The Best Putters for Beginners

The Odyssey White Hot OG 2 Ball Putter is our pick for the best putter for beginners. The 2 Ball is one of the 12 styles in the Hot Ball series. The most notable thing about this putter is its history. It combines the original 2001 2-Ball putter design and features the most popular and most decorated insert of all time, the White Hot.

This mallet putter features two discs on the head that mimics two golf balls. These discs are not just for aesthetics; they also serve as an alignment aid. The discs should align when placed behind a golf ball, creating an illusion of 3 golf balls aligned. This makes alignment easier for every player, especially beginners.

The second unique aspect of the Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball OG Putter is that it features the White Hot Insert. The insert made a debut two decades ago, and despite many other inserts coming later, the White Hot insert has remained a favorite for most tour players. The insert now makes a comeback and is made of the exact composition used. While the insert feels a bit firm, it performs like a soft material on impact.

Cobra refers to the 3D printed Agera putter as their most stable and forgiving putter, which is what makes a putter, beginner-friendly. The putter’s high MOI of 7540 makes sure that your off-center hits end up close to the hole. The putter's high accuracy and increased stability make it great for high handicappers.

While it's not one of the prettiest putters, the Cobra King 3D Printed Agera Putter is one of the most sophisticated and most technologically advanced putters. Cobra partnered with HP and SIK Golf in making this putter. The putter’s multi-material construction comprises 3D printed lattice cartridge, steel chassis, tungsten weights, and forged aluminum crown. The putter is surprisingly lightweight despite the large head and feels solid and stable.

The putter has a smart grip that has a sensor that connects to an app that you install on any smart device to access key data.

Another high MOI putter that every beginner golf player will love is the Taylormade Spider Tour Black #3 Putter. Note, there is also a Red #3 version that looks exactly like the black version, they have different inserts. For this review, we are focusing on the black version.

The Taylormade Spider Tour Black #3 Putter is designed to help players get tour-proven performance when putting. It features the Pure Roll™ insert that has been used by tour players including Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, and Rory McIlroy. Its multi-material design comprises of stainless steel frame, lightweight aluminum core, and PU vibration dampening foam.

The result is a high MOI and highly stable and forgiving putter that will help you drain more putts. It does however lack the sightline of similar competing putters.

If you are looking for a budget-friendly beginner putter under $100, you should check out the MAZEL Tour GS Golf Bat Putter. While this is not a putter you will find being used on major Tour, it has every characteristic of high performing putter.

The Mazel Bat Putter features advanced alignment lines to help you align the ball properly to avoid off-center hits. Luckily, even if you make a poor hit, this putter is not very punishing. The CNC milled face insures players improved stability and better stability.

The grip is black and blue and is made of rubber, while designed to offer a firm feel with excellent sweat and shock absorption when on the course.

Unlike our first putter, which does not favor budget-conscious players who’d want to use an Odyssey putter, the Odyssey White Hot Pro 2.0 gives you the chance to enjoy and feel the best selling and highly decorated White Hot insert. This insert has been used, tested, and won on major Tours with some of the best players.

The White Hot Pro 2.0 is available in four head styles, and all of them are beginner-friendly, except #1, Rossie, #5, and V-line versions are a bit similar. All versions are available with either Jumbo or standard grip.

The White Hot Pro 2.0 features the EyeFit system that helps players accurately pick the right head shape for them without guessing. Other features that we love in this putter include the heel/toe weight placement and contrasting alignment aid.

The reason why most Odyssey putters are great for beginners is that the brand keeps on improving and inventing new ways to enhance alignment on their putters. The Odyssey Red Ball Putter is designed to help players get the correct set-up and ball alignment when putting.

As the name suggests, there is a red ball and a ring above it. You have the correct alignment when you see the ball at the center of the ring when addressing. On top of the simple and effective alignment method, this mallet putter has a high MOI of more than 5300, making it a highly forgiving putter.

The putter features the White Hot RX insert, while alignment is made even easier by the Versa high-contrast alignment. It's also impressive how most of the weight was taken out of the head and distributed to the head’s perimeter to increase the MOI.

There are very few putters like the S7K Standing Putter. As the name suggests, this is a standalone putter. What this means is that the putter stands upright on its own. So when aiming, you can align it, take a few steps back to view the alignment, and then proceed to make the putt.

And yes, it's perfectly legal and does not cost a fortune.

Despite this unique feature, the S7K looks and feels like a traditional putter. The ability to stand is thanks to a heavy head and lightweight grip. To make alignment even easier, the putter has a Triple-Line Path Guide on the flange. This putter also has one of the highest MOI (7000), making the putter less punishing on mishits.

While this design of putters is rare in the competitive setting, the SK7 has received praises from all sorts of players.

Our next pick for contender of the best beginner-friendly putter is the Odyssey Stroke Lab Triple Track Putter. This is a series of putters featuring triple lines on the putter's head. This series is available in seven head shapes, including the famous 2 Ball, Seven, Ten, Marxman, and Double Wide styles.

In this series, the best head shape for beginners is the 2 Ball, Double Wide, and Ten styles. While the prominent lines may look like basic lines, they are scientific. The lines use Vernier Hyper Acuity, a technology designed to help human eyes align broken lines.

The putter is available in 33, 34, and 35” length with Stroke Lab hybrid shaft and Microhinge Star insert. The multi-material shaft is lighter, adding to the consistency and feedback of the putter, while the insert produces enhanced sound and a firmer feel at impact.

Our last pick for the most forgiving putter that favors beginners is the Seemore FGP Black Mallet Putter from an independent putter manufacturer. While it may not look sophisticated, it performs as expected.

The first things you will notice on this putter are the conspicuous white lines and red dot to enhance alignment. The RST alignment system is perfect when the red dot is hidden by the shaft when addressing. The small mallet head is made of dense 303 stainless steel, while the straight shaft has no remedial bends. The only issue with this design is it may take some time to get fully acclimatized to the putter.