A mallet style putter gives players stability and balance in their stroke. ... Mallet putters also offer additional aid when it comes to alignment, offering more prominent features than a blade such as longer or added lines and can also benefit golfers who struggle to hit putts hard enough due to its heavier weight.

Is a mallet putter better than a blade putter?

If your putting stroke is straight back and straight ahead, a mallet putter is ideal because of the club's center of gravity, which is toward the back of the club. ... If you have an inside-outside-inside arc in your putting stroke, a blade putter is better because this putter is easier to twist slightly during the stroke.

Do pros use mallet putters?

Due to the progression in technology in mallet putters, they are now used by hundreds of PGA Tour players and are now more popular than blade putters. Some of the best players in the world have a mallet putter in their bag, including Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and many more.