[Winners Club] Made a Splash with an Unreleased Putter

Harman Claims Fourth Career Victory at Valero Texas Open
Equipped with TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT Putter
Averaged 1.55 Putts per Green in Regulation Over Four Rounds

Brian Harman (USA), the 2023 Open Champion, greatly benefited from his newly equipped putter.

Brian Harman is carefully reading the putt line on the 9th hole of the 4th round at the Valero Texas Open. San Antonio=AP Photo by Yonhap News

On the 6th (local time), at the Valero Texas Open (total prize money $9.5 million) held at TPC San Antonio (Par 72, 7,438 yards) in San Antonio, Texas, USA, he won by 3 strokes (9 under par 279). This marked his 4th PGA Tour victory in 1 year and 9 months since the 2023 major tournament, The Open, and he received a winner's prize of $1.71 million (approximately 2.5 billion KRW).

He showed outstanding skills at this tournament held just before the Masters, the first major of the year. Demonstrating his ability to make big moves by reducing 6 strokes in both the 1st and 2nd rounds, he surged to the lead, and despite losing 3 strokes on the windy final day, he maintained his position at the top of the leaderboard until the end. Harman said, "I am proud of myself for overcoming such conditions."

Harman introduced a new product at this tournament. It was the yet-to-be-released TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT putter. ZT stands for Zero Torque. It is designed to reduce face rotation throughout the putting stroke.

The unreleased putter perfectly harmonized with Harman. Over four days, his strokes per hole on greens in regulation was 1.55, ranking first. Harman boasted a 100% success rate on putts within 7 feet (about 2.13 meters). He attempted 60 putts and holed them all. He smiled brightly, saying, "I changed my putter and it paid off. It was really good and rolled well."

Driver: Titleist TSi2 (9 degrees)

Fairway Woods: Titleist TS2 (13.5, 16.5 degrees)

Irons: Titleist U-500 (#4-5), Titleist T100 (#6), Titleist 620 CB (#7-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50, 54 degrees), WedgeWorks (60 degrees)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider 5K-ZT

Ball: Titleist Pro V1 *Source=PGA Tour