Equipment
Putters Aplenty: A look at the flatsticks we shot at PGA Tour Q-School
Putters: They’re very low-lofted but very highly regarded. (How’s that for a lede?) In all seriousness, no other club in the bag is quite so fussed about and fawned over as the flatstick.
And at the professional level, even greater intrigue abounds. Some players roll it with essentially off-the-rack offerings with tremendous success for years. Some strictly utilize wands that would make a luxury jeweler jealous. Some switch putters as frequently as they change socks.
It’s a boom time for putter variety as well. Ditto putter grips — and shafts! Long, long gone are the days of the Bullseye with a wrapped leather grip.
When it comes to the shortest club in the bag, it’s the Wild West, and we’re here for it.
Check out some of the putters we got in-hand photos of at last week’s PGA Tour Q-School.
Harry Higgs
The fan-favorite opts for a TaylorMade Spider GT Rollback putter with a five-gram weight near the face and equips it with a standard TaylorMade Pistol Grip. We previously saw him most often in a center-shafted Spider.


Patton Kizzire
The Auburn alum continues to roll the rock with a well-traveled mallet-style Scotty Cameron GoLo putter with deep milling.

Spencer Levin
Perhaps the most unexpected putter at Q-School was cult hero Spencer Levin’s hammY. Released 20 years ago, the long, center-shafted blade is designed to facilitate a more “natural” putting motion with the player setting up in an open stance with hands separated on the grip, right-hand low (Hence the two-piece SuperStroke Traxion grip).

Kris Ventura
Former OSU teammate of Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura arrived at Q-School with a seasoned Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter with a pair of 20-gram sole weights. The sole shows the mileage on this classic design!

Mark Goetz
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, native Mark Goetz prefers the beach. More specifically, he’s elected to putt with a “beached” or “floating face” Scotty Cameron 009-style putter. Milling a slot in the sole of the putter changes its sound (and thus feel). The closer the slot is to the face, the higher-pitched the sound.

Rob Oppenheim
The 20-year veteran had a mid-mallet-and-Anser hybrid PLD Ping Anser D putter in play in Florida. Oppenheim is a longtime Anser guy, so it’s no surprise to see him with this Putting Lab Design model. Ping PP58 Cord grip here as well.

Sam Bennett
Another Ping PLD offering in the bag of a much less seasoned Ping staffer. 23-year-old Sam Bennet had a Ping PLD Oslo 4 putter in the bag with a patina finish.

Callum McNeill
Piretti sighting! Callum McNeill showed up with what looks to be an 801 putter (thanks, Corey) with plenty of stamping and a single site dot. The Scot opted for a graphite L.A. Golf TPZ putter shaft and a Lamkin Deep Etched putter grip.

Carter Jenkins
The No. 7-style shape fits the Raleigh, North Carolina, native’s eye. Toulon Design Las Vegas with a Midnight Black finish and a deep diamond mill pattern. Another L.A. Golf TPZ putter shaft here, paired with what looks to be a 21-inch SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0P grip.

Check out more putters in our collection of Q-School photos in the GolfWRX forums.
Equipment
Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.

“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.

From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Whats in the Bag
Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4

3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms

Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105

Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

geohogan
Dec 21, 2023 at 4:28 pm
Seems a wide range of loft on these putters.
Any detail on actual lofts?
Corey
Dec 20, 2023 at 1:47 pm
The Piretti is an 801, not a Potenza. It appears to be the flat topline version, rather than the rolled top.