Historically speaking, Brandt Snedeker has been one of the PGA Tour’s best putters throughout his career. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 2008 to find a year that he finished outside the top-40 in Strokes Gained: Putting for a season.

Also, since joining the PGA Tour in 2007, Snedeker has mostly used the same Odyssey White Hot XG Rossie putter. With over $40 million earned in prize money over his career, surely that Rossie is one of the most prolific putters on tour.

This year, however, Snedeker’s putting hasn’t been up to his standard. He currently ranks 154th in Strokes Gained: Putting.

As a result, he’s sidelined his trusty Rossie, switching it out for an Odyssey White Hot XG #8 center-shafted model from 2007 at the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge.

Catching up with Snedeker on Wednesday ahead of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, he told GolfWRX that he borrowed the putter from a friend in Tennessee about 4-5 years ago, and he’s finally upgraded it to the starting lineup.

The putter certainly fits in Snedeker’s typical putter category: It’s old, it has a White Hot insert on the face, and you can find it online for around $50. The most impactful difference, at least to Snedeker, is that the #8 model is center-shafted, which he’s found has helped fix some of his current issues.

Here’s what Snedeker had to say to GolfWRX on Wednesday:

“It’s got the same insert that I always play, which to me is the most important thing. I’ve always dabbled with center-shafted putters at home. It helps me counteract what I do wrong in my stroke. A friend of mine at home has had this putter, and I’ve always grabbed it when I’m around him and hit a few putts with it.

“I’m like, ‘Can I just borrow this for a minute just to practice with it?’

“He said, ‘Absolutely, Sure.’

“That was like 4 or 5 years ago.

“So I’ve had it ever since then. I mess around with it every once in awhile. I’ve been putting terrible with it this year, so I brought it out to do some drills with it. I got my chalk line and it seems to be working. It kind of corrects a few faults and a few things I’ve been doing wrong. I can’t putt any worse than I’ve been putting this year, so I was like, ‘I’ll try it.’

“It’s really not that different than what I’m used to. It’s the same feel…you know me, it’s the perfect kind of putter for me. It’s old and it costs about 25 bucks to buy one.

“They didn’t make a ton of them. I don’t think they were huge sellers for Odyssey back in the day.

“[My buddy has] about 4 or 5 of them still…I’m sure he’ll probably try to sell me the backups. Hopefully it keeps working. I putted better last week.”

According to Snedeker, he actually tracked down a backup of the White Hot XG #8 putter from 2nd Swing Golf, a company that specializes in used golf equipment. Snedeker already “borrowed” one putter from his buddy, so it’s fair that he acquired his own to use as a backup.

Check out more photos of Snedeker’s “new” Odyssey putter here.