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Tour Edge Wingman 800 Putters Could Be The Deal of 2025
Are you looking for a new putter but have a limited budget? Tour Edge’s new Wingman 800 series could be just what you are looking for.
Budget-conscious golfers are well aware of Tour Edge’s reputation of producing quality putters at price points that are hundreds of dollars below their competitors.
The Tour Edge Template putter line included a wide range of head styles, all priced at $129. The predecessor to this new line, the Wingman 700 line were high MOI mallets priced at $199.
For those of you who dig math, the new Wingman 800 line is priced at $30 less than the previous version.
When does that ever happen in the golf equipment world?
The pricing of the new Tour Edge Wingman 800 line is amazingly competitive but are the putters?
New milled W face and VIBRCOR layer
“We put a large amount of focus on feel for the 800 Series by removing the face insert from past designs and going with a solid precision milled face, as well as by adding a soft VIBRCOR TPU directly behind the face, leading to the best feeling putter we’ve ever designed.”
-David Glod, lead designer, founder, and CEO of Tour Edge
Feel is one of the most interesting aspects of putter design. On the course, feel is one of the least-important putter aspects when it comes to making putts. Obviously, feel can influence distance control but, in most cases, the feel and distance relationship improves with practice.
In the store, feel has a huge influence on purchase decisions. If you don’t like the feel of the putter in the shop, it’s not going home with you.
The new face design of the Tour Edge Wingman 800 is intriguing. The Wingman 700’s face was a grooved thermoplastic insert. Tour Edge removed the insert from the new Wingman 800 line.
This time around, they milled a W pattern into the 304 stainless steel face.
To soften the impact, a layer of VIBRCOR polymer was added behind the stainless steel. Tour Edge believes this combination produces the ideal combination of soft feel and roll.
High MOI designs
Like the previous Wingman models, the Wingman 800 putters are high moment-of-inertia (MOI) designs. The overall design plan to boost perimeter weighting (and thus MOI) is similar to the previous Wingman lines but the execution is different.
For all of the Wingman 800 models, the central portion of the stainless steel sole was removed and replaced with a lighter aluminum sole plate.
Repositioning the weight from the middle to the edges of the head creates a more stable putter.
The 2025 Tour Edge Wingman 800 models
Wingman 801 and 802
The 801 (Mid Toe-Hang) and 802 (Face Balance) models produce extreme MOI in a modern mallet design that forces the face square to the swing path for a truer roll due to the extreme perimeter weighted wings featured on the designs. -Tour Edge
The Wingman 801 and 802 models have the largest footprint of the Wingman 800 models. The square-ish design allows the weight to be shifted to its edges and the rear. As such, these should be the most stable models in the Wingman 800 line.
The Wingman 801 and 802 models also have the boldest alignment elements in the line. The thick lines that travel from the front to the rear should provide ample targeting assistance, especially for those whose eyes focus on the middle of the putter rather than the front edge.
Wingman 803 and 804
The 803 (Mid Toe-Hang) and 804 (Face Balance) models provide a more compact footprint while still providing maximum MOI properties. -Tour Edge
The Wingman 803 and Wingman 804 models are more tapered at the rear edge than the 801 and 802 models. Since the rear third of the putter’s central region is missing, the alignment lines only extend about two-thirds of the way down the head.
The overall design is fang-like but not to the extent of a true fang putter like the Odyssey Seven. The fangs on Wingman 803 and Wingman 804 models are much shorter like the slightly extended teeth of a vampire who smells blood rather than one headed in for a full-fanged feeding.
Regardless, it’s an interesting spin on the classic design.
Wingman 805 and 806
The 805 (Mid Toe-Hang) and 806 (Plumber’s Neck) offers the playability of a blade putter with the stability of a mallet, providing the perfect balance of player shaping, and alignment in a smaller footprint. -Tour Edge
The Wingman 805 and Wingman 806 putters are the blades in the Wingman 800 line. They are not your typical Anser knockoffs. Personally, I think they look like bowties.
Visually, these are unusual but there is a reason why: Tour Edge built these to improve performance.
The aluminum sole plate and larger-than-Anser edges boost perimeter weighting. The expanded central region assists with aiming the putter more than a typical flange line.
Final thoughts: Tour Edge Wingman putters
The Tour Edge Wingman 800 line checks many of the modern putter design boxes. The model shapes are familiar, yet original, takes. These putters are engineered with high MOI values to provide excellent feel and stability.
The bold alignment schemes assist with targeting and the neck options allow golfers to select the model that fits their stroke. There are many good things happening with the Wingman 800 line.
The fact that you get all of that for $169 makes the Tour Edge Wingman 800 especially compelling.
Tour Edge is likely not the first brand that you seek out when putter shopping. They don’t have a huge Tour presence and I’m not aware of any Tour Edge putter collector Facebook groups.
As such, a Tour Edge putter in your bag may not generate foursome envy; that is, until you start making putts with your Wingman 800.
Just wait until your play group finds out you spent $300 less on your putter than they did.
Find out more about the new Wingman putter family at TourEdge.com
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