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TaylorMade introduces all-new Spider GT family of putters

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TaylorMade Golf has today introduced the Spider GT family with four new additions to the Spider franchise: Spider GT, Spider GT Notchback, Spider GT Rollback and Spider GT Splitback.

“Innovation has long been the bloodline of the Spider franchise. From its optimized stability frame to its countless victories on worldwide tours, every Spider putter is designed to deliver pure performance. With Spider GT, we have created our most angular and most stable Spider ever using a new modern wing construction similar to other high stability Spider putters of the past. With the removal of weight from the center of Spider GT, we have unlocked higher MOI and more stability from every angle.” — Bill Price, Senior Director Product Creation, Putters & Wedge

Spider GT

The Spider GT features a lightweight 145g top plate made from 6061 aluminum, which eliminates excess weight in the middle of the putter and carries a short sightline for alignment.

Combined with the ultralight top plate, a first of its kind open frame multi-material design features two 90g steel side weights that push 82 percent of the putter’s total weight to the perimeter, all in design to provide extreme stability on off-center strikes.

The Spider GT top plate is crafted from lightweight aluminum for a premium look and increased durability compared to paint or PVD finishes. 

In addition, the Spider GT features a Pure Roll co-molded insert in design for improved forward roll and ball speed consistency across the face. Pure Roll is a firmer insert manufactured of black TPU urethane with silver aluminum beams at a 45 degree angle that seeks to improve topspin across the face.

Specs, Availability & Pricing

  • Specs: 33, 34 and 35 inches; Silver, Red, Black colorways and a White women’s offering.
  • Availability: Preorder on February 15 and at retail beginning March 4
  • Price: $349

Spider GT Notchback

Per TaylorMade, the Spider GT Notchback produces the highest MOI ever created by a mid-size mallet Spider.

The CG is positioned the farthest forward in design to make face rotation easier, while the putter features a lightweight 6061 aluminum body combined with strategically placed 86g dual tungsten weights on the outside (heel and toe), in design for excellent stability, forgiveness and distance control. 

In addition, an extruded then machined aluminum head creates a stout section of material behind the face insert in design to offer a confidence-inspiring strike along with excellent sound. Both the Spider GT Notchback and Rollback feature a tri-sole design to help golfers correctly set the putter square on the ground without changing the face angle.

Specs, Availability & Pricing

  • Specs: 34 and 35 inches; Silver colorway
  • Availability: Preorder on February 15 and at retail beginning March 4 
  • Price: $299.99

Spider GT Rollback

The Spider GT Rollback features a classic half-moon design enhanced by a heavy tungsten rollbar for added perimeter weighting and increased stability.

Rollback seeks to offer confidence at address through a raised, curved center section that is the same width as a golf ball. This is designed to make it easy to center the ball in the address position, with three contrasting black sightlines also providing clear alignment to the hole.

The Rollback top design has a lighter anterior with a 232g cap crafted from anodized 6061 aluminum combined with the company’s first 80g tungsten stability bar that wraps around the back and side of the putter in a bid to offer added forgiveness and stability.

Specs, Availability & Pricing

  • Specs: 34 and 35 inches; Silver/Black and all Silver colorway
  • Availability: Preorder on February 15 and at retail beginning March 4
  • Price: $299.99

Spider GT Splitback

The Spider GT Splitback features a 304-stainless steel construction with geometric shaping and urethane foam strategically injected inside the putter head.

The split mass “winged” design allowed TaylorMade designers to redistribute mass around the perimeter of the putter in order to maximize MOI and stability. In this shape, a steel body is designed to naturally provide more perimeter weighting than an aluminum one.

Due to the high density of steel, the wing sections of the design needed to be partially pocketed out to remove excess weight. The chambers within the wings are filled with feel foam, similar to the SpeedFoam material used in P·770/P·790 irons. This helps fill the voids and damp vibrations in design for better sound and feel.

The Spider GT Splitback incorporates one of the standout features of Spider X with True Path, TaylorMade’s ball alignment and stroke visualization aid. While standing over Spider GT Splitback, True Path is highly visible and integrated into the head.

The contrasting white section, black sightline and arrow-shaped rear edge aims to help golfers visualize their putting stroke and ball path before even executing the putt.

Specs, Availability & Price

  • Specs: 34 and 35 inches; Black colorway.
  • Availability: Preorder on February 15 and at retail beginning March 4
  • Price: $299
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Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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  1. Pingback: WATCH: Talking TaylorMade Spider GT putters with Bill Price – GolfWRX

  2. Former Spiderman

    Jan 25, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    A bunch of those aren’t shaped anything close to past Spider shapes, and really should be called something else.

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Kris Kim WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @7)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees @13.5)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (2, 4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 56-12SB, 60-11TW)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 WV 125

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Kris Kim’s equipment here.

 

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Welcome to the family: TaylorMade launches PUDI and PDHY utility irons

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TaylorMade is continuing its UDI/DHY series with the successor to the Stealth UDI and DHY utility irons: PUDI and PDHY (which the company styles as P·UDI and P·DHY). TaylorMade is folding the designs in with its P Series of irons.

TaylorMade outlined the process of developing its new utilities this way. The company started with the data on utility iron usage. Not surprisingly, better players — i.e. those who generate more clubhead speed and strike the ball more precisely — were found to gravitate toward the UDI model. DHY usage, however, covered a wider swath than the company might have expected with six-to-18 handicappers found to be bagging the club.

TaylorMade also found that the majority of golfers playing UDI or DHY utilities were playing P Series irons at the top of their iron configurations.

Can you see where this is going?

Matt Bovee, Director of Product Creation, Iron and Wedge at TaylorMade: “As we look to the future, beyond the tech and the design language, we are excited about repositioning our utility irons into the P·Series family. P·UDI is an easy pair for players that currently play P·Series product and P·DHY is an extremely forgiving option for players of all skill levels. It is a natural fit to give these players the performance in this category that they are looking for.”

 

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TaylorMade PUDI

TaylorMade PUDI technology cutaway (via TaylorMade)

Crafted with tour player input, TaylorMade sought to develop a confidence-inspiring utility iron that blends with the rest of the P Series irons. Also of note: Interestingly, the PUDI has a more compact head than the P790.

In comparison to past UDI products, the PUDI has a more traditional iron shape, slimmer toplines, and less offset with a little of the backbar visible at address.

TaylorMade PDHY

TaylorMade PDHY tech cutaway (via TaylorMade).

Larger in profile than the PUDI, the PDHY seeks to position center of gravity (CG) lower in the club for ease of launch. The toe height is larger and the profile is larger at address — roughly five millimeters longer than PUDI — the sole of the club is wider for improved forgiveness.

Club Junkie’s take

Golfers who feel like they are missing something at the top of the bag could find the PUDI or PDHY a great option. The look of the PUDI should fit the most discerning eye with a more compact look, less offset, and a thinner topline. If you want a little more confidence looking down the P-DHY will be slightly larger while still being a good-looking utility iron.

For being small packages both models pack a pretty good punch with fast ball speeds, even off-center. The feel is soft and you get a solid feel of the ball compressing off the face when you strike it well. Your ears are greeted with a nice heavy thud as the ball and club come together. The PDHY will launch a little higher for players who need it while the PUDI offers a more penetrating ball flight. Both utility irons could be the cure for an open spot in the top end of the bag.

PUDI, PDHY, or Rescue?

TaylorMade offers the following notes to assist golfers in filling out their bags:

  • PUDI has mid-CG right behind the center face to create a more penetrating mid-to-low ball flight
  • PDHY has a lower center of gravity to produce an easier-to-launch mid-to-high ball flight.
  • Both PUDI and PDHY are lower-flying than the company’s hybrid/Rescue clubs.
  • PUDI is more forgiving than P790.
  • PDHY is the most forgiving iron in the entire TaylorMade iron family

Pricing, specs, and availability

Price: $249.99

At retail: Now

Stock shafts: UST Mamiya’s Recoil DART (105 X, 90 S and 75 R – only in PDHY)

Stock grip: Golf Pride’s ZGrip (black/grey)

PUDI lofts: 2-17°, 3-20°, 4-22° in both left and right-handed

PDHY lofts: 2-18°, 3-20° and 4-22° in both left and right-handed

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/3/24): Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

From the seller: (@wwcl): “Has been gamed as pics show. 33.5 includes original h/c and grip. $575 includes shipping and PP fees.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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