Putting is normally a key component to success on the PGA Tour. Given that, it seems logical to take a look at every putter used to win a tour event over the course of the season. As the 2024 season rolls on with 38 regular-season and FedEx Cup Playoff events, we're taking a look at what's been in the bag for this year's winners so far. After 23 events and 24 winners overall, Odyssey now has eight wins thanks to Xander Schauffele's triumph at the PGA Championship. TaylorMade leads the way overall with 10 wins, followed by Ping with three, Titleist with two and L.A.B. with one. Come back each week to see who else will be added to the list of winners.
Xander Schauffele, PGA Championship
Ross Kinnaird
Putter: Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas Prototype
Key putting stat: When Schauffele made his six-foot birdie on the 72nd hole to beat Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke, he joined Payne Stewart in 1989 and Phil Mickelson in 2005 as the only golfers to birdie the final hole to win the Wanamaker Trophy.
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Rory McIlroy, Wells Fargo Championship
Jared C. Tilton
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X X3
Key putting stat: In the process of shooting a final-round 65 to runaway with his fourth Wells Fargo win of his career, McIlroy was second on the day in strokes gained/putting (3.907). That left him eighth on the week at 4.282.
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Chris Gotterup, Myrtle Beach Classic
Tracy Wilcox
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X
Key putting stat: Gotterup won his first PGA Tour title by finishing third in stroke gained/putting at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (7.505) as he made more than 406 feet of putts over 72 holes.
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Taylor Pendrith, CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Sam Hodde
Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380 CS
Key putting stat: The Canadian ranked 14th in strokes gained/putting for the week in Dallas, needing no more than 27 putts in any of his four rounds en route to victory.
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Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry, Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Chris Graythen
Putters: McIlroy—TaylorMade Spider X X3; Lowry—TaylorMade Spider Tour Z
Key putting stat: McIlroy rolled in two crucial birdie puttes on the 11th and 16th holes during Sunday's final round in foursomes (alternate shot) to help the team rally into a playoff—and set up the eventual win.
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Scottie Scheffler, RBC Heritage
Jared C. Tilton
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1
Key putting stat: Scheffler ranked only 36th in strokes gained/putting for the week, but was second in Putts per Greens in Regulation (93 on 55).
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Billy Horschel, Corales Puntacana Championship
Michael Reaves
Putter: Ping Sigma 2 Tyne 4
Key putting stat: Horschel ranked second on the week in the Dominican in Putts per Greens in Regulation (1.57).
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Scottie Scheffler, Masters Tournament
Andrew Redington
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1
Key putting stat: The now two-time Masters champion took full advantage of his birdie opportunites at Augusta National by continuing his hot putting, ranking third in putting average for the week.
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Raj Mehta
Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380 Long
Key putting stat: While just 24th for the week in strokes gained/putting, Bhatia was first in Putts per GIR as he went on to claim his second career PGA Tour title at the age of 22.
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Stephan Jaeger, Texas Children's Houston Open
Raj Mehta
Putter: Odyssey Ai One 2-Ball CH
Key putting stat: En route to his first PGA Tour victory, Jaeger was third in strokes gained/putting (6.394) and needed just 109 putts for the week.
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Peter Malnati, Valspar Championship
Julio Aguilar
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist TourType Special Select Masterful prototype
Key putting stat: For the week, the 36-year-old tour veteran was second on strokes gained/putting, adding 8.307 (he's eighth for the season overall). He was also first in putts per GIR (1.6) and T-11 in putts per round (26.5).
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Scottie Scheffler, Players Championship
David Cannon
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Key putting stat: En route to becoming the first player to win the Players Championship in back-to-back years, Scheffler was a modest 37th in strokes gained/putting. But he finished tied for third in putts per GIR, which was a big deal consider he he hit 55 of 72 greens on the week. And the fact the pain in his neck was continually exaserbated on the greens as he was turning his head to aim his putts.
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Scottie Scheffler, Arnold Palmer Invitational
David Cannon
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Key putting stat: Switching to the mallet this week at Bay Hill, Scheffler finished fifth in strokes gained/putting (4.347). He made his final 23 putts inside 15 feet at Bay Hill.
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Brice Garnett, Puerto Rico Open
Andy Lyons
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 7S
Key putting stat: En route to his second career PGA Tour title, Garnett finished 10th in putts per GIR (97 on 59).
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Austin Eckroat, Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches
Brennan Asplen
Putter: Ping Redwood D66
Key putting stat: As he closed out his first career PGA Tour title, Eckroat finished first for the week in putts per greens in regulation with 96 on 59. For the week he made more than 322 feet in putts.
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Jake Knapp, Mexico Open
Fernando de Dios
Putter: TaylorMade Rossa Itsy Bitsy Spider
Key putting stat: The PGA Tour rookie finished 16th in strokes gained/putting en route to his first PGA Tour victory.
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Hideki Matsuyama, Genesis Invitational
Michael Owens
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron by Titleist GSS
Key putting stat: En route to his first PGA Tour title in more than two years, Matsuyama was third in the field in strokes gained/putting (4.298) and ranked sixth in the field during his final-round 62.
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Nick Taylor, WM Phoenix Open
Orlando Ramirez
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Red
Key putting stat: Taylor didn't just lead the field at TPC Scottsdale in strokes gained/putting, he picked up more than nine strokes on his peers en route to the playoff victory over Charley Hoffman. For the week he holed a career best 459 feet of putts with a mallet he first put in the bag in 2020.
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Wyndham Clark, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Tracy Wilcox
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Jailbird Cruiser
Most of us think of the putter face as a study in feel, but the engineers at Odyssey thought, Why can’t we get the face to be active and flexing on putts, too? The key was using artificial intelligence to produce the strangely bumpy back of the face. This insert uses “micro-deflections” to help mis-hits roll nearly as well as center strikes. When it comes to feel, is there anything better than fewer three putts?
Key putting stat: En route to shooting his record-breaking 12-under 60 at Pebble Beach during Saturday's third round (which turned out to be the final round of the rain-shortened event), Clark made more than 189 feet in putts. After putting the Odyssey in his bag for the first time while at Pebble, he ranked first in strokes gained/putting for the tournament.
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Matthieu Pavon, Farmers Insurance Open
Orlando Ramirez
Putter: Ping Cadence TR Tomcat
Key putting stat: Using a center-shafted mid-mallet that Ping introduced in 2015, Pavon ranked fifth in strokes gained/putting, bettering the field average by more than five strokes. He made seven putts in his three rounds at Torrey Pines from longer than 20 feet, including a clutch 23-foot par save on the 16th in Saturday's final round.
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Nick Dunlap (a), The American Express
Orlando Ramirez
Putter: Odyssey O-Works Tank 7
Key putting stat: The 20-year-old sophomore at Alabama rolled in more than 200 feet of putts during the week, ranking seventh in the field, including a nerve 5 feet, 9 inches, on the 72nd hole for the closing par that alllowed him to become the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson did it 33 years earlier at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open in Tucson.
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Grayson Murray, Sony Open in Hawaii
Kevin C. Cox
Putter: L.A.B. Golf Link.1
Key putting stat: Murray saved his best for last on the putting green, rolling in a 38-footer for a birdie that clinched the playoff victory at Waialae Country Club. For the week he was 23rd in putts per GIR and 29th in strokes gained/putting.
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Chris Kirk, The Sentry
Kevin C. Cox
Putter: Odyssey Ai One 6T CH
Key putting stat: Kirk ranked third in the field in putts per GIR (1.58) and 11th in strokes gained/putting (3.564).
