It’s the classic ‘no buses arriving for hours or days, then two coming along simultaneously’ story. Two weeks ago, we featured Finnish clubmaker Takomo for the first time, five years after the company was founded, telling the story of its second driver, the multi-material Ignis 2. Now we’re bringing you news of how the direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand has gone one step closer to becoming a ‘full-bag’ provider – i.e. making clubs for every shot in the game and every slot (section/compartment/etc.) in your bag.
Last December, Takomo purchased the intellectual property of boutique putter-maker, Otso, likewise a Finnish company. It also brought on Otso’s CEO and Founder, Miika Farin, as a Takomo employee. With Otso/Farin’s input, Takomo last week introduced its first two putters – the Lumo B1 and Lumo M1.
The B1 is the blade; the M1 is the mallet. Both are ‘low-torque’ designs – neither traditionally-made putters whose face rotates naturally during the putting stroke, nor center-shafted, zero-torque models that don’t rotate naturally at all but keep the face square to the path of the stroke and feel much more stable.
Instead, the Lumo B1 and Lumo M1 are heel-shafted – a look most golfers prefer – and to reduce the torque, the shaft axis extends through the Center of Gravity (or very close to it). To do this, the kink, or bend, in the shaft needs to be slightly higher up, so the small portion beneath the bend is slightly longer.
L.A.B Golf’s OZ.1i HS, the first zero/low-torque putter to be heel-shafted, achieved this by creating what the company called ‘risers’. Various length risers were offered for different lie angles to ensure the shaft pointed to, or close to, the CG.
The lie angle in Takomo’s Lumo B1 and Lumo M1 is constant (70 degrees), so there’s no need for the shaft below the bend to have varying lengths.
The fact the putter is ‘low’-torque means pretty much what it says – there is a little bit of torque. That means the putterhead stays square to the stroke-path without much manipulation from you, but you can still feel it. One of the complaints about zero-torque putters (besides some models’ somewhat distinctive appearance) is that because the head doesn’t rotate and remains so stable, it’s actually quite hard to feel or sense it at all. So low-torque gives you the best of both worlds.
Both putters are milled from 303 stainless steel, have horizontal grooves that Takomo describes as “mid-depth”, and feature an alignment line that extends from front to back.
$219 (Satin Steel), $239 Black DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) – Satin Steel models will ship in mid-October; Black DLC in early-December
Loft – 3 degrees
Lengths – 33”, 34”, 35”
Right and left-hand
Shaft – KBS CT Tour single-bend
Grip – SuperStroke
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Unlike the heel-shafted Takomo Lumo putters, PXG’s new Zero-Torque Torpedo Putter is center-shafted (for zero-torque putters, can we say center-shafted models are ‘traditional’, or is it too soon?) with a 1-degree Onset Hosel. The onset encourages a forward-press that means the face has four degrees of loft (instead of the usual 3) to compensate.
PXG released its non-zero-torque, hollow-body, high-MOI, Battle-Ready II Torpedo mallet in August 2025, so the shape is familiar. The ZT Torpedo is a multi-material construction, however, featuring a 303 Stainless Steel front with 6061 aluminum rear to increase forgiveness. PXG’s Pyramid Milled Face Pattern is designed to give you a smoother roll with a soft sound.
$449
Shaft – Straight Chrome (custom shafts available – extra $99)
Grip – 11 PXG grips are stock (four SuperStroke grips available – $25 extra)
Right and left-hand
Available now
Go to pxg.com to book a fitting.
With three more low- or zero-torque putters (from two clubmakers) now available, the ZT market continues to grow It’s the classic ‘no buses arriving for hours or days, then two coming along simultaneously’ story. Two weeks ago, we featured Finnish clubmaker Takomo for the first time, five years after the company was founded, telling the
