Spider GT Max Putter

The 2023 Spider GT Max arrived as the top of TaylorMade's GT Spider update, priced at $449 USD per firstcallgolf.com and golf.com, with globalgolf.com dating the release to 2023 and describing it as TaylorMade Golf's most adjustable putter yet, built around configurations for CG, face rotation, and toe hang. Golfmonthly.com puts the UK price at £379 and details the mechanism further: two 40g tungsten weights and a single 2.5g center screw that let the golfer shift center of gravity between what golfmonthly.com calls "TaylorMade has models to cover CG positions 1, 2 and 3," with a CG range golfmonthly.com measures at 29mm behind the face at the #3 front position out to 41mm behind with both weights back. Golf.com and golfmonthly.com both describe toe hang as adjustable, with golfmonthly.com citing a swing "from 17° to 23°," a 6° increase, while golf.com frames the same feature as toe hang "adjustable via moveable weight."

Reviewers are largely aligned on what the Max does well and where it costs you. Golfmonthly.com calls it "one of the best adjustable putters on the market even if it is one of the priciest with an RRP of £379," and adds that "the weight system is intuitive and has a lot of potential, but I may have to give it some tough love." Golf.com frames the adjustability around fitting a golfer's miss tendencies, writing that "by knowing where you often miss, you can set the weights on Spider GT Max to counteract your tendencies and help you hit putts on target with greater consistency." Tgw.com and globalgolf.com are both straightforwardly positive, with tgw.com calling it "an excellent choice for golfers looking to improve their short game performance" and globalgolf.com noting the rarity of an adjustable putter built this way. Community opinion recorded on the piece echoes the split: praise for personalization and confidence, set against notes that other TaylorMade putters may suit certain golfers better, that this is one of the pricier options, and that the weights could have more impact on toe hang than the 6° swing reviewers measured.

On build, tgw.com attributes a 6061 aluminum cap weighing 146 grams and a sole weight track at 98 grams, along with a PureRoll2 insert described as firmer, made of TPU urethane with silver aluminum beans set at a 45° angle, a detail golfmonthly.com corroborates in its own terms as a "Pure Roll 2 insert featuring aluminium bars at 45° in the grooves." Golfmonthly.com also notes two hosel options, a single bend for face-balanced setups or a short slant for toe hang, while stock lengths are listed at 34 and 35 inches by both golf.com and firstcallgolf.com. Golfmonthly.com additionally reports the putter received a 2023 Editor's Choice award, and golf.com places the release in late spring 2023.