Putting styles and putter models are two very personal choices and finding both that feel comfortable for you will undoubtedly help you hole more putts.
Today, we look at the current top 10 putters on the PGA Tour based on Strokes Gained Total: Putting as of the conclusion of The Open Championship, looking at what model of putter each of them are using as well as what grip they have adopted.
🏌♀ Denny McCarthy: McCarthy is number one on the PGA Tour for the Total Putting Statistic. This is a calculation that combines six putting statistics such as how many putts from five specific ranges and three-putt avoidance.
McCarthy uses a Scotty Cameron GoLo N7 putter with a Scotty Cameron ‘Baby T’ putter grip and uses a conventional putting grip style to roll the rock.
🏌♀Xander Schauffele: Schauffele leads the PGA Tour in three-putt avoidance and comes in second this season in the Total Putting statistic.
He has been using the same style of head (Odyssey #7 CH) for some time now and has been swapping in and out of different finishes and faces. After the Ai-One launch in October, Schauffele made the switch to the same model with the new tech and white hot insert but has since changed back to his trusty Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas design with a milled crosshatch face and iconic red paint blast
🏌♀ Thomas Detry: Detry currently sits third in Total Putting and 32nd in the FedEx Cup, despite being yet to win on tour. He has used the same Odyssey O-Works Black #7 for the majority of his professional career and has it equipped with a SuperStroke 2.0 Tour grip. Detry uses a left-below-right grip style while also adopting a two-thumb style hold on the club.
🏌♀Christiaan Bezuidenhout: While Bezuidenhout has tinkered with many putters over the past couple of years including the Odyssey number 7 and the Odyssey Jailbird putter, he has recently reverted back to his old trusty – the Odyssey Works #5 Big T.
He is the only player in the top 5 to move away from a conventional putting grip style and uses a Two Thumb Snug Daddy 30 grip to do so.
🏌♀ Jason Day: Day switched from his stealthed out TaylorMade Spider putter and moved into an eye-catching, TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider Limited, coated in a matte red finish in 2016 but reverted back to the ‘old trusty’ red Itsy Bitsy Spider last year.
He is currently one of the top 5 putters on the PGA Tour and sits 23rd in the FedEx Cup standings.
