AVONDALE, La — Rory McIlroy recently used a TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter to win his second Masters Tournament, and while the putter features the same shape and insert found in the putters you will find at your local pro shop, McIlroy’s is a little different. By request, TaylorMade took a Spider Tour X, sand blasted it, then heated it to create a unique brown, almost rusty look. As of now, McIlroy is the only one who plays a Spider with this unique finish.
However, that might be changing soon because TaylorMade has created a new family of Spider putters and brought them to the PGA Tour. After quietly debuting last week at the RBC Heritage, four different TaylorMade Spider putters were spotted Monday at TPC Louisiana that each featured a dark, PVD finish that is very similar to McIlroy’s.
A prototype TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter seen at TPC Louisiana with a dark PVD finish.
TaylorMade is mum on official details about the putter, like what the new family is called, when they will be released and how much each putter will cost, but TaylorMade did confirm with Golfweek that the Spider Tour and Spider Tour X models will be be unchanged from the current models, aside from the new finish.
The Spider Tour F and the Spider Tour V are new head shapes, though Collin Morikawa used a prototype version of the Spider Tour F last season at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. The Spider Tour V is similar in shape to a model that was released in 2023.
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