Mullen

The 2017 Mullen belongs to TaylorMade's TP Collection, and the record on it comes entirely through outside retail reporting rather than anything the maker or this house has put in writing. Golfretailing.com described it as a classic mallet tour proven model, while Haggin Oaks characterized it as combining feel-based elements of a blade with the performance of a mallet, a mallet-style putter with a clean and compact shape. Both descriptions point at the same idea from different angles: a compact mallet built to read more like a blade in hand.

On the specifics, the two sources largely agree. Both note two 5 gram weights set into the sole, and both mention two sightlines on the back cavity. Golfretailing.com adds a short S hosel and lists toe hang at 38 degrees, which Haggin Oaks describes in softer terms as slight toe hang, a case where the two accounts diverge in precision rather than in substance. Golfretailing.com also has the Mullen reaching retail in March 2017.

Within the TP Collection, the Mullen reads as the more compact mallet option, per golfretailing.com's phrase, more compact mallet design, suggesting it sat alongside other mallet shapes in the line while pitching itself toward players who wanted mallet stability without giving up a blade-like feel at address.