“One of the four original head shapes, a compact fang-style 'Hatchback' mallet. More stable than the blades while keeping the same Sweet Face roll; works for arc or near-straight strokes.”
The ER5 Hatchback was one of four original Neo Classic shapes in Evnroll's 2016 launch, the debut that brought SweetFace groove milling to market. Rather than a full mallet, Evnroll cut a 'hatched-out' channel through a winged, fang-style body, spreading mass to the heel and toe for stability while keeping the SweetFace roll used across the whole ER line. CNC-milled from 303 stainless steel and hand-finished in Carlsbad, California, it carries roughly 25 degrees of toe hang, aimed at a slight-to-moderate arc stroke. It never won a MyGolfSpy Most Wanted test on its own — that went to siblings the ER2 blade and ER7 mallet in 2017 — but reviewers consistently praised the same soft feel and true roll that made those wins possible.
No award of its own: the ER2 blade and ER7 mallet, not the ER5, are the specific models that won MyGolfSpy's 2017 'Most Wanted' tests. It is well-regarded in independent reviews (Plugged In Golf, Golfshake, Wisco Golf Addict) on the strength of the shared SweetFace platform, but it does not carry a distinct legend, scarcity, or tour pedigree of its own.
Golfers with a slight-to-moderate arc putting stroke who want more stability than a blade without moving to a full face-balanced mallet. The ~25 degrees of toe hang will feel wrong to a player with a dead-straight, face-balanced stroke.
Part of Evnroll's first wave of Neo Classic putters (2016), the launch that established SweetFace as a genuine third option alongside Odyssey's White Hot inserts and Scotty Cameron's milled faces. It predates the 2021 V-Series that reissued the same head as the customizable ER5v with interchangeable hosels.
The winged, hatched-out mass distribution plus SweetFace grooves (wider at center, progressively narrower toward heel and toe) measurably normalize ball speed on off-center strikes — genuine forgiveness, independently reviewed as consistent. It scores below Evnroll's larger high-MOI mallets (ER7, ER8) because the Hatchback head is more compact than the brand's biggest shapes, so a 7 reflects strong-but-not-maximal forgiveness within its own lineup.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Original retail was $379. Clean examples typically resell for roughly $130-200 in 2026 (comparable milled putters from this era hold value better than mass-market inserts but are not chased for scarcity), with price tracking shaft length, headcover presence, and finish wear rather than any collector premium.
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