TP Black Copper Ardmore 3

The TP Black Copper Ardmore 3 is the mallet entry in TaylorMade's 2018 Black Copper release, one of four shapes that thehackersparadise.com reports came out in April 2018. It carries the Ardmore 3's modern shaped-mallet body, and the publication describes a change from the standard Ardmore line here: the rear center section of the extended flange has been removed, pushing weight into the rear wings to raise MOI. The finish, per that same source, is a matte black laid over a copper tone that wears in to reveal the copper underneath, with the borders finished in polished black chrome.

Per thehackersparadise.com, the head carries a Pure Roll insert with an aluminum cover, weighs 350 grams, and hangs at 12 degrees of toe hang off an L-neck hosel, with two weight ports in the sole and a wide white sight line running down the flange. The same outlet notes that Tiger Woods used a variation of this putter built with a slant neck rather than the stock L-neck, and lists an MSRP of $219. Golfmonthly.com places the Ardmore 3 within the broader Ardmore range.

Reviewers who put the putter in play described a stable mallet shape that produced a quick roll and consistent speed control, with thehackersparadise.com calling it "a shape that golfers should be familiar with, a mallet that offers a bit more stability to go along with an insert that helps produce a quick roll and consistent speed control." Others in the Community pushed back on the feel, noting the head felt light in hand despite its 350 gram weight, and found the strike firmer and more metallic than the Surlyn insert on the Spider Tour. That split, stable roll on one hand, a harder feedback on the other, is where the record on this release currently sits.