AIT

The Zebra AIT line arrived in a single year, 2022, as a four-model relaunch of the Zebra name, according to aslangolf.co.uk. The AIT 1 through AIT 4 released together, spanning shapes from a rounded mallet to a wide-body blade, rather than unfolding as a slow generational climb the way some lines do. aslangolf.co.uk credits Austie Rollinson as designer across the AIT 1, AIT 2, and the range overall.

Within that single year, the four heads read as a spread rather than a progression. The AIT 1 is described by aslangolf.co.uk as a rounded mallet, an enlarged version of the classic Zebra shape, face balanced, with a black and white stripe alignment system and a CNC-milled stainless steel face. The AIT 2 moves to a fang-backed inertia mallet with a multi-material face insert, while the AIT 3 is called a high-MOI flange putter, also described elsewhere in the same source as a face balanced full mallet. The AIT 4 Wide Body Blade breaks from the mallet shapes of its siblings, described by aslangolf.co.uk as a wide-body blade with a CNC-milled stainless steel face plate over a urethane backer, offering, in that source's words, a bit of toe hang.

Reception to the 2022 range leaned favorable. aslangolf.co.uk called the relaunch an extremely impressive release for a non-mainstream brand and said it would be a welcome addition to the bag of anyone who appreciates high-performance golf gear. Community opinion on the range overall praised its forgiveness, high MOI, changeable weighting, and a pleasing low-pitched tone at impact. The AIT 4 in particular drew notice for giving blade-shape players friction and topspin without the soft, rounded feel some putters carry, a point echoed by both community comment and aslangolf.co.uk, which called it a great feature for players who want a blade look but don't like the feel of a soft rounded putter.

Across its five entries, the AIT line reads less as a lineage of successive replacements and more as a coordinated 2022 range, with the AIT 1 through 4 covering mallet-to-blade ground under one relaunch and one designer credit, and the range-wide reviews sitting alongside the individual head write-ups rather than superseding them.