Zero Torque putters - all about the technology that stabilises your putting!

What is Zero Torque?

– Simply put, a Zero Torque putter is designed to guide the clubhead into a straight position at impact. The shaft is positioned right in the middle, and the centre of gravity sits directly underneath, which helps keep the putter straighter in your putting stroke. Zero Torque thus means reduced twisting.

Centre-shafted putters aren't new, so what's different here?

– It's more about how the weight is positioned to make it stable and straight in your arc. It's not about the entire putter moving straight back and straight forward, but rather keeping the face straight in your path. Otherwise, we have putters with toe-hang weighting for those with a strong arc, or face-balanced which is more neutral. But regardless of your stroke, Zero Torque helps keep the face straight throughout, and as long as it's square to the target and you've aligned correctly, the ball will go where you want it more often.

What's creating such heightened interest in this particular product?

– Odyssey has a Zero Torque model called Jailbird that we've seen before with "regular" weighting, notably Wyndham Clark won a major with it in his bag. And there's much that's familiar here, like the White Hot insert, and it's a model in their Ai One series. So if you're curious about trying the Zero Torque trend, the transition becomes quite smooth when you get a clubhead you recognise. Of course, there are other brands, like L.a.b Golf and PXG, that are also investing in Zero Torque.