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Odyssey Ai ONE Cruiser putters

Odyssey’s Ai ONE Cruiser putters have an insert made improve distance control and heavier weight to encourage a better-quality stroke.

Gear: Odyssey Ai ONE Cruiser putters
Price: $349.99 each
Specs: Cast stainless steel heads with adjustable sole weights.
Available: February 8 (pre-order), March 15 (in stores)

Who It’s For: Golfers who struggle with distance control and who want a more solid, stable-feeling putter.

The Skinny: While the Ai ONE insert helps golfers improve their distance control by normalizing ball speed over a larger area, the Cruiser putters’ heavier weight should help players make a smoother, better-quality stroke.

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The Deep Dive: When anchored puttering strokes were outlawed by the USGA and R&A in 2016, some players looked to heavier putters and counterbalanced putters to get some of the stability back in their game. Lighter putters can encourage golfers to get their hands and wrists more involved in the stroke, which can lead to inconsistency. However, heavier putters and clubs that have extra weight added to the top of the handle tend to quiet your hands and encourage players to make a smoother stroke, which can enhance consistency.

In time, the counterbalanced putter surge quieted and faded. The trend towards generally heavier putters continued, with many putters now typically weighing 345 or 350 grams, which is about 20-25 grams heavier than putters made in the early 2000s.

With the release of the new Cruiser family of putters, Odyssey is looking to blend the stability and stroke-enhancing features of longer, counterbalanced putters with a face technology created using artificial intelligence.

At the heart of the new Cruiser putter family is the new Ai ONE, which made its debut this winter in the standard Ai ONE putters. On the outside, the insert looks like a standard White Hot insert with a series of grooves milled into the hitting area. However, on the interfacing side of the urethane insert, artificial intelligence has created a series of thicker and thinner areas that help to normalize ball speed. Traditionally, when you strike a pot in the center, you get the best energy transfer, but when you strike a pot towards the heel or toe, the ball rolls out less far. With the AI ONE insert, center strikes are slowed down slightly while mis-hits roll out a touch further, so your overall distance control is enhanced. A transparent polymer window in each putter allows you to see the rippled backside of the insert.

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Odyssey Ai ONE Double Wide Cruiser — A window on the back of the Double Wide Cruiser allows you to see the variable-thickness Ai ONE insert. (Odyssey)

Each of the five Cruiser models features the Ai ONE insert, and all five putters are significantly heavier than most of today’s standard putters, including the 380-gram Jailbird, which also comes with the black-and-white Versa alignment lines. This is the putter that Wyndham Clark used to win the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last week and a putter that is nearly identical to the one he used to win the 2023 U.S. Open. At 38 inches in length, it comes standard with a 17-inch grip, and players are encouraged to choke down so a few inches of the grip extend above their hands. Doing this creates a counterbalancing effect and should help increase stability.

Odyssey Ai ONE Jailbird Cruiser — Weights in the sole of the Cruiser putters allow fitters to adjust the swing weight. (Odyssey)

There are three versions of the #7 putter in the Cruiser family, including a 42-inch, 380-gram Arm-Lock edition and a 48-inch, 450-gram Broomstick model. The standard #7 Cruiser is 38 inches long with a head that weighs 380 grams. Like the Jailbird, it comes standard with a 17-inch grip, along with a Stroke Lab 140 steel shaft.

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Here are several close-up looks at the Odyssey Ai ONE Cruiser putters.

Winner’s Bag: Nick Dunlap, the 2024 American Express

A complete list of the golf equipment Dunlap used to win the 2024 American Express.

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A complete list of the golf equipment Nick Dunlap used to win the PGA Tour’s 2024 The American Express:

DRIVER: TaylorMade Qi10 LS (9 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 60 TX shaft

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FAIRWAY WOOD: Ping G425 LST (14.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX shaft

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IRONS: Srixon ZX Utility (3), with Project X HZRDUS Black 105 6.5 shaft, TaylorMade P•7MC (4-9), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts

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WEDGES: TaylorMade MG3 (48 degrees), TaylorMade MG4 (52, 56, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts

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PUTTER: Odyssey O-Works #7 Tank

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

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Best affordable putters for 2023

Shave strokes off your score while keeping some extra cash in your wallet with our list of best affordable putters.

Your putter is the only club you use on every hole — unless you hole a chip or approach shot, and in that case, good for you. But because it’s used so much, the retail prices of premium flat sticks can be outrageously high. And since no one wants to pay an arm and a leg for a putter, many amateur golfers hold onto old putters for way too long.

Technology gets better over the years and modern putters are better designed to help the average golfer make more putts. If you’re still using a putter from 10, 20, or 30 years ago, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage.

So, we thought it’d be a good idea to put together a list of some of the best affordable putters we could find from brands like Ping, TaylorMade, Odyssey and more.

Every putter on this list is less than $200.

Plus, check out some of our other equipment lists: Best golf gloves for 2023, best affordable wedges for 2023 and best affordable drivers for 2023.

Odyssey offers limited-edition version of Jailbird putter that has been on a hot streak

Longer and heavier than standard, the Odyssey Jailbird 380 is on a hot streak.

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Odyssey’s Jailbird putters have been on a hot streak on the PGA Tour in recent weeks, and now Callaway’s putter company plans to release a limited-edition version of the striped flatstick for pre-order this week.

Wyndham Clark used this version of the Versa Jailbird to win the U.S. Open two weeks ago at Los Angeles Country Club, then Keegan Bradley won the Travelers Championship with the same style putter Sunday at TPC River Highlands.

Called the limited-edition Odyssey Jailbird 380, this version will be available for pre-order starting Wednesday at select retailers and at the company’s websites. The price will be $399.99. The Jailbird-style head has been available for a decade, and it has seen a spike in interest among Tour players this year.

Keegan Bradley used a heavier and longer version of a Jailbird putter to win the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 25. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

This version of the Jailbird features an extra-long, 17-inch SuperStroke grip atop a heavier steel shaft. The putter is also longer than standard at 39 inches, and players grip down farther on the shaft. It has become a popular style of putting for players looking for more stability with their stroke.

Odyssey said the putter also has the following features:

Jailbird mallet head shape
Versa high-contrast alignment (black/white)
380-gram head weight
Microhinge Insert
Face-balanced toe hang

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The importance of Rickie Fowler’s putting grip at the 2023 U.S. Open

Rickie Fowler fell in love with his caddie’s counterbalanced putter and it has turned his putting around this season.

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Fifty years ago at the 1973 U.S. Open, Johnny Miller famously shot a Sunday 63 to win at Oakmont and set the record for the lowest round ever in a major championship. On Thursday, Rickie Fowler made history at Los Angeles Country Club by becoming the first golfer to card a 62 at a U.S. Open and tied Brendan Grace’s 62 in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Shortly after Fowler signed his card, Xander Schuaffele finished his first round at the 2023 U.S. Open with a 62 to share the early lead.

Watching Fowler today, it would be easy to forget that he hasn’t qualified for the last two U.S. Opens, but this has been a comeback season for the 34-year-old Californian thanks to a remarkable return to form on the greens.

Historically, Fowler had been an excellent putter, and he even led the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained: Putting in 2017 with an average of 0.852, but by 2021 he had slipped to 126th in that category and was worse on the greens than the average player on Tour at -.091. The following season, it was even worse at -0.253 (161st).

That’s when karma, a new putter and a new grip came to Fowler’s rescue.

Rickie Fowler’s Odyssey Versa Jailbird (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

A few days before the start of the American Express in La Quinta, California, Fowler’s first event of 2023, he hit a few putts with a putter owned by his caddie, Ricky Romano. The putter was a 2016 Odyssey Versa Jailbird, a black and white mallet fitted with a 17-inch SuperStroke Zenergy 3.0 grip. Fowler loved it, even though it was opposite from the blade-style putters he’d had success with in the past.

Fowler contacted Joe Toulon, a PGA Tour rep for Odyssey and requested a putter that was precisely like Romano’s Jailbird. Coincidentally, Toulon had cleaned out Callaway’s truck the week before the American Express and removed several old Odyssey putter heads, but had he found a Versa Jailbird the day and decided to keep it on board because Odyssey re-released the black-and-white striped putters this season. That head, which almost got thrown away, is now Fowler’s putter.

The club is 38 5/8″ long and has two degrees of loft. Fowler had the putter shortened by 1/8″ on Monday. He didn’t want that change made for a performance reason.

Instead, Fowler, who holds the extended-length putter normally with a few inches of the grip above his hands, wanted the putter shortened so the butt end would not brush against his pullovers, jackets or sweaters!

The Versa Jailbird Toulon had weighed 350 grams, but Fowler’s caddie’s putter was heavier, so to match the weight, three layers of lead tape were added to the sole. The added weight was also necessary because the 17-inch SuperStroke grip, which is 3 inches longer than standard, weighs 93 grams, which is 30-35 grams more than a typical putter grip. The combination of the heavier head and heavier grip creates a counterbalancing effect, which Toulon suspects combines with the Versa alignment lines to help Fowler swing more freely and make more short and mid-range putts.

The stats bear that out. On Thursday at LACC, Fowler’s Strokes Gained: Putting average was an eye-catching 4.52 and coming into this week’s U.S. Open, he ranks 50th on the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained: Putting at +0.281.

The combination of a new alignment system, a forgiving mallet design and a counterbalancing grip could be precisely what Rickie Fowler needs to win his first major championship. And he’s got his caddie to thank for it.

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Best 2023 PGA Championship-themed equipment and apparel to celebrate Oak Hill Country Club

Check out the newly released products from retailers like TaylorMade, Odyssey, New Era and more that celebrate the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

The second major of the year is underway which means two things – a champion will be crowned and you just have to get some sweet merch to celebrate the occasion.

Oak Hill, a Donald Ross design, plays host to the 105th rendition of the PGA Championship, the fourth time its done so. In all, the course has hosted 12 major golf events from U.S. Amateur Championships to U.S. Opens and even the 1995 Ryder Cup. With so much history wrapped in the 36-hole club just southeast of Rochester, New York, adding a piece of merchandise will bolster your collection.

From commemorative golf bags and accessories to polos and hats, we found items sure to make a wonderful addition to your golf collection.

Can a $450 putter be a good value?

Putters that cost $450 or more might be a wise investment in your golf game.

Golf is costly, but over the years I have shared many ways to save money and make wise purchasing decisions on gear. Get shoes with replaceable spikes to prolong traction, buy tees in bulk online and invest in good rain gear that will last for years instead of two or three cheap pieces that leak every time you try playing through a shower.

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So, what I’m about to write might come as a shock, but I think it’s true: An ultra-premium putter, which easily can cost $450 or more, might be one of the best values for your game.

I get it: Paying a driver-like price for a putter is insane to many golfers. There are many high-quality putters that cost less than $200 and feature helpful technologies.

Getting custom fit and purchasing a putter such as the just-released Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2, a Toulon Design Memphis or a Ping PLD Milled Oslo 4 – all of which have a retail price of $449 – requires a significant outlay of cash. But consider these things before you completely dismiss the idea of owning one of these clubs.

1. The shapes are timeless.
If you put any of the aforementioned putters down behind the ball and like it, you will always like it. Shapes like these never go out of style.

2. The technologies are timeless.
When it comes to drivers, technologies change all the time. Faces are made thinner and faster, crowns become lighter and advancements in manufacturing lead to new ways to hit the ball farther every year.

In contrast, putter technologies change slowly. Many of the most high-end putters are still milled from a single block of stainless steel, and in many cases materials such as aluminum and tungsten are strategically added to improve performance. Some of these putters have special face inserts or unique weighting systems to help you roll the ball more effectively. But as with their looks, the technologies you typically find in ultra-premium putters are time-tested.

3. Over time, they’re cheaper than drivers per shot.
Let’s do a little math. If you buy a new driver such as a Callaway Paradym, Cobra AeroJet or TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus+, you will pay $550 or more. If you are an avid golfer and play 30 rounds in a season, and you hit your driver off the tee on every par 4 and par 5 (14 drives per round), you will hit driver 420 times in a season. That works out to $1.31 per shot. If you skip a few generations of drivers and play the same club for five years, that’s 2,100 shots at $0.26 per shot.

If you buy a $450 putter and need 30 putts per round, in your first 30-round season you will pay 50 cents per putt for those 900 putts. A properly fit, ultra-premium putter can easily be played for five years or longer, so if you play 30 rounds a year for five years and take 30 putts per round (4,500 putts), your cost per putt goes down to $0.10 per shot.

So, per shot, an ultra-premium putter is cheaper than today’s modern drivers.

4. They maintain resale value.
Everyone should be careful when buying used equipment online to avoid counterfeit gear. If you are looking for bargains and check the prices of used putters such as the Bettinardi Queen B Series putters, you won’t find any for less than $150 to $200, and many are still fetching $300 or more. The supplies are limited, the demand is high and the value of ultra-premium putters can remain strong for years. So if you decide to part ways with a high-end putter, you can expect to obtain a nice trade-in credit at your local store or sell it outright for a good price.

Being a good value does not mean something is inexpensive. Paying $450 or more for any golf club represents a real investment in your game, so be sure to get custom fit. Below are several ultra-premium putters that nearly any golfer would love to use.

Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K mallet putters

Odyssey’s mallet-style additions to the Tri-Hot 5K family offer extreme levels of forgiveness and stability in classic head shapes.

Gear: Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K mallet putters
Price: $399.99 each with Stroke Lab graphite/steel shaft
Specs: 303 stainless steel and 6061 aluminum bodies with tungsten weights and urethane face insert

Who They’re For: Golfers who want a mallet putter that maximizes stability and forgiveness.

The Skinny: The Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K mallet putters have extra weight positioned in the front of the head to increase the moment of inertia and boost stability, while the White Hot insert delivers a sound and feel many players prefer.

The Deep Dive: Odyssey, the putting division within Callaway, launched a new family of blade-style putters last season. The Tri-Hot 5K offerings looked like traditional blade putters in the address position, but they were popular because Odyssey used multilateral construction to make them play like high-MOI mallets. The trick was to shift as much weight forward as possible so the clubs would resist twisting on off-center hits.

For 2023, Odyssey is broadening the Tri-Hot 5K lineup to include two traditional mallet shapes – the #7 and the Rossie – and using the same multilateral construction to boost stability without increasing the head sizes.

The front of each Tri-Hot 5K mallet is made from 303 stainless steel, a commonly used material in premium putters, and the backs are made from 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum, which is significantly lighter than steel.

Going with aluminum allowed designers to shift even more mass to the front of the putters in the form of two tungsten weights. The exact amount of tungsten varies by head shape, but it averages around 120 grams and helps to pull the center of gravity even more forward.

So while the overall head weight has not increased and golfers will see familiar shapes when they set a Tri-Hot 5K mallet behind the ball, the putters are more stable, resist twisting on off-center hits more effectively and should help improve distance control.

Each of the Tri-Hot 5K mallets also has Odyssey’s popular White Hot urethane face insert. On short putts the material feels soft and creates a low-pitched sound, while on longer putts the sound has a higher pitch that matches the amount of force golfers put into the shot.

Putters used by PGA Tour players who finished in the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Putting

Scotty and Odyssey lead the way.

Six years ago, at the conclusion of the PGA Tour’s 2015-2016 season, Jason Day finished No. 1 in Strokes Gained: Putting and achieved something that no other golfer, before or since, had accomplished. The Australian, who used a TaylorMade Spider Tour Red putter that year, ended a PGA Tour season with a Strokes Gained: Putting average of 1.13, making him the first player to end a season with an average over 1.0.

Strokes Gained: Putting (SG:P) is the best statistic to use to compare golfers and see who is a better putter, measuring that advantage in strokes. For example, if a player has a SG:P average of 0.4 and another golfer has an average of 0.1, that 0.3-shot edge over 72 holes of a tournament translates to a 1.2-shot swing and on the PGA Tour, averaging one shot better than translates to a lot of money.

So back in 2016, over 54 measured rounds of golf that season, Day gained more than a full shot advantage over the average player (who would average 0.0), every 18 holes, based exclusively on his putting. That’s 4.52 shots over 72 holes.

No one scared Day’s record-setting performance last year, but with the PGA Tour’s wrap-around 2021-22 season now concluded, we can look back and see which golfers finished in the top 10 in SG:P and what putters they used.

Winner’s Bag: Adam Svensson, 2022 RSM Classic

Check out the clubs that got the job done in Sea Island.

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A complete list of the golf equipment that Adam Svensson used to win the PGA Tour’s 2022 RSM Classic:

DRIVER: Callaway Rogue ST Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees), with LAGP shaft

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FAIRWAY WOOD: Callaway Rogue ST LS (15 degrees), with Aldila Rogue Black 70X shaft

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HYBRID: Callaway Apex (18 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 100 shaft

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IRONS: Callaway Apex TCB (4), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 100 shaft, Apex MB 18 (5-9), with Project X 6.5 shafts

WEDGES: Callaway JAWS MD5 (46, 52, 56, 60 degrees), with Project X 6.5 shafts

PUTTER: Odyssey Toulon Palm Beach

BALL: Callaway Chrome Soft X

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GRIPS: Golf Pride MCC

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