Blade Putters Are Disappearing | Ep. 7

Mallets are winning on tour by a landslide, blades are vanishing from the racks, and after 20 years of better equipment and better data, tour putting stats have barely moved. This week on Putting Is Fun, it's the trends episode.Brian Manzella, Top 50 teacher, and John Ortega, co-founder of John Byron Putters and long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp, break down why mallets keep winning, whether a blade can steal the mallet's advantages, the truth about zero torque putters, and the one stat that should make everybody in golf wonder why. John also pulls out a Millennium X John Byron putter, number 14 of 100, and tells the story behind it.Watch the full video episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@funnelgolfxChapters: 0:00 Putting Is Fun intro0:53 This week: putting trends1:21 Mallets vs non-mallets: the tour win count2:01 Why mallets win: grooves, MOI, and aiming systems3:28 Can a blade steal the mallet's advantages?4:24 The John Byron Millennium X: number 14 of 1006:24 Zero torque putters: mallet mania's next wave10:14 Why tour pros skip zero torque: Jake Knapp's feel12:00 Would John Byron Putters ever make a mallet?13:20 Mallet city: the Roger Dunn story15:04 Ping, Ryan Fox, and blade-style MOI17:18 Big grips: has SuperStroke peaked?21:09 The Apollo hump shaft and modern graphite23:57 Johnny Miller, Daiwa, and graphite shaft history28:00 Stroke curve, shoulder rotation, and the robot35:49 The putting ruler under 150 dollars37:35 3D printed putters40:04 The Putting Package: rigid vs flexible strokes43:11 Trackman 4 for putting lessons49:16 The wrap-up stat: putting stats haven't improved in 20 years53:39 Outro