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TaylorMade's Spider Mini Putter Coming to Retail

Dustin Johnson returned to his TaylorMade Spider Tour putter at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, but for a brief moment during THE PLAYERS Championship, 17-time PGA TOUR winner mixed things up and inserted a new Spider Mini mallet.

TaylorMade believes Mini could be a good option for the golfer seeking a mallet in a smaller overall footprint. While the head size was reduced by 15 percent, when compared to Spider Tour, the putter still offers high-MOI properties and stability at 355 grams.

The reduction in head size results in a more forward CG — 37mm to 30mm away from the leading edge — which in turn allows the head to release through the hitting area like a blade putter.

"Spider Mini gives golfers a brand-new look and feel while still remaining very much a part of the Spider Tour family," said TaylorMade Tour manager Chris Trott. "It has the same Pure Roll insert and presents many of the same features that make Spider such a successful putter, but it is delivered in a scaled-down shape for those seeking a smaller footprint without sacrificing stable, high-MOI performance."

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The Secrets of Moe Norman's Golf Swing

The late Moe Norman was an enigma.

Or, as three-time major champion Vijay Singh once referred to him, "God's gift to golf."

You may have heard of Moe Norman. If not, here’s the one-sentence scouting report: he was an eccentric Canadian professional golfer with an odd-looking swing who could make a golf ball do anything he wanted. Any discussion of the game’s greatest ball-strikers has to include Moe Norman.

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Three Tied at 7 Under at the Memorial

 

DUBLIN, Ohio -- Hideki Matsuyama and Tiger Woods hit their stride at the end of their rounds at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, and it paid off in different ways.

Matsuyama was in the middle of the pack at Muirfield Village when he ran off four straight birdies and then holed out with a wedge from 130 yards on the 17th hole for an eagle that sent him to a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with 19-year-old Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Abraham Ancer of Mexico.

"As the round went along, I played better and better," said Matsuyama, who got his first PGA TOUR win at the Memorial four years ago.

So did Woods, which helped him avoid another big number on a course where he has won five times. Woods three-putted from 25 feet to fall to 3 over with five holes to play. He answered with three straight birdies -- two of them on par 5s on the front nine -- and got up-and-down from 62 yards on the ninth hole for a 72.

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