Your Friendly Neighborhood TaylorMade Spider ZT

Greetings, true believers. There is a new TaylorMade putter in the Spiderverse. The once Tour-only prototype TaylorMade Spider ZT Brian Harmon used to win the 2025 Valero Texas Open is coming to retail.

As you can likely guess, the ZT in the name stands for Zero Torque.

With the release of the Spider ZT, TaylorMade has officially entered into the 2025 Zero Torque Wars.

In addition to Harmon’s win, LPGA pro Haeran Ryu also used a Spider ZT putter to win the 2025 Black Desert Championship. With these wins, one could argue that the Spider ZT’s hot start gives TaylorMade the early lead in the battle.

Let’s explore the intricacies of this new Spider, investigating how TaylorMade removed the torque from the Spider ZT while still maintaining the classic Spider characteristics.

Begone, foul torque!

TaylorMade’s torque reduction scheme is similar to what we have observed from Odyssey, Bettinardi and others. The shaft of the putter attaches to the head at the head’s center of gravity.

This attachment site balances the putter around the shaft, eliminating clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation during the stroke.

TaylorMade’s engineers included three sole weights triangulated around the center of gravity to further eliminate any rotation during the stroke and boost MOI.

The clone saga continues?

So is the Spider ZT just another L.A.B. Golf or Odyssey Square to Square copy? In spirit, it is similar. There is no denying that the Spider ZT exists because of L.A.B. Golf’s success in the putter market and on tour.

TaylorMade and Odyssey/Callaway wage an arms race over everything so this contest of champions was inevitable.

That said, even with some similar design elements, the TaylorMade Spider ZT feels like an original spin on zero torque. Perhaps more importantly, it feels like a TaylorMade Spider.

While the shaft position in the head is similar to a L.A.B Golf or Odyssey Square to Square putter, the composition of the Spider ZT head is different from what we have seen from other companies.

First of all, the body is a fully milled, multi-material design. The forward portion of the Spider ZT is milled from 303 stainless steel and the rear section is milled 6061 aluminum.

The rectangular shape is not quite that of a Spider Tour but the perimeter weighting makes the Spider ZT feel like a Spider.

Naturally, the inclusion of the soft yet responsive Pure Roll face insert also adds to the familiar Spider feel.

Top and bottom alignment assistance

The TaylorMade Spider ZT features two new assistive alignment components. One of these you will see at address, the other you will feel.

TaylorMade developed a new True Path alignment scheme for the Spider ZT. The shaft and shape of the Spider ZT ruled out a traditional True Path alignment scheme.

Instead, TaylorMade milled a series of ball-width lines and a central black line into the front section of the putter. All of these lines sit in front of the shaft and are easily visible at address.

Overall, I found them to be very effective aiming tools.

The part of the alignment system that you will feel rather than see is the heel-to-toe cambered sole. This sole was designed to work with the Spider ZT’s central hosel position.

In theory, the sole should help a player position the putter consistently behind the ball at address and return it square to that position at impact.

New blue Spider suit

I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something about the new Spider branding and color scheme for the Spider ZT.

The new Spider logo is far more symmetrical and abstract than previous logos. In many ways, the new logo mirrors the symmetry of the Spider ZT itself.

I love this new logo. For the first time it seems like the Spider logo is actually iconic enough to be an ongoing symbol for the line. The logo looks amazing on the sole of the putter and the grip and headcover as well.

The logo would also look perfectly at home on the chest of a friendly neighborhood web slinger.

SuperStroke leans into the zero-torque trend

The grip on the TaylorMade Spider ZT is the new SuperStroke 1° Off-Axis Pistol 1.0. The “Off-Axis” part of that name refers to the grip’s 1-degree of slope as it travels from its off-center opening.

At first blush, it appears SuperStroke built their version of L.A.B. Golf’s Press Grip. The one degree of internal slope in the grip compensates for the single degree of shaft lean built into the Spider ZT head.

At this point, pointing out the L.A.B. Golf designs emulated by other companies would take all day. For example, PXG added their version of a L.A.B. Golf Press Grip to their recently-launched Bat Attack ZT.

What caught my eye is that SuperStroke, not TaylorMade, made the new grip.

It will be interesting to see if this SuperStroke grip is a one-off for the Spider ZT or if SuperStroke will be rolling out a line of Off-Axis grips as well. This could be a game changer for golfers who are looking to regrip their zero-torque putter.

Rolling the Spider ZT

I rolled some balls on the course with the TaylorMade Spider ZT last week.

In fact, the putter went straight from the shipping box to the first hole. As we all know, sometimes life makes you go straight from the car to the tee box.

Even with zero practice putts, I found the Spider ZT to be immediately comfortable and accurate.

I’ve been playing zero-torque putters for a while now so I’m sure that helped. Additionally, I recently benched my normal gamer and put my purple MySpider Tour back in the bag.

Occasionally, you need to remind your gamer that it’s one three-putt from relegation to the garage.

Anyway, TaylorMade’s zero-torque design gave the putter a familiar feel during the swing. The Pure Roll insert has a very soft feel but still puts a good roll on the ball. Twilight shagginess on the greens caused a few putts at the end of the round to come up short but most of them were dead on line.

After rolling it, I think that there will be more TaylorMade staffers playing the Spider ZT this year and likely more wins as well.

TaylorMade Spider ZT options and availability

TaylorMade will be offering the Spider ZT in three different configurations.

Standard: 33”/34”/35”, RH & LH, Loft: 2.5°, Lie: 70°, 370g head, MSRP: $449.99 Counter Balance: 36”/38”, RH & LH, Loft: 2.5°, Lie: 70°, 395g head, MSRP: $499.99 Long: 46”, Loft: 2.5°, Lie: 70°, 470g head, MSRP: $549.99

The price points for the various Spider ZT models puts them in direct competition price-wise with zero-torque putters from Odyssey, PXG, Bettinardi, Evnroll and, of course L.A.B. Golf. I think there are two things that could give TaylorMade an edge over some of their competitors.

First of all, the Spider ZT looks amazing and expensive. The milling is top-notch and the anodized blue sole plate and brilliant blue headcover make the Spider ZT stand out from the masses.

If you are not a fan of the blue, join me in hoping TaylorMade offers a MySpider ZT program. This thing in purple would make the other putters in the garage very nervous.

The other thing TaylorMade has going for it is that there are a whole bunch of Spider players out there and the Spider ZT feels like a Spider.

Someone who is curious about zero-torque putters should be more likely to take a risk on a new putter if it has a company name and a model name they recognize and trust.

Brian Harmon had gamed his TaylorMade Spider OS since 2016 before replacing it with a Spider ZT. It’s likely other longtime Spider players will follow the same path.

It feels like TaylorMade has thrown down the gauntlet with the Spider ZT. I can’t wait to see how other companies respond.

“Anyone can win a fight when the odds are easy! It’s when the going’s tough, when there seems to be no chance, that’s when it counts!”

-Peter Parker, Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #33

Spider ZT putters will be at retail on June 5 and are available for pre-order today at TaylorMadeGolf.com

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