The AGL Baobab is a very overstable utility putter and the strangest set of numbers in the AGL bag: glide 0 (you read that right), turn +1, fade 3. A positive turn rating alongside a three fade is close to unheard of, and AGL’s own description does not oversell it — the disc does not like to fly, and when it does, it likes to fade hard. The mould carries a top bead and a flat top, which makes it sit comfortably for both backhand and forehand.
That is the whole use case: headwind hyzers, forced fades, and forehand rollers, where players have taken to calling the Alpine version the Bao-Bowler. It is not a putting-line disc. It is also the only African tree in a lineup dominated by West Coast conifers, and it was approved on the same day in April 2020 as the Ponderosa — the most overstable and the flippiest putters AGL makes share a birthday.
How much the Baobab turns and fades depends on how hard it is thrown. These three shapes are drawn from the manufacturer’s numbers, not from measured throws.
Measured by the PDGA when the Baobab was certified. Each card names discs that share the number, so you can feel it in the hand.
