PXG Golf Clubs
PXG Zero Torque Putters: What ZT Actually Does
A genuinely different design idea, not a marketing badge.
The problem it addresses
On a conventional putter, the shaft attaches at or near the heel. That means the mass of the head sits to one side of the shaft axis, and gravity plus your stroke tend to make the face rotate open and closed during the stroke.
Good putters manage that rotation. Inconsistent putters fight it, and the face angle at impact varies. Face angle is the single biggest determinant of where a putt starts.
What Zero Torque does
The ZT design balances the head around the shaft axis so that the tendency for the face to twist is largely removed. The face stays square through the stroke with far less input from your hands.
This is not the same as face-balancing in the conventional sense. It is a more thorough attempt to remove torque from the system.
Who it helps most
Golfers whose putts start offline inconsistently. If your line is good but your start direction varies, face rotation is a likely cause and this design targets it directly.
Golfers with an active, handsy stroke. The design reduces how much your hand action affects the face.
Golfers who miss short putts both ways. A two-sided miss usually means face angle variation rather than a read or a path problem.
Who may not get on with it
If you have a pronounced arcing stroke and putt well with it, a zero-torque head can feel unresponsive. The design is deliberately resisting something you are doing on purpose.
Feel is also personal here in a way it is not with most clubs. Some golfers find the stability reassuring and some find it dead.
Bat Attack ZT and One & Done ZT
The two headline shapes. Bat Attack is the high-MOI, unmistakably modern mallet. One & Done is the more conventional shape for golfers who want the ZT benefit without the visual.
Choose the one you can aim. Aim consistency is the second-largest factor in putting after face angle, and it is entirely a matter of what your eye likes.
Coach’s tip: Test any putter by aiming it at a ten-foot target and having someone check the face with an alignment stick. Half of all golfers aim their putter several degrees off and have no idea.
Model names current as of September 2026.