Sometimes the fix to an issue isn't mechanical because it just needs a fresh set of lines to look at, and Tommy Fleetwood confirmed this week that he's ditching the custom Sharpie lines on his TaylorMade Spider. 

The change is actually purely visual, as he will be using the same putter head that he has been using for nearly a year, but the 35-year-old's reasoning behind it tells a bigger story about where his game currently stands.

Fleetwood has three top-10s in four starts this season. The ball-striking has held up. But the putting hasn't. "I actually haven't putted very well this year," he said. "It's been one of the more disappointing ways that I've started the year. I just haven't putted how I wanted to."

He currently ranks 122nd in strokes gained: putting. Last season, he sat in 20th. However, the Sharpie lines aren't a permanent solution to begin with.

TaylorMade tour rep. James Holley had to redraw them every few weeks, mimicking the milled lines on the Spider ZT. Swapping to a fixed visual aid makes practical sense beyond any mental reset.

Tommy Fleetwood on New Spider Prototype

The putting tweak wasn't the only equipment news out of Fleetwood's camp this week.

He also tested a new Spider prototype, though he stopped well short of committing to it. Classic Fleetwood, curious and totally unhurried, keeping his options open.

"I just like hitting different putters," Fleetwood said. "Who knows, it might be something that I put in at some point. It's a nice other option."

The visual switch on his current putter, though, is the more immediate move. Fleetwood was candid about the logic: no complicated technical overhaul, no swing coach intervention. Just a different picture at the address to shake something loose mentally.

"Sometimes there's nothing more into it than you just need something different to look at," he said. "Just to change up your mindset a little bit."

Three top-10s suggest everything else is clicking. If the flat stick catches up, Fleetwood becomes a very different conversation heading into the season's biggest events.

Do you think the visual change will turn Fleetwood's putting around? Let us know in the comments!

Follow Club Golf for more

Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Souvik Roy