What new putter is Scottie Scheffler using at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational?

Scottie Scheffler has been utilizing a brand new putter this week on the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and he is been dominating the sector at Bay Hill Membership and Lodge en path to his first win of 2024.

Scheffler made a putter change at Bay Hill, shifting from the Logan Olson Golf putter he began utilizing on the 2023 Hero World Problem and going to a TaylorMade Golf Spider Tour mallet-style putter. The change simply occurred to coincide with Rory McIlroy suggesting Scheffler go to a mallet putter when he was commentating for CBS Sports activities throughout the ultimate spherical of The Genesis Invitational in February at Riviera close to Los Angeles.

“I’ve actually been by my fair proportion of placing woes over time, and I lastly really feel like I’ve damaged by and change into a fairly constant putter. For me, going to a mallet was a giant change,” McIlroy stated on worldwide TV. In the end, he reached the conclusion that Scheffler can be higher with a brand new putter: “So I’d like to see Scottie attempt a mallet.”

The Olson putter Scheffler was utilizing is an Anser-style blade which has traits particular to Scheffler’s sport. The mallet-style putter, which he began experimenting with at dwelling after The Genesis, is extra forgiving and permits Scheffler to make a extra constant stroke. The Spider Tour X that Scheffler is utilizing can also be a half-inch longer than the putter he had been utilizing, permitting him to deal with the ball extra comfortably.

Scheffler has used mallet putters in sure runs of golf, together with a Spider mannequin for a part of the 2023 FedEx Cup playoffs. Nevertheless, the Spider Tour X is extra meant to really feel like a blade with the advantages of a mallet, which could make it the proper mixture for Scheffler.

Scheffler has been a dominating tee-to-green participant on the PGA Tour, and if he can simply putt fairly effectively, then he’ll win plenty of occasions on the PGA Tour this season.

The 2022 Masters winner ranks sixth within the subject this week in strokes gained placing, and that may translate into an entire lot of trophies and novelty checks.