Equipment
Spider Tour: TaylorMade releases Jason Day, Dustin Johnson putters
Ever since Jason Day started using a red TaylorMade Spider prototype putter in 2015, golfers have been demanding it — even fellow Tour players. While TaylorMade did release a red version of its Spider Limited putter, it was not a replica because it had a sight line and a different hosel. That has changed.
Jason Day, Spider Tour (Red)
With its newest release, golfers can have the same putter Jason Day uses and the same one Dustin Johnson uses (as of late 2016). That includes the same shafts, face inserts, hosels, head shapes and colors.
According to TaylorMade, there are two general categories of putters available in today’s market: classic shapes and technical mallets. Technical mallets are a way to raise moment of inertia (MOI), which is a measure of forgiveness, to help golfers increase their consistency on the green. With its new TP line, TaylorMade satisfies the demand for classic shapes, while the Spider Tour putters are for those who seek technical mallets.
Related: Did Jason Day just have the best putting year of any Tour pro ever?
The most notable of the new releases is Day’s Spider Tour Red, which has been in especially high demand among GolfWRXers. TaylorMade says Day selected his particular shade of red from a group of about 20 different colors. It just so happens to be the color of a venomous Spider that inhabits his native Australia.
Dustin Johnson, on the other hand, started using a prototype Spider Tour Black putter because it’s what his brother had in the bag, and he took a liking to it. According to TaylorMade, he was ecstatic about the performance of the Spider Tour Black after playing with it for just four holes in a pro-am at the 2016 BMW Championship, so he put it in play that week. And he won.
Dustin Johnson, Spider Tour Limited (Black)
There is a slight difference between Day’s Spider Tour Red and Johnson’s Spider Tour Black, and it will be reflected in the retail releases. The Spider Tour Red uses a Pure Roll Surlyn insert, which offers a softer sound and feel at impact than the Pure Roll 80/20 insert Johnson uses in his Spider Tour Black putter.
The Spider Tour Red putter will be sold with a custom Jason Day putter cover, while the Spider Tour Black will have an all-black putter cover. Both putters are equipped with short, slant-neck hosels and will sell for $299.
Spider Tour Platinum
TaylorMade will also be releasing a new putter along with the Spider Tour Red and Black on March 1. It’s called the Spider Tour Platinum ($219), and has a double-bend steel shaft and a black sightline on its platinum-colored body, which features red “wings.” It also has a 6061 aluminum face insert. Its putter cover is red and platinum, and it will be sold with a SuperStroke Pistol GT 2.0 grip.
All three putters have head weights of 355 grams, and will be sole with 34- and 35-inch standard lengths. Want one? You can currently pre-order from TaylorMade.
Related: See what GolfWRX are saying about TaylorMade’s Spider Tour Limited putters here.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.
From the listing:
(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.
Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5
5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
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Hedge Hog
May 23, 2017 at 10:53 pm
Ron Jeremy uses his Johnson for putting. He’s got a
Fatso SuperStroke ..keeps his hands out of the equation. He holes out everything..
Lambo
May 13, 2017 at 12:25 am
Does both the black and red come with black shafts as stock shafts?
Lambo
May 13, 2017 at 12:23 am
Does both the black and red come stock with a black shaft?
rodger Davidson
Jan 7, 2017 at 1:22 am
Can you still pre order ?
Brent
Dec 31, 2016 at 10:55 am
Just got mine…great putter! Really like the looks and feel.
TexasSnowman
Nov 17, 2016 at 10:50 pm
I like the absence of the Sight Line on the Black and Red: I prefer to aim the face if that makes sense.
MG2
Nov 17, 2016 at 7:24 pm
Do folks on eBay know that these are about to be $300? Yet they’re still listing for thousands?
Jas3
Nov 18, 2016 at 8:56 am
Haha thought the same hope the wakers get stuck with them…
Ryan
Nov 16, 2016 at 10:01 pm
Thank you Taylormade !! You listened and delivered. Bravo !
Joe Perez
Nov 16, 2016 at 7:20 pm
Looks like TM really -is- feeling the finiancial pinch, since they’ve apparently decided to cut back on options, specifically abandoning the 33″ inch market. Would’ve liked to get one.
JJ
Nov 16, 2016 at 8:49 pm
Dumbest comment ever.
Last year TM was selling this exact JDay version for $750 custom orders only.
nick
Nov 16, 2016 at 6:01 pm
what a riot… now there’s the “real” JD putter without the sightline and the slant hosel… TM is a joke…
Mongoose
Nov 16, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Let’s not forget who made these putters popular. If DJ and Jason were using a pitchfork we would buy that too… It’s not the putter, it’s the player…
Someone
Nov 16, 2016 at 1:57 pm
Black sightline, not white.
I like dj’s, but I wonder what the inserts feel like in comparison.
peter collins
Nov 16, 2016 at 1:52 pm
one minute wonder, EVNROLL is the way forward imo
new stuff!!
Nov 17, 2016 at 5:16 pm
whatever man – you see how well these guys putt with wedges?
bh
Nov 16, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Looks good to my eye, but $300? When it’s on sale for $75 in a couple years I’ll pick one up.
Warren Schroer
Nov 16, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Day putted better wit the black one before switching to the red and DJ putted better than ever with the black – I’ll wait until these are under 100 and have a sight line….bout 1 year.
BradT
Nov 16, 2016 at 12:03 pm
id give em my money but apparently I stand on the wrong side of the ball.
Rafibomb
Nov 16, 2016 at 11:38 am
Well TM just got my money. One black version please.
Tony Rich
Nov 16, 2016 at 9:33 am
Why does the red one have to be so ugly? It will be distracting to look at.
The black is not so bad and DJ makes almost anything look cool.
But Day’s putter is ugly on TV let alone in your own bag.
Jackson Galaxy
Nov 16, 2016 at 12:21 pm
Let’s be honest, nobody buying these putters for the looks.
Jas3
Jan 9, 2017 at 8:19 am
Speak for yourself I love the look! ????
JayG
Nov 16, 2016 at 9:25 am
THANK YOU!!!!!!
MR B
Nov 16, 2016 at 9:11 am
about darn time!