Zero Torque Putters

Seymore101 · 2025-07-13T15:48:31+00:00

Thinking about shopping for a new putter, and leaning towards a zero torque. What do you guys thinking about when looking at putters. What all do they do in...

Par4QC

Eguller holding it with my thumb and index finger to let it swing on its own. It did.

In your opinion, was that due to 'zero torque' or the fact it is center shafted.....with equal weight distribution from shaft placement? Not fancy wording that really just means the same.😉

jmo, but there should be no 'torque' when stroking a ball with a putter.......shaft is very stiff.......putting stroke is very slow......ball is not a heavy object.
OTOH, with a heel shafted putter the person holding the club can create (assumed) torque. Esp. if the putter has a huge OS, soft grip.

Eguller

Par4QC

I think the term 'zero torque' is really a misnomer. The ZTs want to stay in the 'swing plane'.

Maybe it should be labeled 'zero lateral inertia' or some such. The shaft torque must be miniscule
(even swung at some speed). It is different, for me, than a center shafted putter. I know because my
wife has a Seemore SilverBack SB1 center shafted one that feels/swings different than any of the ZT's.

JMO, YMMV.

Typhoon

Bravopilot We’d be better off. I tell people all the time to save their money…. Screw playing just for to the bar and spend the money on booze and a nice meal.

KCee

I am in the market for a new putter since my putting has been so bad at times, but I'm not sure about the ZT stuff. Only a few look decent at address to me. I like how they seem to swing easier, but except for one time I don't even putt well in the store with them. I have a strong arc stroke and they may just not suit me.

Recently I did some experimenting and found I putt better from short range inside 4-5 ft with a blade, but better from long range with a mallet. All blades and mallets were toe hang, but the blades toe hang more and maybe that helps with my strong arc stroke? I tend to pull short putts with the mallet until I compensate and push them lol. I did carry 2 putters for a brief time years ago (belly and std mallet), but I don't plan on doing that again. Maybe need to try the claw or pencil grip or just close my eyes 😞

Typhoon

KCee Heel Shafted like the Wilson 8802 are supposed to be for strong arc. What gets me is my Ping Tyne Sigma 2 with the short slant hosel says ' Strong Arc" on the shaft band but has the same Toe hang as my Scotty Newport. So..... who the fuck knows. The regualr Spider with the shrot slant neck hosel is money though.

rsvman2

KCee half mallet FTW

Eguller

KCee better from short range inside 4-5 ft with a blade, but better from long range with a mallet.

You sound like a candidate for one of the
‘wide blades’ like the Odyssey Double wide or an EvnRoll. Lots of toe hang, look of a mallet. 🤔

KCee

Eguller So far most wide blades don't toe hang that much. I used a wide blade tonight. Machine Design converter which does toe hang but I wish it was not a plumbers neck.

Spuzz

Number 9 style putter (some say Phil Mickelson style) is what I use.
Snake Eyes brand but there are many others.
Small arc for me. Hate center shaft and dislike full offset.

rsvman2

Spuzz Also known as an 8802.

I like that style, too, but like a slightly wider blade. I use a half-mallet but in the 8802 shape.

KCee

Spuzz I had the Snake Eyes for a while (beautiful putter), but never got along with it for some reason. I probably should revisit it as changing putters always helps for some reason.

sdandrea1

rsvman2 I like that style, too, but like a slightly wider blade. I use a half-mallet but in the 8802 shape.

My hickory putter is such.👍

Spuzz

KCee I had the Snake Eyes

I also have this one which is nice.

The SMT Dead Eye 4 is similar.
https://www.smtgolf.com/smt-dead-eye-4-putter-component.html

candukid

So, if I were to buy this and order a left handed hosel from GW, I would achieve a ZT result?

KCee

candukid I've read that it will be a similar result. I think there were more posts about it on the Maltby forums. LAB putters supposedly go further with specific weighting schemes to the head that further balance things out. I think many SeeMore putters claim ZT at impact with their just off center shaft and weighting.

It seems to me that saying Zero Torque can be like saying this is a Regular Flex shaft. There is no real standard.

Typhoon

Pick up a Ping Tyne 4

Typhoon

If they are so great, why isn’t everyone on tour using one? And outside of maybe 2 people at my course, I haven’t seen one from ANY company.

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Typhoon I think that investing $400+ into a club that you're primarily using 25' and in is a tough sell. I wonder how many are on the course at some of the private courses around Boston.

rsvman2

Typhoon A surprising number of pros ARE playing these putters. You have to remember that Lab doesn't sponsor anybody, so players might have to take a financial hit to play them.

Birdsboro

i use my old futura. that's face balanced.

Typhoon

rsvman2 Other than Spaun and Bryson I just don’t see or hear/see about anybody lighting it up now with that putter. I’ve looked at the TM ZT and I’m not sure about it….i like the short slant neck on my Tyne 4 Sigma 2…. Although not a fan of the face. A Spider with that hosel might be in the future.

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