TaylorMade Ghost Spider S Review

The white finish was the part everyone noticed and the part most likely to be written off as a paint job, which it is not. A white body against green grass gives far more contrast than chrome or black does, the sightline reads without the eye hunting for it, and no sun comes back off the top at address. Underneath sits a serious mallet. A light body with heavy material driven out to the extreme heel and toe resists twisting on a toe strike better than any blade will, so a stroke that opens slightly still starts the ball close enough to the line to matter from ten feet.

The face carries a grooved insert that grips the cover and gets the ball rolling early rather than hopping, and that shows up in distance control on long putts more than in anything you can see. The trade is feel. Impact is firm and a little clicky rather than soft, and a player raised on milled steel will find it talkative in the wrong way. The alignment is worth strokes regardless.