That putter has ZERO forgiveness, no heel n toe weights, alignment aids or a gigantic grip. Available in 34 and 35 and with small slant and single hosel bend options, the GT Max is available in retail from late Spring, priced at $449.00 Your Reaction? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Ok. Do putters see a significant improvement year over year? See, I told you it was a clutter of Spiders. Why does every picture lately look stretched out. The Spider felt a little dead on toe or heel strikes but felt fine on center strikes. The Ten is nice, I just found the X feels has a little more feel in terms of what the head is doing through the stroke. More photos of Jason Dufners WITB in the GolfWRX forums. This year they released a putter with moveable weights. So if you have the Red, the X will definitely feel harder. MyGolfSpy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. My limited experience with the X and the Tour Black before it were that they sometimes wanted to flop open at address. It doesnt matter if the paint chip will impact the roll. You can find Ryan on Twitter and Instagram where he's always willing to chat golf, and share his passion for club building, course architecture and wedge grinding. Spider-X wins the daily "comp" (LOL) about 80% of the time. No Guesswork. The four-way camber allows for a wide sole with a low leading edge, which aims to deliver optimal performance across all lies and playing conditions. Check out a preview below and hit the link for the full piece. So many choices. All rights reserved. Depends on who you ask. Arachnophobes beware! The Hi-Toe 3 has a higher center of gravity than a traditionally shaped wedge and is designed to promote a lower launch and more spin for heightened control on full swings. Poor cheap finish on a high priced putter. Preorder for the Spider EX starts today, March 2, with putters arriving at retail starting March 12 with a price of $349.99 See chart for full color availability. What is with most of the posters here? Guess I was ahead of my time. Wow, such harsh words. Visit the expert fitters at our sister company,TrueSpecGolf. Thanks for the content! [Odyssey] actually made both of them for me, Schauffele said of the putters in his pre-tournament press conference at Bay Hill on Tuesday. The Spider X model boasts a surlyn PureRoll insert with 45-degree-angled face grooves to help impart more topspin. Many of you asked about the paint chipping in my previous Spider articles. Overall, there has been a shift in the alignment scheme toward the front of the putter. TaylorMade Spider X vs Odyssey Stroke Lab Black Ten | Putter Face Off | Golfmagic.com GolfMagic 15.4K subscribers Subscribe 167 35K views 2 years ago In this video, Alex from GolfMagic tests two. Ive never had any paint issues with the X or Tour, despite the numerous complaints Ive seen posted, both of mine still look great with no chipping or degradation of any kind. Its all about feel, doesnt matter if you are using a mallet or blade putter head, use the one that feels right to you. I really wanted the stroke lab 10 ended up with a spider mini copper lol. (P6 and onward), Titleist TSR3 13.5 wood head and cover and Cobra Rad XB Palm edition 10.5 head and cover. 5 Testers Needed! [b]WITB[/b] Compared to the steel-bodied build of the Spider X putter, the Spider EX has an aluminum frame with two 28-gram steel weights, and one Tungsten weight, that sit in the back portion of the head. Vokey SM7: 50, 55, 60* But for what it's worth the feel and sound between the two are different. If the rules changed from allowing 14 to 10 clubs, how much of an impact would it have on scores? The new Spider X will be available in stock lengths of 33, 34, and 35 be completed with a KBS Chrome C-Taper Stepless shaft and Super Stroke Pistol GTR 1.0 grip. I love the look of the Ping Anser and the many models from other companies. Apex UW 21* KaiLi 80 Required fields are marked *. The 2019 model came in a Copper and Navy colorway. They just painted ityou got to take a closer look. But if they come out with the two-line head that i've seen floating around in LH I might switch. APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! TaylorMade today announced its 2023 Spider line-up, featuring a new Spider GTX and Spider GT Max. Click here for more information on the entire 2021 Spider lineup. You can get the slant in a stock build, but not the flow neck. All of these Spiders are available for order March 2. The Spider X insert also feels different than the Spider Tour Black because the insert is 2mm thicker (5mm compared to 3mm) and because of the change to the construction of the body. True roll? Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 MSI 80 TX, 5-wood:Titleist TSR2 (18 degrees) Cant wait for the faces to fall out or the paint to chip by breathing on it. Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 MSI 80 TX, 5-wood:Titleist TSR2 (18 degrees) Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 MSI 80 TX, Utility: King Cobra LTDx (4), Cobra King Forged CB (5-PW) I was quite surprised how easy they were to use and they rolled damn nice. Also prefer the look slightly. Its silver body color is the result of water pressure, rather than paint, to help improve durability. Also, when will we see the results? Wont be long before it will be noticeable when I am trying to putt. Titleist 818H221 at C4(22) - MRC Tensei AV White90 S Lets see, drivers with injected goop behind their face, irons with slingshot technology from Nike and now putters with lines and dots for alignment.WOW!!! The additional back weighting helps boost forgiveness in the EX head. This should suit players with a little more arc in their putting stroke. It is similar to the Spider S but it is a little more compact and the tungsten cross bar that connects the wings on the Spider S has been replaced with independent weights on the wings. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Due to the heavy concentration of mass at the rear of the club, Spider GTX ranks among the most forgiving Spider putters of all time with MOI above 5300. The new star insert feels firmer and honestly kind of similar to the old white hot insert imo. Scotty Cameron Phantom X 9.5 You can tell the flow and shape has been redefined as from pictures, and weight has been redistributed. Key features of Spider GTX include technologies such as True Path Alignment, which is designed to provide easy and precise alignment to the target, and PureRoll for a consistent end over end roll. There is a reason this style of putter is replacing blades. Mizuno MP33 Raw 4 - PW DG TI X100 Saw a couple of GTs in play at Pebble yesterday by players not on the TM staff. I think it has a slant neck as opposed to the flow that they released in the US. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Im too much of a putter snob to not care about that though. Their weight construction. TaylorMade and shaft maker KBS have developed a shaft for the Spider EX line called the Fluted Feel. The Spider EX putter, compared to the Spider X, measures 3.5mm larger from heel-to-toe, and 2.7mm larger from front-to-back. The Spider SR is the Stability Monster of the 2021 TaylorMade putter lineup and utilizes multiple weights around the head to raise MOI. The insert in the Spider X is the same material as the Black and is more firm than the insert in the Red. Not fighting my stroke like I had been. More photos of Jason Dufners WITB in the GolfWRX forums. Well at least they admit that the paint chips on their putters. The 2021 Spider S will also be available with a L-neck option for added toe hang. It looks a bit better, feels a bit better, and performs a bit better. When I look down I only notice the front piece. Pasted as rich text. Titleist 816H2 21* Atmos Blue Tour Spec 8X Spider GT Max is designed to let golfers adapt the putter to fit their stroke and improve accuracy on the greens. It is used by more pros, and generally preferred by most amateurs. If so, which route did you go and how did it end up? Thats a whole lot of new right there! Required fields are marked *. I find it to be a little more firm, but I've spoken to others to think the X feels softer than the Black. Should an exposed metal body not fit your fancy, you can always design your own Spider X with the TaylorMade mySpider X designer. I HATE the Spider-X flange model. I could feel this impact on my address optics while rolling the Spider X and the Spider EX side by side. Head Kingd. In less than two years, it has 11 PGA TOUR wins. TaylorMade Golf Company has unveiled the 10th generation of its Spider putters The Spider X. > Anyone find the face of the Spider X feels harder? Overall, the head shape, size and design of the Spider X is more refined than the Spider Tour. Clear editor. Your previous content has been restored. Feels softer as well off the face, Titleist TSi3 16.5* Diamana whiteboard 80s, Had the Spider Tour L neck from last spring to January of this year and it was an ok putter for me. Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 MSI 80 TX, Utility: King Cobra LTDx (4), Cobra King Forged CB (5-PW) Probably no. What do the hands do during the impact and follow through? Their alignment lines. I finally took some sandpaper to it and removed all the paint. If the rules changed from allowing 14 to 10 clubs, how much of an impact would it have on scores? The Spider X model boasts a surlyn PureRoll insert with 45-degree-angled face grooves to help impart more topspin. What do the hands do during the impact and follow through? I prefer the Spider as for me the feel and performance is the best. Taylormade Spider GT, 35" w/ Garsen Ultimate. The 10 flange model is easier for me to go SBST. It's quite literally a combination of the x and gt line. The High-Toe 3 wedge in chrome is available to purchase now atTaylorMadeGolf.comand costs $179.99 per wedge. The design of the X is definitely still preferred by most people and players on Tour. I solved the head feel problem by putting in heavier weights. Not a TM guy and didnt want to like it, but it just performed. While the Spider Ss alignment system is for players who use the front of the putter, the SR places the True path alignment away from the face and between the wings. The head design also features adeep center of gravity (37mm), which is three times that of a traditional blade, which seeks to offer a purer hit on each stroke. The 2021 TaylorMade Spider EX is a completely new Spider model. When Xander Schauffele took to Bay Hills practice putting green on Tuesday ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, it looked as though he was considering a switch back into the familiar Odyssey O-Works #7CH Red putter that he started using in 2020. With existing shaft options, many players told us they couldnt feel the full weight of the putter head or feel the toe release. Taylormade just released the GTX line. There are also the mini and my-spider version which had a full aluminum pure roll insert, which is the same insert found on TP copper line. I haven't tested it yet so I couldn't tell you if it's anything special. Quite pleased with the X so far. The red one is actually incognitoits like the new one, its milled. Ping G430 SFT 3 Wood Tour 2.0 Chrome 75 Stiff, Ping G430 7 wood HZRDUS Smoke Green 70 6.0 Stability is so key a feature that the SR in the Spider SR name stands for stability refined. However it takes the aluminum 80/20 insert from the black and takes the clicky-ness due to TM making the 80/20 insert itself thicker, deadening the firmness just slightly. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); MyGolfSpy is gearing up to conduct the second edition of our groundbreaking ball test. Another pos put out by taylormade. Steel bodies with weights and a bit of paint that doesnt wear well at premium prices puts some folks off, if they can improve the finish theyll be more appealing. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. Just need something (or someone's personal experience) to wrap things up! Your email address will not be published. The Spider EX has the overall Spider shape of previous putters but it is a little larger and more rounded at the rear than the Spider X. My limited experience with the X and the Tour Black before it were that they. However, the face-balanced Spider Tour has a double bend, whereas the face-balanced Spider X has a single bend. Blue top with black wings. Most recently, in March 2021, TaylorMade released a new Spider X Hydro Blast putter that has a unique finish. The Spider EX comes with a fluted shaft, which was engineered along with KBS, to provide more feel in the head. Your previous content has been restored. What really r the differences besides looks?? Hi Adam, I have an old model Spider putter and I know that the guys on tour would not use them if they were not very good putters. Engineers reduced the head of the Spider X by 5 percent compared to its predecessors, while maintaining the same MOI. Nothing can beat getting your own feel on a golf club, especially a putter. Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (9.5 Carl Yuan whats in the bag accurate as of the Farmers Insurance Open. If not, heres my best explaination from personal experience and feel. Paste as plain text instead, Free tickets to Wisconsin Dells with every purchase. Finish: Platinum/White, Navy/White, Ghost White, Necks: Single-bend, short-slant and flow-neck. Has anyone noticed distance issues with either for longer putts? Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. In March, @taylormadegolf is bringing a whole cluster of new Spider putters to a golf shop near you. For 2021, the Spider S maintains its shape but is getting an alignment change and some new neck options. ER2 feels better and is more pleasing to my eye. Learn how your comment data is processed. Must be crappy golfers that feel the need to belittle people who like to examine new equipment offerings. Went from the Tour back to my Spider Arc. A putter-obsessed recreational golfer, constantly striving to improve his game while not getting too hung up about it. Epic Speed | Fujikura Pro 2.0 TS 8x or T200 3i w/ PX LZ 6.5, Tri Hot 5k Double Wide (Another Custom Compass Golf Co. Incoming !! The last thing worth mentioning is that all the latest Taylormade Spider Putters come in a face-balanced and moderate toe-hang version. Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (9.5 Carl Yuan whats in the bag accurate as of the Farmers Insurance Open. Lol Here are pictures of both, Ping G430 LST 10.5 Tour 2.0 Black 65 Stiff TaylorMade Golf has launched its High-Toe 3 wedge in a new chrome finish. For TaylorMades all-new Spider putters for 2021including the Spider X Hydro Blast, EX, Spider S, and SRits the little details that make big differences. Theyre both very stable and perform well, so it would be hard to go wrong either way. The new Spider X putters will hit the retail market on February 15 and will cost $349.99 each. He now works independently from his home shop and is a member of advisory panels to a select number of golf equipment manufacturers. Really liked the spider tour and would likely still be gaming it off its want for the ER2. The red one is actually incognitoits like the new one, its milled. Taylormade SIM Max 9 - Aldila Rogue Silver 110 70 S If my putting goes out this year, Ill check these out later in the season when theyve dropped substantially (and they will). Are the necks interchangeable on the S, SR and EX models? Thank you. Just wondering if T/M was following their lead. I like the new insert in the Spider EX providing a slightly firmer feel and a louder sound. I definitely have a bit of a bias towards Callaway so take my opinion with a grain of salt but I really like the Odyssey 10. The putter head is a bit smaller, the weights at the back of the putter have been cleaned up, and Taylormade introduced the Truepath alignment system. Its definitely a good time to be a mallet player. The Spider X Putter is used by several high-profile players, including Rory Mcllroy, Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger and Keith Mitchell. More on that shaft in just a bit. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 5 Testers Needed! Just bought a Spider-X copper single bend off the bay and expect delivery shortly. It almost looks like a Rossie shape and thats my favorite. The last fluted putter shaft at retail might have been 50 years ago. On the TaylorMade custom GT site it says the flow neck hosel has the most toe hang at 22 degrees, but barely more than the slant neck at 21. I completely understand your feel issue with the SL Ten. A closer look revealed its not exactly the same putter; its actually a hybrid design between his old red Odyssey putter and his most recent Odyssey Toulon XS Proto silver putter that hes used throughout 2023. Cleveland Frontline Elite Elevado 34 UST All In Shaft. The High-Toe 3 wedge in chrome is available to purchase now at, GolfWRX Members Choice: Best putter of 2022 GolfWRX. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! Your link has been automatically embedded. GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, Yesterday at 04:47 PM, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 20, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 13, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, February 6, GolfWRX_Spotted posted a topic in Tour and Pre-Release Equipment, January 31. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. I was fit for a more face balanced putter than my current and was looking at spider x and ten s. Wanted to like the ten s but the face just felt dead. The image above clearly shows that the Slant Neck is designed for players who have more arc in their stroke. Also has anyone customized their Spider X? Upload or insert images from URL. Driver: Cobra AeroJet LS (10.5 degrees @8.5) spider x feels much better - the stroke lab almost feels hollow at timesnot a fan of the feel. But wait! It's just a matter of how an individual perceives the sound/feel. I dont care what tech is in these or how many tour players use them. Looks wise, the Spider Tour is a 7/10, whereas the Spider X is a 9/10. Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 MSI 80 TX, 5-wood:Titleist TSR2 (18 degrees) This combination of materials gets the ball up and rolling quicker and also creates a soft yet solid feel to improve player feedback. Pasted as rich text. If the rules changed from allowing 14 to 10 clubs, how much of an impact would it have on scores? Andrew Tursky is the Senior Equipment Editor at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. Taylormade P760 4-PW You cannot paste images directly.
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