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In short
The TaylorMade Ghost Spider (2011) is a high-MOI mallet built for maximum forgiveness on off-center putts. It is face balanced, with a built-in alignment aid.
The Ghost Spider showed up in 2011 as TaylorMade's white-headed answer to golfers who kept pushing and pulling putts they thought they'd struck fine. It's a mallet, and a big one. The Spider name had already earned a reputation for extreme perimeter weighting, and the 2011 Ghost version wrapped that same forgiving shape in a matte white finish meant to sit quiet against green grass and frame the ball.
What you get here is a putter built around one idea: keep the face from twisting when you miss the sweet spot. The wide body pushes mass out to the edges, so a putt caught slightly off the toe or heel still holds its line better than it would with a thinner blade. The white crown isn't just a look. Against a dark background it makes the black sightline pop, and your eye locks onto the target faster at address.
This is a putter for a specific stroke and a specific miss. If your ball starts offline because your face is wandering, the Ghost Spider gives you a bigger margin. It won't quietly fix a hard arc in your stroke, and it isn't trying to. Set it behind the ball, aim the line, and let the head do the stabilizing.
The Ghost Spider is face balanced, which tells you most of what you need to know about how it wants to be swung. Balance the shaft on your finger and the face points straight up, a sign the head resists rotation through impact. That suits a stroke that moves close to straight back and straight through rather than swinging on a strong inside arc. The high MOI comes from the mallet's wide footprint and the weight parked far from center, including movable weight ports that let you tune the head to your setup. The white non-glare finish is the signature. It kills reflection in bright sun and gives the alignment line real contrast, so the putter reads almost like a runway pointing at the hole. The shape is chunky and confidence-building at address, the kind of head that makes a nervy four-footer feel a little more routine.
TaylorMade's Spider series revolutionized mallet putters with a high-MOI design that resists twisting on mishits. Their Pure Roll insert creates a faster, more consistent roll from the start.
| Brand | TaylorMade |
| Model | Ghost Spider |
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | High MOI |
| Toe hang | Face balanced |
| Alignment aid | Yes |
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