Most of this year's putter launches chase zero torque. Evnroll went the other way with the EZPZ, an oversized offset mallet built to slow the face down through an arc instead of stopping it from turning at all.

What's new

Evnroll calls its idea Reverse Torque. A traditional plumber's neck angles the shaft toward the toe, and about 60 percent of the clubhead's mass hangs below the shaft axis, so the heel wants to stay down and the face rotates more slowly through impact.

Underneath sits a fully milled 6061 chassis with a 303 stainless weight wing, finished with Evnroll's SweetFace 2.0 parabolic wave grooves. The stock build runs 38 inches and 375 grams on a UST Mamiya ALL-IN shaft with a NEO pistol grip, and it is priced like a premium mallet.

How it plays

Forgiveness scores 8.5 and accuracy 8.4, the two strongest numbers on the card. Testers describe a stable, point-and-shoot putter where heel-down weighting holds the face square for longer, and one review rated it 8.3 out of 10 and called it the most interesting putter of the year for arguing with the zero-torque trend.

Feel lands at 8.0, a little crisper off the face than one tester expected, and the same review came away impressed. At address you get offset and a shape that looks like a regular mallet, and for an arced stroke that already tried a zero-torque model and sent it back, that matters as much as any weighting trick.

Where it lacks

Left-handed golfers are out of luck for now, since Evnroll launched it right hand only. The headline claim of a square zone twice as large also comes from the company, and nobody has run independent robot tests to confirm it.

A heavy arc that lets the toe release freely may feel the heel-down balance resisting, and the distance score of 7.6 trails the other scores. Value holds up at 8.2, though nobody will mistake this for a cheap putter.

“Zero torque asks you to change your stroke. This one works with the arc you already have.”
- The Club Stand gear team

Reasons to buy

  • Roughly 60 percent of head mass sits below the shaft axis, a real mechanism for slowing how fast the face turns
  • Keeps a traditional offset and a familiar address view, which most golfers miss after trying a zero-torque mallet
  • SweetFace 2.0 grooves, a milled 6061 chassis and a UST Mamiya ALL-IN shaft make a serious build for the money

Reasons to think twice

  • Right hand only at launch, and left-handers have been told to wait
  • Evnroll claims twice the square zone, but no independent robot testing backs that up yet
  • Players whose arc releases the putter through impact may feel the heel-down balance pushing back

Specs

StyleOversized mallet, traditional offset
TechnologyReverse Torque hosel, 60% of head mass below the shaft axis
FaceSweetFace 2.0, parabolic wave grooves
ConstructionFully milled 6061 chassis, 303 stainless weight wing
Stock shaftEvnroll x UST Mamiya ALL-IN, .370 tip
GripNEO pistol-style putter grip
Best forArched strokes that tried a zero-torque putter and put it back

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