PXG Releases Zero Torque Allan Putter
PXG brings a new no-torque putter to market with the launch of the Allan putter
If you’ve ever wanted the performance of a L.A.B (Lie Angle Balanced) putter from a normal-looking (relatively) flat stick, today is your day. PXG launched its new Allan putter on August 22, 2024, a zero torque putter that, like L.A.B, promises to stay square to your path all by itself, whether you have a straight or arced stroke.
PXG engineers created the company’s Zero Torque Balance Technology by getting the shaft axis above the CG with a unique S-hosel. While PXG has patented the Zero Torque Balance Technology, there are other no-torque putters out there, including L.A.B and Axis1.
Here's what we know so far.
Why is Zero Torque Important?
Putters typically come with either a face-balanced or a toe-hang profile. If you lie a putter on a table with the head hanging off, and the face points to the sky, it's a face-balanced putter. If the toe hangs lower than the heel, it has – you guessed it – toe hang.
The traditional school of thought has been that if you have a straight back and straight through putting stroke, you should use a face-balanced putter, and if your putting stroke has an arc to it, you should use a putter with some toe hang. The more severe your arc, the more toe hang you should seek.
A zero torque putter, however, fights to stay square to your stroke regardless of whether or not there's arc in your stroke. Proponents say that makes it easier to start putts on line because it takes the hands out of the putting stroke
Allan Putter Specs
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Price: $449
The Allan putter is available now and retails for $449 through PXG. It’s available in right and left-handed heads and comes in any length from 33 to 38 inches in half-inch increments.
The putter has 5° of loft, which performs more like a standard 3° putter when you factor in 2° of built-in forward press necessitated by the onset hosel.
The Allan putter also has two weight ports in the head that can be dialed in during a fitting.
Allan Putter Technology
In addition to Zero Torque Balance Technology, the Allan putter features an ultra-thin face – PXG boasts it’s golf’s thinnest putter face at 55-thousandths of an inch – which is backed by PXG’s S COR material. That boosts forgiveness and creates a soft feel at impact.
The Allan putter is named after PXG Founder Bob Parsons’ late younger brother.
“I am so impressed with how well the technology works that I named the putter for my little brother Allan,” Parsons said in PXG’s announcement of the new putter. “He was a hell of a golfer, and I know he would have loved it.”
Topping off the list of features on the Allan putter is a convenient pick up pocket underneath the putter head, allowing players to easily scoop the ball without bending over.
PXG Allan vs. L.A.B Putters
L.A.B putters have recently shined a light on the benefits of a no-torque putter, often using what the brand calls a “revealer” to demonstrate how a no-torque putter behaves with no hand manipulation compared to toe hang and face-balanced putters. PXG included a its own version of the device in its launch video for the Allan putter, dubbed the “zero torque spotter” which accomplishes the same goal.
While L.A.B has brought some aesthetically out-of-the-box putters to market, the Allan putter has a much more traditional appearance. Unlike L.A.B putters, the size and shape of PXG’s Allan putter are comparable to any other putter you’d see on the rack at your local pro shop, leaving the unique S-hosel and the onset shaft as really the only visual indications that the Allan is not a typical putter.