Brooks Koepka recently switched out his trusted Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter for a mallet counter part and with it shows how blade putters might be on the decline on tour.
On the PGA Tour as a whole mallets are now chosen by over 75% of players.
It is no secret that mallet putters are designed to offer that bit more stability and forgiveness for golfers.
They are engineered with higher Moment of Inertia (MOI) than their blade siblings, meaning they resist face twisting on off-centre strikes.
For so long blades were the putter of choice for so many golfers, but that train of thought has long gone. Going into the 2026 season, there isn’t a single male player in the top 10 rankings using a blade putter.
I’m no statistician but I imagine that must be one of the few times, if not the first, that this has been the case.
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