T-Squared Putters Review: Why this upstart putter brand should be on your radar

Key Features

• 100% milled from aerospace grade aluminium
• Diamond-milled faces
• Huge range of customisation and colour options
• Mallet, blade and mid-mallet models to choose from
• Trade-in program

First up: Who on earth are T-Squared?

T-Squared is the brainchild of former High School golfer Tony Tuber and his father, who operates a machine shop in a small suburb just outside the New York city of Buffalo. Tony started the company when he was just 17, pitching his dad on the idea of a putter company that truly brought the pursuit of perfection back to the heart of the manufacturing process. 

Every T-Squared putter made since has been done so in an almost bespoke manner: milled, customised and hand-finished to customer specifications without fail. Now in the process of building a respectable cult following and poised to jump to the next level, T-Squared might just be the next big brand in the market for a few key reasons.

T-Squared were kind enough to send us a putter out to test, so we took it out on course to see how it stacks up against the best putters in the game right now.

Looks and features

Each T-Squared putter sticks to a few core manufacturing principles that are consistent across the range. Each is 100% milled from a block of aerospace grade aluminium, and each features a fairly aggressively-milled diamond pattern face for feel behind the ball. Some models are milled across the entire face, and some have more localised face milling in the form of an insert.

Where T-Squared really differentiate themselves, however, is in their customisation options. Thanks to the small scale of the operation (at least for now) and the relatively simple finish of each head design, basically everything you see on every putter can be tweaked, coloured and refinished pretty much exactly to your choosing. Already, the T-Squared Instagram is awash with custom putters its clients have already cooked up, like this Joker-themed mallet recently ordered by a client.

A full suite of necks, shaft placements/lengths and balance options is also available for every model, with T-Squared's team readily available to answer any questions you might have about fitting or customisation. The company's workshop hand-finishes and adjusts every putter individually to the player’s stroke as well.

For the sake of our review, we elected to order in a putter in the company's standard black finish, and after consulting with the team on finding a model that prioritised forgiveness, picked the brand's most recent and, incidentally, highest MOI model to date: The TS-1029. 

Shipping was unbelievably fast, as well: we put through the order to New York on Friday, and somehow it arrived at our door in London on Monday morning.

How do T-Squared Putters perform?

It is, of course, hard to gauge the merits of a putter brand based on testing one single model. Putters are incredibly individual things both to use and get used to, and what works for one person simply won't work for another in a lot of cases. What we can gleam after a few rounds with the TS-1029 we were sent, however, is that they're exceptionally well-made.

The TS-1029 in particular is posited as T-Squared's most forgiving, highest MOI model yet, with a large mallet head akin to that of a model like TaylorMade's Spider X or an Scotty Cameron Phantom X. The TS-1029 cuts an altogether blockier figure behind the ball, however, with a large precision-milled alignment aid that runs from just behind the shaft all the way to the back of the centre-insert (which itself is exactly 1.68 inches at its widest, perfectly matching the diameter of a golf ball). It also has a fully milled face from side to side, improving feel on off-centre strikes. 

Given its size and full-aluminium construction, it's a fairly hefty piece of kit, weighing in at between 350-375g depending on your choice of shaft and balance. As such, if you prefer a putter that feels substantial behind the ball, you'll feel bags of confidence with this thing.

Out on the greens, the TS-1029 proved as forgiving as the product description promises online. It sent my putts rolling true and straight, with even my playing partners noticing that I was getting some incredibly pure rolls when putting with an alignment-aided ball. The feel was as T-Squared explained it would be, as well: firm, but not overly clicky. There are definitely softer milled faces out there, but if you like a balance of feel and feedback, you'll like the way T-Squared's faces feel.

Where I struggled slightly with the TS-1029 in particular however, was in distance control. It's likely that this was largely down to the fact that I was re-adjusting to using a mallet after gaming a blade putter for a few rounds prior, but the added weight of the TS-1029's large body made getting a feel for weight and power a little tricky. I'm sure this will improve with more reps, however.

Should you buy a T-Squared Putter?

Buying a putter online is always a slightly scary prospect. As we've already noted, they're notoriously finnicky things, liable to produce vast inconsistencies based on just a degree or two of extra swing arc or toe flow. If you are willing to take the leap, however, we highly recommend doing so through a smaller workshop like T-Squared. The prices they're charging are definitely premium, but reasonable: the brand's putters range from £300-£400, putting them firmly in Scotty Cameron territory.

Not only do you get the good feeling attached with helping a small business making its way in an often-hostile, multi-billion-dollar industry, but the level of customer care you get by going through a brand like T-Squared simply can't be rivalled unless you go in for a personal fitting with a bigger brand. And while an in-person analysis will always be preferable to an entirely digital process, dealing with a smaller workshop allows a much better dialogue to ascertain what'll work best for you. 

As such, we have a feeling T-Squared could be set for big things in the putter space, and we're excited to see where they head with their product next.

You can check out the T-Squared range here.