TaylorMade Spider Tour usage and comments

[ajlacombe]

I recently purchased a TaylorMade Spider Tour putter in red and wanted to know what other people's experience was with this putter. I have played a few rounds and spent a ton of time on the putting green with it.

 

I seem to be deathly accurate with my aim with this thing but I seem to be short most of the time. I am not putting on really fast greens - most of them are Poa Annua and at this time of year they can be a bit sticky.

 

My distances issue may be that the putter is heavier than I am used to and with the soft insert, I can not dial in distance like I normally would with an all metal putter. I think I dial in my distance based on sound - this putter gives you not much sound at impact and the ball does not rebound from the face like a metal faced putter.

 

The original grip is way too small IMO and I replaced it with with a SuperStroke mid slim 2.0 which has helped it feel better in my hands.

 

What are other people's experience with this putter? On a fast green, it would be great, but so far on medium to slower greens it feels more like trying to use a sledge hammer to putt in the rough. Once I go above a certain effort level I am hitting the ball instead of stroking it, and accuracy suffers.

 

Thanks,

 

Andy

[jeffrey r]

All you'll need to read and discuss about this putter is being discussed in this extensive thread:

 

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/1452098-taylormade-spider-tour-putters/

[zeke013]

I recently purchased a TaylorMade Spider Tour putter in red and wanted to know what other people's experience was with this putter. I have played a few rounds and spent a ton of time on the putting green with it.

 

I seem to be deathly accurate with my aim with this thing but I seem to be short most of the time. I am not putting on really fast greens - most of them are Poa Annua and at this time of year they can be a bit sticky.

 

My distances issue may be that the putter is heavier than I am used to and with the soft insert, I can not dial in distance like I normally would with an all metal putter. I think I dial in my distance based on sound - this putter gives you not much sound at impact and the ball does not rebound from the face like a metal faced putter.

 

The original grip is way too small IMO and I replaced it with with a SuperStroke mid slim 2.0 which has helped it feel better in my hands.

 

What are other people's experience with this putter? On a fast green, it would be great, but so far on medium to slower greens it feels more like trying to use a sledge hammer to putt in the rough. Once I go above a certain effort level I am hitting the ball instead of stroking it, and accuracy suffers.

 

Thanks,

 

Andy

 

jeffrey r is correct - huge thread available to peruse.

 

You also might try the Black and the Platinum, both of which have harder faces than the Red (with Platinum being the hardest).

 

I find they will both translate to a truer roll more quickly for me than the Red.

 

I own the Black.

[Double Dutch]

I recently purchased a TaylorMade Spider Tour putter in red and wanted to know what other people's experience was with this putter. I have played a few rounds and spent a ton of time on the putting green with it.

 

I seem to be deathly accurate with my aim with this thing but I seem to be short most of the time. I am not putting on really fast greens - most of them are Poa Annua and at this time of year they can be a bit sticky.

 

My distances issue may be that the putter is heavier than I am used to and with the soft insert, I can not dial in distance like I normally would with an all metal putter. I think I dial in my distance based on sound - this putter gives you not much sound at impact and the ball does not rebound from the face like a metal faced putter.

 

The original grip is way too small IMO and I replaced it with with a SuperStroke mid slim 2.0 which has helped it feel better in my hands.

 

What are other people's experience with this putter? On a fast green, it would be great, but so far on medium to slower greens it feels more like trying to use a sledge hammer to putt in the rough. Once I go above a certain effort level I am hitting the ball instead of stroking it, and accuracy suffers.

 

Thanks,

 

Andy

 

I have noticed the exact same thing. Aim is superb, but it goes much shorter than any putter I have used. It's great to make 5 footers, but not so good leaving 5-8 footers for my second putt..

[Double Dutch]

I suspect the problem with distance control is due to the heavy weight of the club head. I'm used to a lighter head and the spider makes me strike harder to get the same distance.

[moonshine]

I honestly think half to 3/4 grabbed one w/o testing and put it in the bag. When in Rome....

[Sean289]

I found the Spider Tour Red to be very nice. I found it noticeably softer than the Spider Tour black with a lovely roll off the face. I would say that the softness of the red is a tad softer than the PING Sigma G line but nowhere near as soft as the Odyssey O-Works range.

I couldn't believe how good the Spider tour Red was from 25 feet or longer. Every single one of my putts were within 2 feet. I had decent results as well from medium range.

What pains me to say is that I really struggled with putts from inside 6 feet or so. I couldn't seem to gauge the pace of them at all, particularly downhill putts with a moderate to high level of break.

I tested most of the current blades as of late and I got best results and feel from the PING Sigma G Anser. I knew getting up today that my next putter was going to either be the Sigma G Anser or a Spider Tour.

In short, I was much better at short putts with the Anser, very similar with both putters and medium distances and better at lag putts with the Spider.

Personally, I think it's more important to have confidence over putts inside 10 feet so I ordered myself custom PING Sigma G Anser with my own specs.

While I'm hoping that I will have a long and prosperous relationship with my Sigma G Anser, please don't be too surprised to find me writing on here within a couple of months saying that I purchased a JD Spider Red.

Based on my past experiences with putters, I'm 95% sure that the honeymoon phase would've been very short lived if I purchased a Spider Tour Red. I think in the long run, I'm better off with my PING Sigma G Anser.

[gpleonard]

I have the black head tried the red one. My choice is the black. Feels better IMO.. Rolls the ball really well and gets to the hole ..Remember that most greens are still coming around from the winter. This will all change in another month and they will start rolling.