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GolfWRX Members Choice presented by 2nd Swing: Best blade putter of 2025
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What is the best blade putter in 2025? At GolfWRX, we take great pride in our online community and the cumulative knowledge and experience of our members. When it comes to the best blade putter of 2025, we want to know what our forum faithful think.
Since our founding in 2005, the bedrock of GolfWRX.com has been the community of passionate and knowledgeable golfers in our forums, and we put endless trust in the opinions of our GolfWRX members — the most knowledgeable community of golfers on the internet. No other group of golfers in the world tests golf clubs as frequently or as extensively, nor is armed with such in-depth information about the latest technology.
Below are the results of GolfWRX member voting for the 2025 best mallet putter, along with the vote percentage for each club.
Best blade putter of 2025: The top 5
5. Ping PLD Anser 2D: 5.31%

Ping’s pitch: “The Anser 2D model gained notoriety with Tony Finau’s success winning multiple times on tour. The slightly deeper, perimeter-weighted design features clean heel-toe ballasts to aid in alignment.”
Shop the Ping PLD Anser 2D here.
4. Ping PLD Anser: 5.75%

Ping’s pitch: “A precision-milled version of the classic Anser with heel-toe weighting and a high MOI. A slight-arc blade player with a right-miss tendency will have an easier time squaring the face at impact. The shallow-milled face ensures a firmer feel and consistent ball speeds.”
3. Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2: 6.64% 
Scotty Cameron’s pitch: “Scotty’s Studio Style Newport 2 steps into its next era as a top-tier performer with a new Studio Carbon Steel (SCS) face insert, chain-link face milling technology and a slightly thicker topline reminiscent of the 2012 Select line, long favored by tour players for its softer sound and solid feel. Designed and precision milled in the United States from 303 stainless steel with customizable tungsten sole weights, modern performance remains the focus for the family’s flagship model with its refined tri-sole design, I-beam plumbing neck, crisp contours and the return of racy red cherry dots.”
Shop Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 here.
2. L.A.B. Golf Link.1: 7.52%

L.A.B. Golf’s pitch: “Like all L.A.B. Golf putters, LINK.1 is designed to stay square to your path during the stroke. That means there’s no need to try to keep the face square like there is with other putters. All you have to do is LET the face stay square. Think about that for a second. How many more putts would you make if you could trust your putter to be square at impact?”
1. Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport: 16.37%

Scotty Cameron’s pitch: “Proving that the classics never go out of style, the latest Studio Style Newport re-introduces the soft sound and feel of a face insert—precision milled from soft Studio Carbon Steel (SCS)—with aerospace-inspired vibration damping that takes sound, feel and control to the next level. Familiar rounded contours and signature red cherry dots showcase Scotty’s inimitable craftsmanship and the evolution of this time-honored shape, while the line’s new chain-link face milling technology introduces improved roll characteristics, soft sound and incredible feel.”
Shop Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport here.
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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
