What is Scotty Up To Now ?

[eightmilebend]

If this is a repost ....sorry !

I got this off " thesandtrap.com " website !


WTF ?





Scotty Cameron Unveils Latest Prototype Putters
Posted January 15th, 2007 by Jack Waddell

The Cameron Detour putters created quite a stir with their revolutionary arced sightline. Now Scotty is applying the concept to traditionally shaped heads.

Whether you're a fan of Scotty Cameron or not, you have to acknowledge that his putters are something special. Not only has he succeeded in refining and improving classic designs, he's been a true innovator with putters like his Futura and Futura Phantom models.

Last year's introduction of the Detour putters took his innovations a step further. A subtly curved sightline mimics the path the putter head takes on an arced inside-square-inside stroke… the technique espoused by Cameron and Stan Utley, among others.

While the Detour won a lot of converts, it was a radical-looking head shape. Now it appears Cameron is marrying the curved sight line to a more traditional head. Here's a first peek…

With so many new putters coming out year after year, it's tough to make converts, especially on the PGA Tour. Which is why it was somewhat surprising to see a number of pros put a Detour in play so quickly.

Even The Sand Trap's own Erik J. Barzeski has one in the bag and will be offering up a full review of this Friday (early word: he likes it).

Talk among Scotty collectors and aficionados was that the Detour was great for some people, but that its radical look was just too unsettling for others. Still, even some collectors who didn't use it on the course thought the putter was a great training device.

At last week's Mercedes-Benz Championship Cameron unveiled two new putters, a "Newport 2 Detour" and a "Newport 2.5 Detour." The Newport 2 is one of his Anser-like models with a plumber's neck. The 2.5 has a flowing neck with less offset and more "toe flow."



To these classic and highly popular designs he's applied the Detour concept… an aluminum insert that serves not only as the arced sight line, but also as the face of the putter.

From what I've heard from users and experienced myself trying some Detours in stores, the putter has a unique and quite pleasing feel. I think that feel in a more classically shaped head could be a bonus beyond even the unique sight line.

The photos of the new models here have been lifted from a slide show on the Scotty Cameron web site as well as the site's registry of authenticated putters (A007415 for those of you who frequent the registry).

The head itself is made of 303 stainless steel, just like the Studio Stainless and Studio Style lines. The insert is milled aircraft aluminum that's screwed to the head and surrounded by what looks like a polymer gasket, again akin to the Studio Style line.

Like the original Detour, there's a stainless steel back weight that screws into the sight line/insert.


Apparently J.B. Holmes and Ben Curtis have ordered up Newport 2 Detours. Let's see if they put them in play.

In the End…
Introducing new putters first on the PGA Tour seems to be standard practice for Cameron. As a rule, a roll out to consumers happens some months later in the year, although sometimes the wait is longer and sometimes the putters simply don't make it to retail.

My first and personal reaction is that this could be a real winner. I'm looking forward to trying one out when I can. So what do you think?

[TM golf guy]

Repost. I will roll a few with one, but seriously doubt I will play one.

[pitbull808]

Repost. I will roll a few with one, but seriously doubt I will play one.

 

 

I seriously doubted I would like it when I first saw it too....until I rolled it. It works very well. I will definitely add this one to the collection. :)

[jimbonecrusher]

I like the line on this putter as opposed to the detour with the long curved line. I would like to find one of these and roll a few with it and see if I can make it work.

[Imago-Dei]

the two ball putter has been so successful that everyone is coming up with something. odyssee may not have been the first but they have made it very popular. i personnally dont like the look of this "DEPORT" putter as i prefer the studio stainless myself. BUT, i willgive it a few rolls and see what happens. its funnny though, any new design usually gets a bad rap but then all of a sudden they end up in a lot of bags!!!!! :)