Spider GT SplitBack

The Spider GT SplitBack came out in 2022 as part of TaylorMade's Spider GT line, carrying forward the winged silhouette that has defined the Spider name while giving it what nationalclubgolfer.com describes as a winged design that allows redistribution of mass to perimeter. Globalgolf.com's coverage of the maker's page puts it more simply: wings allow weight to be placed in the perimeter, paired with a smaller, more compact putter head than what Spider buyers may be used to, and toe hang built into the design.

The details reported around this release skew heavily toward face and alignment. Tgw.com lists a PureRoll2 face insert made from TPU urethane with silver aluminum beams at a 45° angle, sitting inside an all-stainless steel club head, with a white cavity back to increase contrast for improved alignment. Nationalclubgolfer.com's reporting adds a True Path alignment system, a steel body, a contrasting white background and black sightline, and specifies toe hang at 25 degrees along with an 85° short-slant hosel, noting a single-bend hosel was also available. That same outlet reports that excess material was removed from inside the wings and filled with foam as part of the weight-saving approach. Finishes reported by tgw.com include black, red, and silver.

Reviewer reaction leaned positive on feel and performance. Tgw.com's Rick, cited on the site, noted the great roll these putters produced right away, and globalgolf.com's writeup was titled around the putter sounding pure. Community and reviewer sentiment more broadly on file credits the SplitBack for forgiveness and stability alongside that roll, which lines up with the perimeter weighting tgw.com describes as enhanced for stability and distance control. Within the Spider GT line, the SplitBack reads as the version most explicitly built around that wing based mass redistribution, with the reported spec sheet leaning on the face insert and alignment package to back up the classic winged shape.