MacGregor MacTec X 004 Putter Review
One of the noticeable things when I did the Best Putters of 2022 guide was the cost of the latest models. The vast majority of the putters tested were over $200, with the top of the range models reaching over $400. Whilst it is the club you use the most and also the one you need for the principal purpose of golf, which is to get the ball in the hole, these are prices you would normally find on a driver.
So with the cost of living crisis in mind, can you get a putter for under £$70 and how would it perform? Fitting the bill in more ways than one is the MacGregor MacTec X 004 putter with a steel head and shaft and a milled ARC Tech face insert for better roll.
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Using Arccos Caddie to track the performance in a competitive round, I benched my trusty old Odyssey 2-Ball putter to see how a budget putter would compare against it for performance and value for money.
First impressions were not too bad compared to the best mallet putters in the market. The X 004 has a shape that is considered familiar now with two long bars on each side of the head that create a face balanced design that is similar to my gamer.
It lined up very well at address and the feel was pretty good for a face insert that is made from a similar material to the head rather than some fancy compound or multi-material super forged metal.
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The shaft is steel and the grip is pretty standard, which is where you might expect most of the savings to come from, but the quality is still there.
Out on the course the MacTec X 004 felt pretty good. The lie was a little flatter than my usual putter, but the big difference was the weight of the all steel head, which was a little heavier.
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At this price range you are not going to get multi-material heads that use lightweight metals with tungsten weights in the corners to increase the MOI. This is 100% steel all the way through and you could feel it. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, as the MacTec had a…
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