When it comes to putters, Adam Scott has been an interesting man to follow during his career.

Using almost every style imaginable from the classic (and standard-length) Newport 2 and a mid-slant Newport 2, to the more modern Kombi, and his famous Masters winning Big Sur Center Shafted long putter, it has been a wild ride. Scott has even gone as far as using two putters in tournament rounds including the PGA Championship where he finished solo third.

Scott’s most recent putter, a Scotty Cameron Select Tour Fastback (TFB)

The putter Scott used for most of 2017-2018: A Scotty Cameron Xperimental Rev X10

Adam is not a player afraid of experimentation, and this week at the Honda Classic is no different. The Australian has put into play the Directed Force 2.1. from Lab Golf, as many on Twitter (like Golf Channel’s Ryan Lavner, below) noticed during his opening round. And he still has the flatstick in play for his second round at PGA National, so the switch appears to be something more than a whimsical exercise.

Adam Scott is having his best putting season since 2004 (18th) … and it appears that he's changed both his putter and his grip? pic.twitter.com/Ii6bvKoYq5

— Ryan Lavner (@RyanLavnerGC) February 28, 2019

Lab Golf have been around for some time now, and they employ a unique philosophy when it comes to fitting and designing putters by aligning the lie angle and the mass of the putter to the plane at which the putter will travel on “lie angle balancing.” This it to help keep the putter face square to the target during a straight back straight through stroke. Match this with a grip built to encourage a strong forward press and you have a putter designed to promote the same position at address time after time.

The video below feating the inventor Bill Presse explains the company’s philosophy.

Scott is often known as having one of the best swings in golf but has been a very streaky player especially with the putter. Trying something as different as the Directed Force putter when having Titleist’s Scotty Cameron as a resource (although he was also seen testing a Cameron, too) is a surprising move. Scott’s choice of putter is something that will be interesting to watch as we approach both The Players and the Masters, two tournaments played at courses he has played well and won.