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GolfWRX Members Choice presented by 2nd Swing: Best mallet putter of 2025

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We’re proud to once again partner with 2nd Swing Golf to bring you GolfWRX Members Choice 2025! 2nd Swing has more than 150,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here

What is the best mallet 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 mallet 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 mallet putter of 2025: The top 5

T4. TaylorMade Spider Tour X: 7.04%

TaylorMade’s pitch: “Made famous by Rory McIlroy, the sought-after Spider X shape combines the performance of a blade with the benefits of a mallet design.”

Shop TaylorMade Spider Tour X here.

T4. Scotty Cameron Phantom 5: 7.04%

Scotty Cameron’s pitch: “The Phantom 5 stays true to its compact mallet configuration and blade-like feel with an updated, more modern shape, precision milled and engineered using a combination of 303 stainless steel and 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. Astute comparison to former versions reveals a straighter wing angle, while the updated topline includes elegantly milled sight dots accented with translucent smoke paintfill for confident alignment over every putt.”

Shop Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 here.

3. TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT: 7.77%

TaylorMade’s pitch: “Experience all the benefits you’ve become accustomed to with Spider putters in a whole new package designed to deliver unmatched stability and consistent performance on the greens.”

Shop TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT here.

2. L.A.B. OZ.1i: 13.35%

L.A.B. Golf’s pitch: “OZ.1 is our first half-moon style mallet putter, and the solid-body construction of the putter – no large holes or fangs like our other mallet putters – felt incredible from the start. We spent a great deal of time fine-tuning OZ.1 to make it the most “normal” mallet putter we’ve ever created in terms of sound and feel. That’s true with both OZ.1i and OZ.1.”

Shop L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i here.

1. L.A.B. DF3: 18.20%

L.A.B. Golf’s pitch: “Ever since we launched our first putter, Directed Force, golfers have been asking if we could make it less weird. DF3 is that putter. We took a chisel to the original Lie Angle Balanced putter to make DF3 smaller and sleeker while honoring the shape of the putter that started it all for us. DF3 still does everything golfers love about the original. It stays square by itself. It’s still irrationally forgiving on mishits. But DF3 is going to be a lot more happy making to the vast majority of golfers because it sets up clean and feels and sounds like a dream.”

Shop L.A.B. Golf DF3 here.

Additional mallet putters receiving >2% of the vote

  • L.A.B. OZ.1: 4.36
  • L.A.B. DF 2.1: 3.64
  • TaylorMade Spider Tour: 2.66
  • Bettinardi Antidote SB2: 2.42
  • L.A.B. Mezz.1 Max: 2.42

RELATED: GolfWRX Members Choice presented by 2nd Swing: Best driver of 2025

 

 

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Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping

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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.

Check out Shipley’s full what’s in the bag and the rest of his wedge stampings here on “Inside the Ropes” from Colonial.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover

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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

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Whats in the Bag

Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)

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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

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