Zebra Milled Series 002 Putter Review

For golfers of a certain generation, the mention of Zebra putters will conjure up memories of the Zimbabwean Nick Price rolling in putt after putt on his way to becoming Open Champion (and indeed World Number One) in 1994. The Ram Zebra made famous by Price and Raymond Floyd was one of the best putters of its era and featured on our list of the 10 best putter designs of all time.

These days, however, Ram and Zebra are two separate entities. Ram has been rebranded recently as a budget friendly option while Zebra sit closer to the other end of the price scale, while still remaining affordable. I recently tested the Ram FX-01 blade putter and it certainly lived up to its billing as one of the best value putters on the market, but the Zebra Milled Series 002 is a different animal entirely (see what I did there?) and is very much a premium product.

My first impression of the Zebra Milled Series 002 out of the box was very positive. It’s a nice looking golf club, no question. It comes with a luxurious leather head cover featuring the Zebra logo and the premium mid-size Winn grip also carries some cool looking Zebra branding.

After removing the head cover the first thing that struck me was the number of alignment lines. There are lots of them, but it’s a Zebra so stripes go with the territory I guess. The 002 is a fang shaped mallet putter with a single white alignment line on each fang as well as one in the center of the crown. Either side of that center line are six grey lines (three on each side) which add to the aesthetic and in theory could help some golfers line up their putts correctly. Personally I’m not sure how much performance benefit there is to the “zebra stripes” but they do look good.

The head is precision milled from a single billet of carbon steel which the brand claims ensures purity and consistency in both feel and performance. There is a ‘Z’ on the heel of the milled face and another logo on the sole, making the putter unmistakably Zebra. Adjustable heel and toe weighting is another premium feature that helps boost performance.