I wouldn't mind a fitting just for adjustment purposes. I went to one with a friend earlier this year in AZ; they only made a few adjustments but it definitely helped his putting this season...drats!

[@andrec5455]

I'm using a "not so popular putter" for years and I still like it. A Cleveland smart square... would be curious to be fitted to see how it does.

[@harrygaylordrums]

I run the Cobra Agera 3D Printed putter. It's very forgiving, feels good, looks good and I can putt with it well!

[@joshuawhittemore1283]

Love the video! I have found that an old Sam Snead "pay-off" putter works best for me. That's right...an ugly metal version of the rubber two-way putters you use at mini putt golf courses. 😂

[@jeffcollins648]

Love the video and the honesty with how mygolfspy does business. I have landed in the opinion that toe hang, loft and lie angle overmatch mallet vs blade. I think it’s more about neck style as opposed to head shape. My testing doesn’t involve 23k putts but I do see the same specs (toe hang, loft, offset and lie) regardless of head shape influence start line and speed more than the style of putter. I miss slant necks and heel shafted putters to the right and I miss plumbers necks to the left in both mallets and blades.

[@rohan_coyi]

Thanks for the info brother, I play with a mallet putter and have been thinking of trying a blade, after watching this, will definitely check to get fitted, haven't updated my putter in ages(tbh, I think this is only my second putter in about 7years)

[@mygolfspyvideos]

2 in 7 years?! Impressed.

[@rohan_coyi]

@@mygolfspyvideos it's not because I'm putting great with the current one hahaha, wish it was the case 😂

[@ban3499]

Walkin up with 2 putters to the green next time , thanks !

[@mercurysauce]

I have had the same putter(s) in my bag for more than 20 years, Scotty Cameron Squareback 2. I have 2 of them (1 in the states, 1 in the UK) and it would take something seismic to even consider a change.

[@danielhowell2967]

I've just purchased a squareback 2 this week. Set out to get the Tri hot double wide but I couldn't get used to how soft its insert felt on testing. I didn't even know there was a squareback with a plumbers neck until I saw it in the shop during that visit. Played one round and love it so far. It came with a golf pride snsr grip which was way too spongy so I replaced it with a pro only grip today. Hopefully this will be staying in my bag for a long time!

[@jerrybirkes5317]

I have been using a Bobby Grace F22 for 14 years. It is dear to me because a) I have never found a better putter and and b) it was fitting to me by Bobby Grace at his tour shop. No other putter has ever come close to the roll this putter puts on a ball

[@AndreeMarkefors]

"In 20 years, we have found ZERO correlation between looks and performance. In other words: looks DO NOT matter!" followed by: "It might look crazy, but these 3 lines at the top of these balls actually work. They were PROVEN to work in our testing. In over 10 years of testing, it's one of the best putters we've ever tested." And no, I'm not going through all the KZbin comments to check exactly how many times this exact thing was already mentioned....

[@RogueWraith909]

I think the putter I use is best described as a D-back blade, it's a Lynx Predator P-04. There were a few different models to choose from when I bought my club set and I tested them on the small indoor area the shop had and noticed I tended to roll the face open on back swing and closed on forward swing with mallets but with blades the swing was straight and true every single time.

[@grantscott7409]

Great video. I've been playing an Odyssey WH #1 blade for over 10 years. Tried a mallet but it didn't feel right. Would love to see what a professional fitter would say.

[@dennishammer8537]

Have used the same center shafted Odyssey for the last 15 years. Love it. Wish I could say the same about my driver. 😫😉

[@BCA1217]

Currently using a Carbon blade putter, but will practice with a Taylormade mallet when my stroke needs some adjustment

[@TCRooster1]

I prefer the looks of a blade…but appreciate that I get better results with a mallet-style.

[@Chris-yj1zg]

I have just changed putter for the first time ever. I've played with a Nike Blade since I started and have recently switched to the Odyssey Versa 1W. It Still has the visuals of a blade but the weight of a mallet. I'm finding that it's allowing me use with weight of the putter with a more controlled stroke, backed up by my strokes gained, -1.1 to +1.9

[@douglashall6388]

I play a blade but it's a toe up Edel for stability as I try to putt straight down the line

[@alanswenson3481]

Blade putter. I did a putter fitting at Club Champion a few years ago.

[@randalsellers9423]

Currently playing a mallet and have been for over ten years...the same one. Looking to improve with a new one.

[@woonsanjoe3674]

Another reason to have a dozen of all sorts of styles

[@fosteratteberry1733]

Love my #ER2

[@chrisswenson8927]

Playing an Odyssey Duel Force 660 blade putter for many years. Funny to me how Adam talks about changing putters multiple times a year when I have had and only used this on for over 15 years. I make a whole lot of 5 footers with it. Had it bent to as flat as I could get it before the hosel world break. Love it, feels good and have had good success with it, but technology has passed it by. It would be hard to replace it, but would do it to improve my golf score.

[@reneguay1347]

I play the 2 ball mallet from odissey and i love it😛😛😛

[@geogolf007]

I haven't changed my Putter in 20+ years... Scotty Cameron Blade.

[@erikmckee7297]

My Scotty Cameron Squareback is by far the best I've ever played. I didn't need your confirmation that blades were the best, but it's nice to see the testing prove me right. haha

[@jayholiday256]

I like my Scotty flow back mallet, putt’s great and looks nice

[@doggies_tale]

The first!!!! What I heard is the way to align to the target(hole) depends on eyes. If someone who is familiar with horizontal line feels comfortable with mallet and vertical line feels comfortable with blade.

[@deejay5348]

I have both! Odyssey R-Ball mallet and a Mizuno M Craft Blade. Each has a different feel and look that almost feels refreshing after I start to struggle with one. Great video!

[@Daevman1211]

Love it!

[@markhuru]

What’s not taught is with a toe hang putter you need to rotate toe slightly inward with your wrists at impact especially on short putts, or you’ll miss all day long on the right side. On long putts i prefer to slightly cut the ball , I feel I can get thru it better without stubbing the putter into the ground.

[@garymcsullea7330]

Have been using an original Ping putter for 50 years got it 2nd hand in early 70's.

[@lesrosenthal1051]

Currently back to using my Odyssey Havok mallet.

[@TeddyCavachon]

Ideally the “face balance” of the putter keeps the face of the club square to the putting stroke. If one uses a straight putting stroke a mallet that balances on a finger with face level (i.e., horizontal with equal mass in toe and heel) is the best choice. If one uses a curved inside-to-square putting stroke then an Anser style putter which will hang at 40-45° is a better match to the putting stroke. What happens if putter balance does not match stroke? The heel-toe balance will try to twist the putter in the hands when swinging back and forth, potentially opening and closing face adding a variable during the stroke. Regarding inserts on the faces? Premium balls like ProV1 have a very hard layer of plastic under a very thin cover which doesn’t yield much when struck will low energy levels and will have a softer feel and different skid/roll characteristics off the face of a putter with a polymer insert. A related variable is ball balance. The balance of a ball can be tested and marked by floating it in salt water (e.g. Epsom Salts). An unbalanced ball can deviate several inched in a ten foot putt. So if testing putters one should use balls which have been tested and proven to be in balance to eliminate that variable.

[@MrWutsupman]

Scotty cam always. I tried bunch of mallet putters but came back to blade at the end.

[@shane7150]

Time to go get fitted for a new putter then. Thanks for the data, very interesting points. I continue to have to line putts up using the ball and focus very hard on contact, maybe having the correct putter will change that.

[@dr.danamplifiers1753]

Excellent video.

[@kylegrant5337]

Odyssey Stroke lab #7 mallet, love it!

[@theartfullgolfer3279]

i havent changed my putter since 2001. A Scotty Cameron Del Mar 3.5 Pro Platinum.

[@michaeltrenholm5684]

I do play the PXG Bat Attack and I love it. I have also played the PXG One and Don putter and it is by far my 2nd favorite putter. Tried blades a couple years ago and just do better overall with my mallets. I did a putter fitting as you suggest and they continued to be the style putter for me.

[@Joelsuder]

Blade 🙌

[@TheRonHockman]

I switched from the Armlock blade (the Cobra highlighted in this video, in fact) to a traditional mallet. I brought my putting stick to the corral and spent about 90 minutes putting different putters through a test suite, starting with the stick to make sure I kept it in line, then various distances, including a 25+ foot lag putt. I found that a mallet with some moderate toe hang suited me best. At a round the next day, I gained 6.8 strokes compared to my old putter. For puts 25 feet and longer, I was actually gaining strokes compared to a scratch golfer... and I'm no where near a scratch golfer.

[@jeremiahjacobs6726]

Man great content! Subscribed!

[@curtismelick2513]

Scotty Newport Studio 2 GSS insert. Been in my bag over 25 yrs

[@TheRuffusMD]

i use a blade , it works for me , but i am surprised with this result . this is the one testing group i trust

[@rickt7909]

I like the feel of a mallet putter. I like the look of a blade. Have a mid mallet in the bag.

[@willmatherly4576]

How LAB golf isn’t mentioned in this a huge miss

[@DavidREvans-cr1jl]

Like a lot of the commenters here, I have a bunch of putters in the garage, including an original 2ball and two other versions. One I keep going back to is an original Ping Cushin (BeCu) that I bought when I was in high school in the late 70s. Still works extremely well.

[@dakoppel]

Massive and beautiful putter collection. Streaky putter. Face balanced Ping Sigma 2 Valor currently. Battle yips on 30 plus footers when I have to swing harder. Scotty select squareback from 2018 is on deck because it looks prettier, but deep down i know it doesn’t putt as well!

[@duncanlowndes7806]

In my opinion MGS is THE best independent golf equipment website going. I’ve got both an Odyssey Eleven and a Piretti Savona 2 Elite putter but will have to go and give that Evenroll blade a testing after this viewing!!

[@KVan26]

I play an old corza ghost belly putter I've cut down to 36" or so. Been in the bag for ten years.

[@wesgarden74]

I am a blade player, but have been considering a switch to a mallet.

[@dennistaylor7655]

Good timing with your video since I’m in the market for a new putter. Any advice on what to expect a putter fitting to include?

[@CoachJones_]

mallet tommy armour from yalls reviews

[@luclacoursiere3764]

Odissey 7s. I'm scared of blades.. but I might have to try one again, after 25 years of mallets!

[@soiseven]

Nike methode blade. ⛳

[@jameswolski7475]

Have a Scotty 2 Blade w/ Ping grip and all the weights. I seem to have lost my alignment at 5 feet. I have a counterweighted spider ghost 72 that I have been using almost as a training aid on my birdie ball putting mat in the basement. Getting a Spider EX to help me with alignment...literally ordered today to be here tomorrow. :)

[@clakerdrs]

I’ve got 3 mallets Scotty 5.5, Ping Kurc, Odyssey and 1 blade odyssey. I’ll putt great one day and horrible the next. Its a frustrating part of my game. Using the Scotty with mid toe hang now but no significant improvement.

[@BeWise4Life]

Learned on a blade, currently using a mallet, and thinking i need something in between. Considering an extra wide blade putter. I find mallets too unweildy. I've made some gorgeous putts with my mallet putter but it feels like I'm fighting against its weight. I'm running 90+% accuracy at the 5 foot and under. My 20+ are pretty solid, mostly near misses. My biggest range of frustration is 8-12. This range usually costs me 3-4 strokes a round. My approaches and drives often leave me in that range and my mallet just doesn't work as consistently there as I'd like.

[@Traplordsosa]

I have been going through the motions trying to find my long term putter. I have tried a whole lot. Odyssey stroke lab seven, 2 ball ten, taylormade hydroblast spider X, scotty cameron phantom x7, Scotty cameron phantom x5.5, Toulon le mans, Pxg bat attack, and to what is now in the bag Evnroll ER2B. so far I have figured out... I really love a black putter because glare on a putter distracts me like crazy. The evnroll just feels CRAZY consistent to me. I have only played a few rounds with it yet I feel pretty deadly. It just goes the distance I try to putt it. Some rounds they are dropping some they are not. I think I am confident that the ER2B is a great happy place for me to be. I liked the PXG bat attack a lot but I feel like on short strokes I had a awful tendency to get stabby and push the ball off to the right (I am a lefty) I think the toe hang on the ER2B helps me a lot in regards to that. It's super tough as a lefty trying different putters as options are scarce so when I see something I really want to try and it's in stock... I almost have to buy it. Wish me luck.

[@capemaypete58]

Odyssey 2 ball Triple Track mallet. Backup is an Evnrol ER2 mid blade.(for when the triple track is acting up!)

[@joebluhm]

BRILLIANT video.

[@nobrien1]

Odyssey mallet!

[@jerryneff6018]

Awesome input. Thanks

[@andypanno7463]

andy panno been using white hot no. 2 center shafted since the eighties. have not found anything better.

[@Gabriel-xm2pl]

The Cobra Grandsport 35 gives me the feel of a mallet but the look of a blade. Successful with the straight back and straight through swing I like playing with even though it has a plumbers neck. Playing the Taylormade Spider Black Tour with my Taylormade set but the insert in the face was way too soft and feedback was mute. Ended up getting a Taylormade Spider FCG and the difference is night and day with the CoG in the front and the insert being the right amount of firmness. The FCG is a mallet putter with a blade putter feel.

[@jamesmiller6967]

Odyssey Model 7. May try one of my blades this weekend.

[@chrishartz4891]

Always played a blade style putter. Occasionally I will search for a mallet style but always end up back in the blade.

[@craigmoyer6916]

Odyssey Toe-Up #7, LAB MEZZ1. Both are low torque/no torque putters. When struggling with stroke I work it out with a Seemore si3. Hide the dot.

[@stevehughes3977]

I play a Yes Callie-fc. Tried a lot of others, but this is better than anything I've tried. Haven't tried an Evnroll. Need to try one, looks interesting.

[@vurich1]

I play both

[@golfer60193]

Currently play a spider but have a Newport 2 in the closet just in case haha

[@mikeb3835]

I'm using the 2018 and 19 Mygolfspy most wanted mallet putter winner, the Tommy Armour Impact #3 mallet putter. I don't know if it's the best putter for me, but I like the weight and feel of it.

[@stephenholmboe1240]

Blade. But want the Cobra Stingray!

[@collinkibble4001]

I love my odyssey 2 ball putter

[@rlake349]

Odyssey Rossie. Nuff said

[@P95514]

Tried a blade, but much prefer a mallet!

[@mygolfspyvideos]

Can ya tell me why? 😉