While we don’t know who will win the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, we can make a bold prediction: he will have a putter in the bag. Bold speculation, to be sure.
Motivated by this reality and ever governed by our nostalgic sensibilities, we wanted to take a look at the putters of recent past champions. Their winning wands, if you will.
Without further ado, then, here are the putters of the past five Champion Golfers of the Year.
2025: Scottie Scheffler
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Grip: Golf Pride Pro Only
2024: Xander Schauffele
Putter: Odyssey Toulon Design Las Vegas Prototype 7CH
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
2023: Brian Harman
Putter: TaylorMade Spider OS CB
2022: Cameron Smith
Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M Tour Prototype
2021: Collin Morikawa
Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno