Every year, our putter testing produces a leaderboard. This year, there’s been a lot of talk about Odyssey, Bettinardi, and even Ben Hogan. They’ve earned the talk.
But when I went back through this year’s performance, two brands stood out for opposite reasons. One is quietly better than I think it gets credit for. The other had one of the best years in the entire test in 2025 but could not follow it up.
The overperformer: Evnroll
Evnroll tested five putters across all three categories this year and every one finished top half or better in its field.
- Blade: Orgin ER2, 4th of 24
- Mallet: Origin 8, 11th of 29, and Origin 10, 15th of 29
- Zero-Torque: Z5cs, 8th of 26, and Z1cs, 11th of 26
Not every brand had a full lineup across all three putter types. However, when you look at the brands that did such as Scotty Cameron, Odyssey and Bettinardi, there is almost always one putter that just couldn’t hang in there. With Evnroll, we didn’t really see that.
If that surprises you, it shouldn’t.
Evnroll has been doing this for a long time. The brand won our Most Wanted Blade test in 2017, 2018, 2020 and again in 2024, and picked up mallet wins in 2017 and 2018 too. It’s a smaller brand that has quietly out-tested the big names for years.
| Model | Type | Strength | Weakness | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgin ER2 | Blade | Long putts (-8.0) | Medium putts (-0.1) | Lag putt strugglers who want a blade |
| Origin 8 | Mallet | Balanced across the board | No standout | One putter that’s solid everywhere |
| Origin 10 | Mallet | Elite long putts (-10.2) | Medium putts (+1.3) | Lag putt specialists only |
| Z5cs | Zero Torque | Tight directional consistency, strong long putts | Nothing glaring | Golfers who miss putts offline |
| Z1cs | Zero Torque | Best short putts of the group (-8.8) | Weaker medium putts (-2.1) | Golfers who lose strokes inside 8 feet |
The one that flopped: Runner
Runner’s 2025 results were elite. Their blade finished second of 32 blades. The mallet finished 2nd of 36 mallets. Two putters, both near the top of the entire field and it was the first time we had included them in a test.
This year, Runner came back with new models, the Pro Blade and Pro Mallet, and neither one held up.
- Pro Blade: 19th of 24
- Pro Mallet: 21st of 29
Whatever changed in the redesign, it didn’t work in their favor.
Final thoughts
For a complete look at all of the best putters at 2026, here are the individual test results:
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