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Scotty Cameron Putters - Why so popular?

I love mine, tried quite a few different putters, TM, Odyssey, Ping, Cleveland, Dave Hicks, Heavy Putter and The centre shaft in the Newport 2.6 was the best I found for my stroke, suffered slightly with distance control but the club Captain gave me a Dave Hicks Vibe for free and once inserted I found distance control so much better.

Everyone that's tried it out loves it, even though they highly dislike other styles of Scotty's. If I was to ever change it then it will be to the black version of the exact same putter.
 
JustOne said:
Feel? It just pings off the putter face in about 1/1000th of a second... feel is overrated. Any £10 putter will do, as Furyk proved winning the FedEx Cup, provided you can sink putts with it of course.
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Ah but Furyks putter wasnt really £10, it's £100, I bought one 2 months before he one the FedEx with his
 
Scotty Cameron putters are very high quality and are used widely on Tour, even in the retail models. Scotty works hard to provide customised putters for Tour pros, and some of those Tour putters become available for resale. They are therefore rather rare and command a market price. If anyone thinks that is too much money, they are perfectly entitled not to buy them, but it is not really any different from jewellery or art. You tend to have to pay a bit more than the cost of materials. Scotty did a smart thing by setting up the Registry where authenticated putters are listed. That gives buyers more reassurance about what they are buying.

I used to collect the Cameron Tour putters, and they are often things of great beauty and elegance. I met Scotty and he is a really nice bloke who has time and patience to speak to his customers. I have also used the Custom Shop in California for customisation and authentication services and they do great work.

I have now sold almost all of them (kids, storage etc) but I have pictures if anyone is interested to see some putters which you can't get at retail.
 
as with several posters on this thread, I have a 33 inch Scotty Red X and it just works, its a lovely bit of work.
Interestingly I have a 35 inch Red X going spare, Thinking of putting it up in the for sale section.

Fragger
 
PhilTheFragger said:
as with several posters on this thread, I have a 33 inch Scotty Red X and it just works, its a lovely bit of work.
Interestingly I have a 35 inch Red X going spare, Thinking of putting it up in the for sale section.

Fragger
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Hmm I might be interested if you do.
 
There will be a Scotty studio select Newport 2.5, 4 months old, pristine condition going in there shortly, pics in the what's in my bag thread.

I love the look and feel of Scottys but I think I need to go mallet head style.


Ethan, love to see your pics, why not start a new thread please.
 
Some Scottys are just not for the average golfer. It’s like using blades, they need to be struck properly to get any feedback and feel for the stroke. What gets me is the golfers who use them and they can’t putt for toffee. These guys think by getting one it will make them better and it does the opposite. Its a bit like the golfers who, when playing crap, readily listen to their mates who struggle to crack 90 themselves, but will not attempt to talk to someone who actually knows.

Don’t get me wrong, go and get one, feel good that you’ve got one, but unless you can knock it round in about 28, 29, 30 putts per round, using a Scotty will not give you any edge in my opinion.

Ask yourself how often you leave putts short…….I’ll bet it’s a lot. A Scotty will not help with that.
 
They're also notoriously tricky to line up - with the exception of the mallets, Scottys are a nightmare to point in the correct direction consistently.
I've never really felt the buzz about Scottys - ok I have a RedX but it's an insert putter so doesn't really fit in with the rest of the milled face ones.
Think "Scotty" and you instantly picture the blade-style and I don't go for that type of putter anyway. The Red X would be the only Scotty I'd own as I like mallets and Scotty doesn't do many...
 
Tommo21 said:
Don’t get me wrong, go and get one, feel good that you’ve got one, but unless you can knock it round in about 28, 29, 30 putts per round, using a Scotty will not give you any edge in my opinion.

Ask yourself how often you leave putts short…….I’ll bet it’s a lot. A Scotty will not help with that.
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Fair point but using a putter that (I think) feels good, has a good balance to it and which helps me to feel more confident I think will help me even though I average 32-34 putts a round

My putting is very much based on confidence and if I think I'll putt better with my Scotty won't that in itself be an advantage?

I love the way it looks behind the ball and the way the ball comes of the face so I feel more confident that I can make the putt and that leads to a more confident stroke. It's all in the mind I know but that is a big part of the game for me when I do finally make it to the green.
 
I have had loads of putters. As an engineer, and a designer, I appreciate good design, and workmanship. I feel I get this from scotty. The machining is top notch. Ping to me just feel like a toy, and oddessey sit closed. Not sure why.
I have a circa 62 no 2, a studio select Newport 1.5, and a red x. I love the answer styled putters, and putt well with them they have great feel, and a good roll. But, I have this feeling that I can't miss with the red x. It is a great feeling to have. Money cannot buy this.
 
I struggle with Anser style putters and had money in the pro shop to spend. It therefore felt as though i'd wasnt spending any of my hard earned.

Having tried many putters the Kombi-s felt really solid and easy to align. I much prefer a milled face as insert putters tend to jump of the face a bit too much to me. The Kombi-S was also smaller than the original Kombi and imo this made it easier to hit it out of the middle.

Its the only club in my bag i can never see myself changing.

http://www.scottycameron.com/putters/puttermodel.aspx?id=391
 
I started off with the Odyssey 2 ball but switched to the Scotty Laguna 1,5 during the summer as I was overhitting everything on the fast greens. The Scotty feels like a precision instrument and gave me more confidence when a light touch was required. However it's not the club to have if your putting confidence is draining away as any mishit goes horribly wrong unlike the 2 ball where you sometimes get away with it.
 
Ive tried loadsa Scottys , but as my style of Putting is not very aggressive, I normally just about roll it in dead weight.......coupled with that, the very slow style putting greens in my area, means the Camerons are just slightly too soft for me, resulting in nearly always leaving them short.
Whereas I can that little bit more roll outa my Yes C-Groove
I do still wish Id kept hold of my Scotty Cameron Red x2 - centre shaft - 33 inch......stupidly, sold it to a mate, and cant find a decent condition one on ebay, as Id like to give it another go with that model
Ive a mate who is dreaming that they will release a centre shafted Combi S pretty soon, hes seen a tour one, but was bout $2,000.......!!!
Dream on.........
 
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