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The new Toulon Golf Small Batch putters honor Alister MacKenzie’s first course, the Meadow Club golf course near San Francisco.Master guitar maker Jimmy Carbonetti made the sole plate from a fallen madrone tree that lived on the course.Available April 11 at ToulonGolf.com with a MSRP of $2,000.

The new Toulon Small Batch Meadow Club putter is the best limited edition putter that Toulon has produced to date.

I tried to come up with some clever way to say that. Something like Toulon hits a home run! since baseball has just started up. The phrase masterful release floated around the page for a bit in honor of Masters week, but that sounded too much like a bass fishing or porn reference.

Ultimately I kept it simple and to the point. The Toulon Meadow Club is the most interesting limited edition putter that I have seen in a long time.

Building a Collectible

The limited edition putter recipe typically includes a few key ingredients. First, you add a unique head shape. Next, you mix in some atypical necks or materials. Finally, you finish off the batch with a pinch of scarcity.

The Toulon Meadow Club putter has all of those ingredients, but it also has one more. It comes with a story.

Golden Bell is the iconic 12th hole at Augusta National. Although it typically plays around 155 yards during the Masters, it has rung many players’ bells with its unassuming knockout power.

As with nearly, if not all, the holes at Augusta National, Golden Bell is breathtakingly beautiful, but as those who have played it will attest, its serene looks can be deceiving. It’s an absolute card killer.

We have seen many players chasing the green jacket crash and burn here: Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka, and Francesco Molinari in 2019 – the same year Tiger Woods would win his fifth Masters.

But even Tiger has been on the receiving end of Golden Bell’s ugly side. Following up his fifth win, he carded a 10 on 12 in 2020.

So if the GOAT can run up a high score, how might an average golfer fare against the 12th?

If you are a MyGolfSpy reader and haven’t checked out the Forum, now is the time to do so! You’re missing lively debates, equipment discussion, member testing and a whole lot more! In March, as usual, the Forum was buzzing with activity and we were able to share some special highlights with our members along the way.

MyGolfSpy Best Driver of 2024

The reveal of our best driver of the year is arguably the biggest day of the year, every year. And, for the second year in a row, we enhanced the announcement by having Phillip Bishop from MyGolfSpy HQ available for a Live Q&A to share his thoughts on how the testing went.

If you want to take part in these weekly calls, they are open to all and happen every Thursday at 4 p.m. EST.

These Community Calls are a great way to get to see and meet some of the faces behind MyGolfSpy and chat with members from all over the world!

Community Calls Continued

Our other special guest was Jacob Clarke of PING. He was the lead designer for the PING s159 wedges and spent a full hour talking about his experience with the wedges, what the new grinds are about, the PING WebFit App and a whole lot more. Jacob has a wealth of experience and knowledge where our members were able to ask questions and get valuable feedback for their wedge games and more.

Rickie Fowler, who hasn't competed in the Masters since 2020, shot 5-under to win the traditional Par 3 Contest, which featured five aces.

At +460, Scottie Scheffler has the shortest odds to win the Masters since Tiger Woods in 2013 (+350) and the shortest odds to win any major since Woods at the 2013 PGA Championship (+400).

LIV Golf League CEO Greg Norman was spotted on the grounds at Augusta National on Wednesday.

Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley doesn't foresee a scenario in which the club will host a tournament for LPGA Tour and other women's pro golfers.

From kids stealing the show to holes-in-one, the Par 3 Contest is always a highlight of Masters week. Here are some of the best moments.

Who can win? Who has the best betting value? What props are the most interesting? Our experts look at the 2024 Masters from all angles.

It's been Scottie Scheffler or long shots winning so far this season. Here's what history says about that trend continuing at Augusta.

The Masters returns to Augusta as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and more of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's finest compete for a green jacket. Here are all the event details.

Will a first-timer leave Augusta with a green jacket? How will LIV Golf League players fare? From the favorites to the newcomers to the course's condition, here are six storylines to watch at Augusta.

Here is the full list of tee times for the first and second rounds of the 2024 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

A trio of superstars enters Augusta National Golf Club with expectations that couldn't be higher and more on the line than a green jacket.

We’ve finally made it. The Masters is here.

For the first time since last July, we have the best players in the world convening in one place. And while ratings for both the PGA Tour and LIV have been struggling mightily, the Masters has long been immune to that kind of apathy.

People who watch only once or twice per year will tune in this week. The aura around Augusta National has only increased along with the growing importance of golf’s four majors.

We all want to know who will win. I’ve studied it from every angle and am confident the Masters winner will come out of these 10 players. Who isn’t on this list—Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay and others—might be just as surprising as who is on it.

Will I be right? Please come back on Monday to mercilessly mock me if I’m not.

We want to talk about protecting the most temperamental club in the bag: your putter. If you doubt its proclivity for chaos, just ask Scottie Scheffler. With that in mind, we decided to round up the best putter covers you can buy. A putter can be an investment on par with a driver so you might want to think about what you’re using to keep it in pristine condition.

It’s imperative that you keep your putter safe from dings, scuffs and the general wear and tear that comes with sidling up alongside a bunch of irons and wedges which, of course, don’t know they should be respecting your putter’s precious personal space. Plus, who among us isn’t guilty of taking the putter cover off after the first hole and leaving it in the cart until we wrap up 18? Get a putter cover, for the love of Tiger.

These days, just about any putter cover provides protection and security, with the only real variable being the closure, which will either be Velcro or magnetic. The fun part, then, is deciding what kind of impression you want your cover to make. Your favorite sports team, your alma mater, a callback to your other favorite hobby—the options are endless. When in doubt, you can always just rock a cover made by the brand that makes your putter — there are some especially good ones for PINGheads.

We dropped some of our favorites below but there are so many more than we can cover here. Let us know who we missed in the comments (especially if you have a secret Etsy shop we need to know about).

The Best Putter Covers

CMC Design Headcover

The college logo putter cover is a mainstay for blade and mallet users. Peruse through the Golf Galaxy or PGA Tour Superstore and you’ll be able to find a cover with just about any college logo or, at the very least, one from your favorite major university sports team. For this story’s purposes, we chose the Badgers because of their proximity to Wisconsin’s stellar courses but you obviously can choose whichever school you love most. 

Perhaps one of the most underrated iron companies in golf, Wilson has a long and successful history of making irons which have been in the bags of many major winners in the past. Their Wilson lineup of irons may not be as robust as others but they still have models to fit the needs of most, if not all, golfers. In this Model-by-Model review, we will highlight all the current models available from Wilson.

Wilson Release Cycle:

Wilson has a typically longer release cycle than other manufacturers. We do not see a new series of irons every year but typically between 24 to 36 months. To help with consistency, the family of irons will normally release in alternate years so there is not a large gap between their overall releases.

As a recent example, Wilson released their Dynapower range of irons in early 2023 and, in 2024, Wilsonreleased the Dynapower Forged and Wilson Staff models.

Key Technologies for Wilson:

Taking center stage is the Wilson Fit AI. Launched in December 2023, it is their new way to fit golfers into the proper shaft and model in only five swings. MyGolfSpy staff writer John Barba goes into full details here (a must-read) but the short version is this.

“The Wilson Fit AI kit features a special fitting club with a Blast Motion swing sensor built into the grip. When connected to the app, the sensor picks up 12,000 swing data points and compares those points to the 325 million swings in the Blast Motion library. All that information goes through Wilson’s proprietary AI system to fit you into a Wilson iron. It also recommends the best shaft for you as well as length and lie.”

Tiger Woods thinks Rory McIlroy still has what it takes to win the Masters.

Min Woo Lee said a "miraculously good" recovery will allow him to play in the Masters less than two weeks after he suffered a broken finger.