The putters that powered Team USA’s historic Presidents Cup comeback

Team USA erased a three-point deficit entering Sunday’s sessions to win the Presidents Cup, largely because of its putting. The event statistics showed that seven of the top nine putters represented the U.S. team.

The Americans made several crucial long putts on Sunday. Cameron Young holed a 32-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to close out Ryo Hisatsune and give the U.S. the first point of the day. Patrick Cantlay drained a 57-footer from off the green to put his match against Adam Scott out of reach. Collin Morikawa answered Hideki Matsuyama’s 45-footer with one of the same length, then added a 31-footer on the 15th to seize momentum in a match he eventually won on the 18th.

Jacob Bridgeman sealed the result by holing a four-footer on the 18th green, giving the U.S. its 11th consecutive Presidents Cup victory.

All 12 members of the winning U.S. team used mallet-style putters. Five played models from TaylorMade’s Spider Tour family, which again was the PGA Tour’s winningest putter family in 2026. Chris Gotterup, who led the 24-player field in Strokes Gained: Putting, and Cantlay played Spider putters as free agents. They were the only equipment free agents on the U.S. team this season.

Four more players used mallets from Scotty Cameron’s Phantom family. Young and Justin Thomas both put new putters into play this week. Young moved from the 10.5 Xperimental Prototype he used at the Tour Championship to the Phantom 5.5. Thomas moved to the 10.5 Xperimental after using Young’s former 9.5R gamer for most of the season.

The Phantom 9.5R was still represented in the matches, as rookie Jackson Koivun used one to post a 2-0-1 record in his debut.

Below are the putter setups for every U.S. team member, based on GOLF.com’s report by Jack Hirsh.

Jacob Bridgeman TaylorMade Spider Tour: Short Slant hosel; 2.5° loft; 69.5° lie; 33.75-inch length; D5 swingweight; white-dot sight mark; Pure Roll insert; black stepless shaft; Gunmetal finish; SuperStroke 2.0 PT grip.

Sam Burns Odyssey Ai-One No. 7 S: Slant hosel; 3° loft; 71° lie; 35-inch length EOG; E0.8 swingweight; 542-gram total weight; black stepped-steel shaft; Winn grip.

Patrick Cantlay TaylorMade Spider Tour X: Double Bend hosel; Pure Roll insert; black stepless shaft; black finish; SuperStroke grip.

Wyndham Clark Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset CB: 3° loft; 70° lie; 38-inch length; 400-gram headweight; PEBAX insert; SuperStroke Tour 3.0 17-inch grip.

Chris Gotterup TaylorMade Spider Tour X L-Neck: 33.25-inch length; 70.5° lie; 1.25° loft; white Pure Roll insert; short alignment line with no TruePath; black stepless shaft; SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 2.0 grip.

Russell Henley Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5 Tour Prototype.

Jackson Koivun Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R Tour Prototype. The 9R head shape has softer, more rounded contours than the 9 profile introduced in 2024. The 9.5R configuration uses a “.5 jet” neck that promotes more toe flow than the 9R and 9.2R models, along with a single long sightline.

Collin Morikawa TaylorMade Spider Tour X: Flow Neck hosel; 2.5° loft; 70° lie; 34.0625-inch length; D6.5 swingweight; Back T sight mark; Pure Roll insert; black stepless shaft; Golf Pride Tour Tradition grip.

Xander Schauffele Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas CH: 34.5-inch length EOG; 3° loft; 71.5° lie; 520-gram total weight; SuperStroke Zynergy Pistol Lock 2.0 grip. The source’s product card also lists an Odyssey Ai-DUAL #7 DB.

Scottie Scheffler TaylorMade Spider Tour X: L-Neck hosel; 35.5-inch length EOG; 3° loft; 72° lie; Full Line sightline; Pure Roll insert; Golf Pride Pro Only grip. Scheffler switched to the Spider Tour X in 2024.

Justin Thomas Scotty Cameron Phantom 10.5 Xperimental Prototype.

Cameron Young Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5 Tour Prototype.