Last March at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scottie Scheffler showed up with a new mallet putter in his bag and won at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge. Scheffler would go on to win the 2024 Masters, an Olympic Gold medal, the FedEx Cup and over $29,228,357 in official prize money in 2024.

Nelly Korda also changed her putter last season and put a new mallet in her bag. Although she had already used one six times last season, she used the club at the Solheim Cup and then won her seventh LPGA event, The Annika, using it last November.

Going into this weekend's play, Scheffler is ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking, and Korda is ranked No. 1 on the Women's Rolex World Ranking. Each of these stars, who used to game a blade-style putter, now has a TaylorMade Spider Tour X L-Neck putter in their bag.

In Scheffler's case, the biggest reason for switching to the Spider was that the white True Path alignment system on the crown of the Spider Tour X helped him aim the face more effectively and start his putts on his intended target line more often.

"At times last year I struggled lining the ball up in the middle of the face," Scheffler said during his press conference before the start of the 2024 Players Championship. “This Spider putter is really easy for me to line up. I don't have to use the line on the ball. I line the putter up really well, and I line up in the middle of the face, and pretty much as simple as that. Kind of gives me just a really good visual.”

In August, leading up to the AIG Women's Open at St. Andrews, Korda reached out to TaylorMade and requested to test a few Spider models. TaylorMade's European technicians built her some putters to try, and she liked them. Then a putter with an L-neck hosel, like Scheffler's, was made with a short sight line added to the True Path alignment feature at TayorMade's headquarters in Carlsbad, California. That putter was shipped to Scotland, Korda used it in her practice rounds at St. Andrews and the club wound up in her bag.

The video below, made by TaylorMade, shows exactly how Korda's putter is built

Scottie’s Spider Tour X has 3 degrees of loft, a 72-degree lie angle and a Golf Pride pistol grip. Korda's putter has a 2.5-degree loft and a 70-degree lie angle. It is fitted with a Golf Pride pistol grip. Both clubs have a short, L-neck hosel that creates toe hang that is similar to a classic heel-toe weighted blade. Both putters also feature a Pure Roll insert that is designed with grooves that face down at a 45-degree angle to encourage the ball to roll instead of skid after it is struck, although Scheffler's insert is white and Korda's insert is black.

So, can a TaylorMade Spider Tour X L-Neck putter help you make more putts and improve your performance on the greens? The best way to find out is to work with a good custom fitter and try one, allowing the fitter to study your stroke and see if the putter's balance matches with your natural putting stroke.

That said, the long True Path alignment line should make it easier to aim the face along the intended target line, and the Spider's perimeter weighting should help it remain steady on putts struck toward the toe or the heel. Many recreational players struggle to properly aim their putter, and they often make contact on putts outside the sweet spot, so a Spider mallet might be able to improve two of the most common shortcomings players have.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler, Nelly Korda each use a TaylorMade Spider Tour X