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

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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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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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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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Matthieu Pavon WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: Ping G430 Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X

3-wood: Ping G430 LST (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X

Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X

Irons: Ping i230 (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X

Wedges: Ping Si59 (52-12S, 58-8B)
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X

Putter: Ping Cadence TR Tomcat C
Grip: SuperStroke Claw 1.0P

Grips: Golf Pride MCC Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

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Spotted: Tommy Fleetwood’s TaylorMade Spider Tour X Prototype putter

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Tommy Fleetwood has been attached to his Odyssey White Hot Pro #3 putter for years now. However, this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, we did spot him testing a new putter that is very different, yet somewhat similar, to his current gamer.

This new putter is a TaylorMade Spider Tour X head but with a brand new neck we haven’t seen on a Spider before. A flow neck is attached to the Spider head and gives the putter about a 1/2 shaft offset. This style neck will usually increase the toe hang of the putter and we can guess it gets the putter close to his White Hot Pro #3.

Another interesting design is that lack of TaylorMade’s True Path alignment on the top of the putter. Instead of the large white center stripe, Tommy’s Spider just has a very short white site line milled into it. As with his Odyssey, Tommy seems to be a fan of soft inserts and this Spider prototype looks to have the TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves for immediate topspin and less hopping and skidding.

The sole is interesting as well in that the rear weights don’t look to be interchangeable and are recessed deep into the ports. This setup could be used to push the CG forward in the putter for a more blade-like feel during the stroke, like TaylorMade did with the Spider X Proto Scottie Scheffler tested out.

Tommy’s putter is finished off with an older Super Stroke Mid Slim 2.0 grip in blue and white. The Mid Slim was designed to fit in between the Ultra Slim 1.0 and the Slim 3.0 that was a popular grip on tour.

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Club Junkie WITB, league night week 4: Some old, some new

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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!

Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S

Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S

Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge

Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115

Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One

Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X

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