TM Spider Putter for Juniors

phillyspecial · October 21, 2020

I see a lot of kids at tournaments with the spider. After some search, seems they dont actually make this in junior specs. Do I need to find one and cut it down to go that route? Does cutting down a putter screw up weight and balance etc?

mrshinsa · October 21, 2020

Cutdown yes.

Does it throw off the weight? Sort of. It makes the putter feel lighter for sure, but kids putters are much lighter than adult putters.

Some spiders have adjustable weight so you could potentially add additional weight.

Bizzle80 · October 21, 2020

My daughter was playing with one at RD and loved it - full size - so she got one for xmas. I let her pick out her own grip and then we got it cut and bent to fit her. Its an amazing putter for her. Enough weight to be stable but unbelievably forgiving. We have never really had any lessons on her putting, just basic setup, and she lines her own putts and drains more inside of 10' than most of the guys I play with. the Spider just shoots straight, no matter where on the face she hits it.

Expensive for a 7yo, but she's playing multiple times a week and the more she plays I try to encourage her by getting her whatever gear she is excited about.

wildcatden · October 21, 2020

Cut it and putt it.

MB19 · October 22, 2020

4 hours ago, Bizzle80 said:

My daughter was playing with one at RD and loved it - full size - so she got one for xmas. I let her pick out her own grip and then we got it cut and bent to fit her. Its an amazing putter for her. Enough weight to be stable but unbelievably forgiving. We have never really had any lessons on her putting, just basic setup, and she lines her own putts and drains more inside of 10' than most of the guys I play with. the Spider just shoots straight, no matter where on the face she hits it.

Expensive for a 7yo, but she's playing multiple times a week and the more she plays I try to encourage her by getting her whatever gear she is excited about.

I've been thinking about this for my 9yo. That Spider is like a cheat code, almost. I pick one up and putt with it whenever I see one at a store, and it's always my favorite.

I would definitely buy used, though, because budget balling is my way of life.

Golfingdawg19 · October 22, 2020

As your kids get older look into doing a putter fitting. My daughter is 13 now, but we did a putter fitting through Club Champion when she was 12. They spent almost 2 hours with her analyzing her stroke on the Sam putting lab and then finding the right putter for her. I came away knowing why she aimed the putter to the right, what her putter path was, etc. You then no for sure that you have the right putter for your stroke. It has made a big difference for her. Up until then, we used more a mid-mallet style odyssey putter and just cut it down. Her coach added weight back to the head with lead tape to make up for the loss of weight when you cut the putter down.