The most upright putter of 2023 is PXG Battle Ready II Apache Putters, at 77° — ahead of PXG Battle Ready II Bat Attack Putters at 73° and PXG Battle Ready II Blackjack Putters at 73°.
All 39 putters with a lie angle are ranked below, along with 4 more lists: flattest lie, longest, heaviest head, lightest head.
Every putter the record publishes a 2023 release year for. A model year is the year a club was launched, not the year it was designed or the year it left the shops — a putter still on sale is still filed under the year it launched.
Each figure is ranked from both ends — strongest and weakest, most and least — over the same clubs, and each list counts only the clubs that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Loft, lie, offset and bounce are fitting specifications — a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name, not a better one, and neither end of any list here is the good end. How this is worked out.
Most upright lie
— the top 25 of 39 clubs with a lie angle
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Flattest lie
— the top 25 of 39 clubs with a lie angle
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Longest
— all 22 clubs with a length
Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.
Heaviest head
— all 20 clubs with a head weight
| # | Club | Brand | head weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PXG Battle Ready II Apache Putters | PXG | 420 g |
| 2 | PXG Battle Ready II Blackjack Putters | PXG | 415 g |
| 3 | PXG Battle Ready II Bat Attack Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 3 | PXG Battle Ready II Hercules Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 3 | PXG Battle Ready II One & Done Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 6 | PXG Battle Ready II Closer Putters | PXG | 395 g |
| 6 | PXG Battle Ready II Mustang Putters | PXG | 395 g |
| 8 | PXG Battle Ready II Brandon Putters | PXG | 385 g |
| 9 | PING Tomcat 14 Putter | PING | 380 g |
| 10 | PXG Battle Ready II Dagger+ Putters | PXG | 370 g |
| 11 | PING Prime Tyne 4 | PING | 365 g |
| 12 | PING Shea Putter | PING | 360 g |
| 12 | PING Tyne G Putter | PING | 360 g |
| 14 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 14 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 14 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 16 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 14 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 35 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 14 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 9 Plumber's Neck | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 14 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 9 Spud Neck | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 19 | PING Kushin 4 Putter | PING | 355 g |
| 19 | PING Mundy Putter | PING | 355 g |
Published head weight in grams. A putter’s head weight is the spec that most changes how the stroke feels, and it is the one putter figure enough makers publish to compare. Heavier is not better — it is a fit to a stroke and a green speed.
Lightest head
— all 20 clubs with a head weight
| # | Club | Brand | head weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PING Kushin 4 Putter | PING | 355 g |
| 1 | PING Mundy Putter | PING | 355 g |
| 3 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 14 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 3 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 16 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 3 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 35 | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 3 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 9 Plumber's Neck | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 3 | Bettinardi Studio Stock 9 Spud Neck | Bettinardi | 358 g |
| 8 | PING Shea Putter | PING | 360 g |
| 8 | PING Tyne G Putter | PING | 360 g |
| 10 | PING Prime Tyne 4 | PING | 365 g |
| 11 | PXG Battle Ready II Dagger+ Putters | PXG | 370 g |
| 12 | PING Tomcat 14 Putter | PING | 380 g |
| 13 | PXG Battle Ready II Brandon Putters | PXG | 385 g |
| 14 | PXG Battle Ready II Closer Putters | PXG | 395 g |
| 14 | PXG Battle Ready II Mustang Putters | PXG | 395 g |
| 16 | PXG Battle Ready II Bat Attack Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 16 | PXG Battle Ready II Hercules Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 16 | PXG Battle Ready II One & Done Putters | PXG | 405 g |
| 19 | PXG Battle Ready II Blackjack Putters | PXG | 415 g |
| 20 | PXG Battle Ready II Apache Putters | PXG | 420 g |
Published head weight in grams. A putter’s head weight is the spec that most changes how the stroke feels, and it is the one putter figure enough makers publish to compare. Heavier is not better — it is a fit to a stroke and a green speed.
Who makes them
The 7 brands with the most, of 7 with at least one putter on record. Each brand with its own boards links to them, where its line is ranked against itself and never against another maker's.
| Brand | putters | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titleist | 10 | 22.2% | |
| PXG | 9 | 20.0% | |
| Cleveland | 8 | 17.8% | |
| PING | 7 | 15.6% | |
| Bettinardi | 6 | 13.3% | |
| Scotty Cameron | 4 | 8.9% | |
| TaylorMade | 1 | 2.2% |