{"id":2282,"date":"2008-03-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/columns\/bag_drop\/taylormade_rolls_out_the_rossa_monza_spider"},"modified":"2008-03-04T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T15:00:02","slug":"taylormade_rolls_out_the_rossa_monza_spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/bag_drop\/taylormade_rolls_out_the_rossa_monza_spider","title":{"rendered":"TaylorMade Rolls Out the Rossa Monza Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/bag_drop\/bd_title.gif\" height=\"85\" width=\"125\" alt=\"Bag Drop\" \/>Ah, it&#8217;s finally March, which means for us in the non-golfing areas of the United States, we can see the light at the end of our long, dark winter and finally play golf again.<\/p>\n<p>What does that have to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/taylormadegolf.com\/\" title=\"TaylorMade's\" class=\"external external_icon\">TaylorMade&#8217;s<\/a> new Rossa Monza Spider putter? Not much except that you&#8217;ll be able to roll one of the bad boy&#8217;s out on the putting green when they become available to the golfing masses later in March.<\/p>\n<p>The Rossa Monza Spider has already appeared in the winner&#8217;s circle as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/players\/02\/71\/41\/\" title=\"J.B. Holmes\" class=\"external external_icon\">J.B. Holmes<\/a> used one to win at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/tournaments\/r003\/\" title=\"FBR Open\" class=\"external external_icon\">FBR Open<\/a> about a month ago. Let&#8217;s take a look at one of the more interesting looking putters for 2008.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Technology <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Rossa Monza Spider fits into the high moment-of-inertia (MOI) category that has become quite popular as of late. The engineers at TaylorMade used the steel wire-frame construction seen in the <a href=\"http:\/\/taylormadegolf.com\/product_detail.asp?pID=30\" title=\"Monza Corza\" class=\"external external_icon\">Monza Corza<\/a> which allowed them to move weight to the perimeter to help add stability on mis-hits as well as to help reduce twisting when your impact isn&#8217;t dead center. By also using an aluminum core, additional weight was able to moved to the perimeter to help increase the MOI of the Monza Spider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/clubs\/taylormade_rossa_spider_exploded.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"490\" alt=\"Rossa Spider Exploded\" class=\"flushleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, were not quite done with moving weight around. The most interesting feature of the Monza Spider is it&#8217;s &#8220;wings&#8221;. Yep, putters now have wings. But these are special wings as the Movable Weight Technology cartridges are inserted in the end which allowed most of the weight to be sitting in areas that are far away from the face, which moves the center of gravity closer to the back and increases the MOI and stability of the Monza Spider (I told you they were special).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to moving weight around, the MWT cartridges are removable which allows you to customize your Monza Spider to the weight that feels best to you by using lighter or heavier weights. To help you roll the ball better, the Monza Spider incorporates the AGSI+ (Anti-Skid Groove System Insert) technology which are &#8220;14 polymer-filled grooves in the face that hold the ball briefly at impact to promote forwardspin for a smoother roll and more accurate results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/clubs\/taylormade_rossa_spider_face.jpg\" height=\"339\" width=\"490\" alt=\"Rossa Spider Face\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for ever important alignment help, the Monza Spider &#8220;incorporates an optically friendly alignment aid that was created with input from tour professionals. The aid is specially designed to work with the geometry of the putterhead and the ball to make it simple to aim the putterface accurately.&#8221; Having seen this in person, the Monza Spider is ridiculously easy to line-up your putts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability and Pricing<\/strong><br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to wait much longer as the Rossa Monza Spider will be available by the end of March and will carry a manufacturer&#8217;s suggested retail price of $240 although some brief searching at some of the major online retailers shows a price of $199.99.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/clubs\/taylormade_rossa_spider_address.jpg\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst off, I&#8217;m a blade-style putter guy. I&#8217;ve tried various mallet-style putters in the past and they just don&#8217;t seem overly pleasing to my eye. My first impression of the Rossa Monza Spider when I saw the pictures is that it looks like a cattle brand or perhaps the back half of a fish (it has been a long winter).<\/p>\n<p>I was able to take a quick test drive of one while I visited the TaylorMade tent at the Minnesota Golf show a couple of weeks ago and I must say it felt pretty stable although it felt pretty light to me.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer a little heavier putter so being able to use the MWT technology and just add heavier cartridges is a pretty easy fix. In the end, the Rossa Monza Spider (as well as the rest of the high-MOI putter crowd) just doesn&#8217;t do anything for me personally but that by no means should dissuade you from giving it a test drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TaylorMade comes out with a spider for a putter. 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