Jordan Spieth changes trusty putter and has best PGA Tour finish for over a year

Mark Townsend 10 Feb 2025

Jordan Spieth’s putter has produced some incredible moments, not least when he was within a handful of shots of completing the Grand Slam in 2015.

His Scotty Cameron 009 triple black putter has been with him for his pair of US Junior Championships, as well as his three Majors, and it has been pretty much a mainstay in his bag through the years.

But nothing lasts forever – especially in the tinkering world of golf equipment – and Spieth has now changed to a T.P. Mills Trad II putter.

You might not be overly familiar with T.P. Mills, but their website explains more: “For over 40 years T.P. Mills Co has set the standard by which all carbon-steel putters are measured. The unique skills and innovation that founded the company are still present today.”

The model Spieth has come from a collection at home.

It is similar to the Scotty Cameron in that it is made of carbon which encourages a soft feel, has Spieth’s trademark SuperStroke grip and has a plumber’s or L-neck hosel design. This will deliver the same benefits as a flow neck putter but with less toe hang so it won’t inspire a stroke that’s as heavily arced.

“I’m just kind of messing with some – I’ve got a few options, just trying to mess a little with how it sits on the ground, the draft on the bottom of the putter, see if I can get it to where it sets aligning a little better and off the ball is a little bit smoother,” explained the 31-year-old.

It also has a lower loft, measuring 2.5-3˚ whereas the Scotty is about 4˚.

Jordan Spieth wins the 2017 Open with his Scotty Cameron putter

The story of how the new putter came to end up in Spieth’s bag is a fascinating one.

The company was founded in 1963 by Truett P. Mills Sr and his son David now creates the high-end putters.

Mills Jr’s friend Frank Hartwick is a master club builder in Spieth’s home town of Dallas and he asked his pal to make a putter for Spieth based on the weight and length.

“I built one just off really nothing more than pictures. Spieth gave me a call. We probably spent 40 minutes talking. I enjoyed the conversation. I kind of explained to him what was unique about that club and why he may have felt it was a little more stable than his other stuff,” Mills told the PGA Tour website.

“He’s a pretty smart guy so he kind of understood and he thanked me for it and said he was going to start using it. But, it is always nice to have a good player call you like that.”

Spieth put it in the bag for the WM Phoenix Open and finished the week in a tie for fourth – a huge step forward after time off for a wrist injury which had been clearly impacting his results.

With the new putter on board, that represented Spieth’s best PGA Tour finish since January 2024 when he was third at the season-opening Sentry in Hawaii.

“I think today (Sunday) I stroked it the best. I did the whole week. I don’t know, I think I was just somewhere around even. I never looked at the stats, but I was probably around even for the week putting, maybe gained a couple shots. But boy, did I burn a lot of edges. That happens out here. They’re tough pins and they’re tricky reads,” he said.

The stats actually show Spieth did better than he thought. The American ranked 13th for Strokes Gained: Putting, picking up 3.797 strokes on the greens.

That was his best putting performance according to Strokes Gained metrics since February 2024.

Spieth also had a new driver in the bag which made his top-5 finish all the more impressive.

“My driver cracked last week, so I played with a cracked driver on the weekend, and I was trying to get into a driver this week, so it was a brand new one. I honestly didn’t drive the ball very well and it’s been a strength of mine. I’m going to need that next week but I’ve got all the tools to be able to figure out if it’s the same one that I make adjustment to or if I’m going to get into a different one.

“That was tough this week. I had a new putter and a new driver and a new wrist, and I was trying to figure out how to manage all three.”