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Scottie Scheffler switches to a TaylorMade Spider “Tour X SS Proto” putter in Memphis

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7 months ago

Aug 10, 2023

Scottie Scheffler has mostly been a blade-style putter user throughout his career (aside from a brief switch to a custom mallet at the 2022 CJ Cup). Although Scheffler does switch his putter model up on occasion, he typically opts for one of his custom Scotty Cameron Special Select Timeless TourType GSS prototypes.

On Tuesday at the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship, however, Scheffler was spotted testing multiple TaylorMade Spider mallet putters.

A mallet-style putter is certainly a departure from Scheffler’s norm, so it was an uncommon sight to see already, but that’s far from where this story ends.

A closer look at one of the putter faces reveals these aren’t standard Spiders with Pure Roll face inserts that Scheffler was testing. Instead, the faces appeared to have milled-face constructions, made of metal, with visible black screws on the heel and toe. They were also designed with plumbers’ necks, which is a plenty familiar hosel style for Scheffler.

Assuredly, one of the TaylorMade Spider “Tour X SS Proto” putters passed Scheffler’s early week testing and experimentation, because he gave one of the Spider Tour X SS Proto putters a starting spot in the bag on Thursday.

In a Wednesday press conference at TPC Southwind, Scheffler provided further insight into the never-before-seen TaylorMade prototype heads, and he explained what he likes about the new design.

“So the guys at TaylorMade have done a lot of work for me with the putter,” Scheffler explained. “I’ve always liked the visual of that Spider putter, but I really just did not like the feel. That’s something we discussed, kind of the feel and – I’ve always struggled with putters that have a lot of weight in the back side of it, and this one is a bit different than a lot of the Spiders that they’ve made, and the weight is more in the front so it has the feel of a blade putter that I like but it also has a lot of that visual on the top where it’s easier for me to line up. It feels like at times this year I’ve hit a lot of good putts that have gone right up to the edge and not gone in.

“Maybe it could be my alignment. If your alignment is a half-inch off, the ball lips out instead of going in the middle or lips out instead of lips in. The margins in this game are so close, so it’s something that I feel really comfortable with where the balance point is on this putter, and I’m excited to try it out this week.”

As Scheffler discussed in his Wednesday press conference, the weight of the putter “is more in the front” compared to standard Spiders. Since the Scheffler-approved design appears to have a solid-face construction, it makes sense that the CG (center of gravity) would be more toward the face than a stock Spider with a light Surlyn insert, and thus feel and release more like a blade than a weight-back mallet construction.

TaylorMade has yet to comment on the designs, and while it remains unconfirmed exactly which of the heads Scheffler chose to play on Thursday, or what the differences between the prototypes may be, we did get a close look at one of the TaylorMade Spider Tour X SS Proto putters this week.

Check out more photos below, and see what GolfWRX members are saying about the Spider prototype putter in our forums.

See all of our photos from the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship here

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Aug 10, 2023 at 3:33 pm

What was wrong with the Cleveland??? lmao
all the tech and equipment that Titleist and Scotty Cameron have, and he has to go to TM. So sad. lol

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Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX

Check out more in-hand photos of Russell Henley’s clubs.

Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX

Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)

Check out more in-hand photos of Russell Henley’s clubs.

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron T5 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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Irons: Ping i230 (4-PW)

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50, 54, 58)

Putter: Ping

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From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations

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In our forums, our members have been discussing the most forgiving irons currently on the market. WRXer ‘TheShark1’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons, saying:

“Currently gaming the Mizuno Pro 225’s but think I need more forgiveness in my irons. My well struck shots are real nice, but my mishits are not performing as good as I had hoped anymore. I really like hollow body irons so if I could find something more forgiving in a hollow body iron that would be great.

Open to any and all recommendations other than Ping. Can’t hit Ping irons at all.”

And our members have been sharing their best suggestions in our forum.

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AvidSwampThing66: “Another vote for the super forgiving and fast Paradym irons. They look really good for being a GI iron.”
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vman: “Shoot me down, but spend the money on lessons.”
J_Tizzle: “i525s are great off the heel in my opinion.”

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