“The Antidote high-MOI mallet with bold alignment and a stability focus; face-balanced for a straight stroke. Bettinardi's max-forgiveness milled offering.”

The Antidote is Bettinardi's entry into the zero-torque putter wave that L.A.B. Golf touched off – launched at the end of 2024 (official release Jan. 24, 2025), not 2020. The founding SB1 blade and SB2 mallet place the center of gravity directly below the shaft axis and at the head's center so the face naturally resists twisting and tends to stay square through the stroke without the player fighting it – Bettinardi's 'Simply Balanced' take on zero torque. The SB2 mallet pairs a heavier aluminum body with a steel face insert to fling weight to the perimeter for high MOI, and the milled face removes about 55% of face material for a softer, responsive strike. The line has since grown (SB3 fang, SB5, heel-shafted Hexperimental models).

A buzzed-about, well-covered new design (Golf.com, MyGolfSpy, GolfWRX, Today's Golfer, Hypebeast first-looks) that put a premium American milled brand into the fast-growing zero-torque category. But it is brand-new, still proving itself, with no tour-major provenance yet – 'notable' as a noteworthy category entry, not an established cult object.

Players who push or pull putts, fight face-angle control, or want the putter to hold square with minimal hand manipulation – the core zero-torque audience, and ideal for straight or unstable strokes. Feel-first arc-stroke purists who like to release the putter and read the face through impact may find zero-torque putters muted and 'automatic'; they are better served by a BB1 blade.

• Every source dates the Antidote launch to late 2024, with an official release of Jan. 24, 2025, not 2020. In 2020 Bettinardi's high-MOI mallets were the Inovai 6.0 (and later 7.0), a different, non-zero-torque line.
• 'Simply Balanced' zero-torque design: CG positioned directly below the shaft axis and at head center so the face resists twisting and tends to return square without manipulation.
• The SB2 mallet uses a heavier aluminum body with a steel face insert to push weight to the perimeter for high MOI; the milled face removes ~55% of face material for a softer feel.
• Founding lineup was the SB1 blade and SB2 mallet; the family expanded through 2025–26 with the SB3 fang, SB5, and heel-shafted 'Hexperimental' zero-torque models.
• The Antidote SB models retail meaningfully higher than $350 (roughly $450+), consistent with Bettinardi's premium milled/zero-torque positioning.

Bettinardi's answer to the zero-torque boom that L.A.B. Golf popularized and that most major brands rushed into for 2024–25. It slots above/around the high-MOI Inovai mallets as the brand's stability flagship. Direct competitors are the L.A.B. DF3/Link.1, Odyssey Square 2 Square / Ai-ONE Square, and other 2024–26 zero-torque designs.

As a 2024–25 release the used market is young and thin; realistic private-party value in 2026 is roughly $300–400 for a clean SB2, tracking near a soft discount off the ~$450+ new price. Reconditioned-retail and store trade-in listings sit close to new because supply is limited and demand for zero-torque is hot – so 'used' Antidotes are not yet a bargain. No standard-model appreciation; only limited/tour releases would carry a premium.