TaylorMade Spider Mini Putter Review: Lethal from short and solid from distance
The TaylorMade Spider Mini putter might just be the putter that converts blade or half-moon users into mallet believers.
This model comes with heavy pedigree already, with the TaylorMade Spider being an outrageously popular putter both on Tour and at your local club.
The Mini aims to take the best attributes of its sister club while adding tweaks that will allow it to appeal to blade users.
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TaylorMade Spider Mini putter - Looks and Feel
It’s 15% smaller than the Spider, but it seems like more. The wings are gone, and it doesn’t feel at all chunky or oversized behind the ball.
The red finish is obviously popular and still looks great, while the sight lines worked to line us up with ease.
The insert is soft but also responsive. This helped us judge lag putts.
TaylorMade Spider Mini putter - Performance and Forgiveness
Does just what TaylorMade set out to do. There is a small drop off in forgiveness, but it is only minimal, while we massively enjoyed the freedom of the smaller head. It helped us a heap from distance when we wanted more feel.
The smaller head promotes a little more movement - regarding arc - through the stroke. The Spider is more straight back and through, so make sure you give both a test to see which one suits.
It still has that pendulum feel the Spider enjoys, which kept us square through impact on those short nervy putts. From short, it’s lethal.
Should you buy the TaylorMade Spider Mini putter?
Solid from short, and better than the Spider from distance. This could be the putter that converts blade or half-moon users into a mallet. A worthy accompaniment to the Spider.
