Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of a story our Andrew Tursky filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for additional details, including why Thomas is returning to a nostalgic grip design this week. 

…In recent years, Thomas had been testing various Scotty Cameron prototype putters, from both the mallet and blade categories. This year, however, Thomas has settled into and stayed with a Scotty Cameron T5.5 prototype mallet putter – a familiar head shape for him, but with a key change to the hosel configuration that’s helped put his hands in a better position at address, boosting his comfort on the greens.

Recently, GolfWRX.com caught up with Scotty Cameron Tour rep and putter builder Drew Page, who works closely with Thomas on a weekly basis out on the PGA TOUR.

“So right around the time he was talking with Xander was when he was relaying some feels to Paul Vizanko (Director of player fitting and development at Scotty Cameron), Brad (Cloke, Scotty Cameron Tour rep) and myself, trying to get the right shaft axis for him,” Page told GolfWRX.com at the 2025 Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

“That was one of the important things that we did with him… it actually has a single bend shaft, but a low single bend…it just got his hands to a point, and his eyes to a point that he became most comfortable with, where his lines were clean, and the putter sat square for him perfectly. The mix of that, and having his hands in the right position, just all got him into the most comfortable setup position, and then from there he was in a position of greatness, essentially.”

According to Page, this newfound comfort with the low, single-bend shaft has helped awaken Thomas’ inner athlete.

“This year (his stroke is) much more free, kind of back to when he first got out on Tour,” Page told GolfWRX.com. “And he spoke on that a little bit [at the RBC Heritage] when he talked about his talks with Xander, about going back to his processes in 2017 and 2018 when he kind of had his best years putting.

…In a YouTube video on the official Scotty Cameron channel, Thomas spoke about the new putter with Vizanko, who was instrumental in designing it. Thomas touched on the importance of the sound the new prototype putter makes, and the importance of hosel fitting.

“I mean, the look of the head is obviously something I’m familiar with, and it was like when I first told you, there was something about different necks that I would stroke differently, for some reason, and I didn’t know why,” Thomas said to Vizanko. “And you said it, a lot of it had to do with hand position at setup, which is something I don’t need to know, but it’s something where they get where they need to be, without thinking of it. The sound of it’s the same, which is always, always important to me, as you know. It’s amazing the difference that that has made.”

Read the full piece here.