These kinds of posts always give me pause. Are you thinking of buying this club, and also, at what price?
Do you expect it to magically transform your game? Given what some old Cameron's sell for, I might be hesitant. I'm just a smidge below you in HI, and a few years back I hauled an old 20 buck Pal Joey putter out of the closet, and it works great for me.All that matters is how the club performs in your hands!LOL, you jump to conclusions, brother.
I game a Ping Pal 4 BeCu putter myself and a set of Hogan 2002 Apex Edge forged irons that kick AP2's ass.This Scotty I bought along with 10 others from an old collector in DC as an investment. This Newport 2.5 is the last one I have left, and I won't put it up for sale if it is a fake and I've been trying for a while to lock down its origin. So I don't give a crap about Scotty putters, to tell the truth. I am a marketing professional, so I don't fall for hype. I just need to know if this is a fake and I can destroy it.or not.If I can't get some learned opinions here, I think I'll just scrap the putter. I 80% think it is a fake.
If you really study it, the bumpers are wrong. The neck is too long. The color fills are sloppy. And the clincher is that the insert screw heads are the wrong type and they are fake (plus, there is no insert, just a white line on the face). See below.Nice job figuring it out.
Those are definitely not screwsI got curious so I looked through the Scotty Cameron archives for the putter:You can definitely see the face insert is a different material and therefore a slightly different color, and there's a distinct line where they flatten out the hosel which seems to be missing from yours. Day 358Another 'get out before it gets too hot' day.As mentioned, worked a lot with the 56º wedge. Loft and distance were almost spot on, but took a lot of work before I was happy with direction. More accurately, how close to target I was with my line.
Eventually, I got good, but it took about 10 smacks before I felt as if I were I control.I mentioned yesterday that I needed to go back with my 50º to simply solidify what was worked on yesterday. I did and it went well, better line and better loft even when I employed a full swing.Tomorrow, solidifying the 56º and adding the 60º.
Played 18 today with some friends. Shot an 83, my best round in a long time. My putting felt great - I stood over every putt inside 15' believing I could make it, and I made several.
Only two sixes. A boatload of pars on par-4s and even one on a long par 3. Played the par-5s in one over.Sadly, a terrible drive on #18 (122 yards almost straight up) dipped my driving average under 200 for the round, ending a streak of many rounds of at least 200 yard driver average.View this round on GAME GOLF. I've had that happen frequently at a driving range I used to visit. I quit going there because the balls were so beat up and bad that one couldn't tell the difference between a well hit ball and a mishit with most any club longer than an 8 iron.
I have had it happen on the golf course and I surmised, though I don't know for sure, that it was caused by my driver catching the ball after low point and not all the way under the ball but enough to get it up in the air with a ton of top spin causing the ball to drive before it went very far. Usually it would be a hook dive. TST Blog Entries.
Picture of a Scotty Cameron Mil-Spec 34/340 Ver. I & II putter from 2015.Cameron learned how to make putters with his father in the family's garage at an early age.All Production Scotty Camerons from 1992- to 1998/9 Were milled by Bob Bettinardi. Then Shipped to California for Finish work In 1991, Cameron designed and manufactured putters and worked directly with select golf equipment manufacturers, including Maxfli, Cleveland and the Ray Cook Golf Company.
During this year, he manufactured his first retail production putter, nicknamed the Fry's Pity Putter. Later that year, Cameron began producing putters exclusively for.In late 1992, Cameron and his wife, Kathy, set up Cameron Golf International and began selling the Scotty Cameron Classic line of putters. In 1993, won the using a Cameron prototype putter.
The win helped to jumpstart the Camerons' new company.In August 1994, fought off competition from five other companies to contract with Cameron to make putters exclusively for the Acushnet Company. Since then, the Scotty Cameron brand has grown to be one of the leading names in golf.In 1996, the first Scotty Cameron Putter Studio was established in San Diego's North County where the top players in the world came to analyze and understand their putting strokes and have custom putters created by Cameron.In 2004, the Acushnet Company expanded the Putter Studio's square footage and capabilities.
Cameron and his team moved to a new research and development facility built from the ground up. The Putter Studio also houses the Custom Shop, where anyone can prepare an order online and send a Scotty Cameron putter for restoration and/or customization.In 2007, the Scotty Cameron Museum & Gallery was opened in Japan near Tokyo. It houses many one-of-a-kind Scotty Cameron products, putters and prototypes, including many personal artifacts.On May 20, 2011, Inc. Announced an agreement for the sale of its Acushnet Company golf business, including the Scotty Cameron brand, to a group led by Fila Korea Ltd., for $1.225 billion in cash. According to Gene Yoon, chairman of Fila Korea, the acquisition provides them with well-known brands to sell in emerging markets in Asia. Golf galleries The Scotty Cameron Golf Gallery, a place for golfers to experience the Art of Putting, the same methodology and technology used by Scotty Cameron in fitting the best players in the world, opened its doors on July 9, 2014, just north of San Diego.The gallery, located off Highway 101 in the quaint Southern California beach town of Encinitas, is described as 'part retail space, part high-end product gallery, 100-percent putter fitting facility.' It is an extension of the Scotty Cameron Putter Studio, which Tour players from around the world visit regularly.
At the gallery, golfers gain the knowledge provided by Cameron's proprietary high-speed video putting stroke analysis tools, as well as the expertise of his highly trained fitters.The gallery also features a rotating array of rare Scotty Cameron Tour putters and one-off creations. Luxury apparel personally selected by Cameron is also available.In May 2016, Cameron opened the doors to the Scotty Cameron Golf Gallery Tokyo in the chic shopping district of Aoyama. Located on the third floor of the Jewels of Aoyama building, visitors are presented with an elegant boutique experience that mirrors the essence of Cameron's brand.Similar to the California Gallery, the Tokyo Gallery houses limited and unique Cameron creations, apparel and never-seen-before Tour putters crafted for discerning players and connoisseurs. A fitting studio opened in the summer of 2016 presents players with the same Tour-quality putter fitting experience offered in the California Putter Studio and Gallery.Tiger Woods used a Scotty Cameron for the majority of his career and during 14 of his 15 major championships (he used a different Scotty Cameron putter in his 1997 Masters victory). It is made of 303 German Stainless Steel. It has a single sight dot and a red 'cherry dot' on both the face and in the back cavity. The putter has a blank sole and has 'Tiger' on the left bumper and 'Woods' on the right bumper.
Woods uses a Ping grip on his putter. He had used a Scotty Cameron putter for all of his professional golf victories up to December 2011. His most used Scotty Cameron putter was first put into play May 1999 at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic- Where he shot 61 in his first round with the putter.This historic putter, possibly was originally milled By Bob Bettinardi, as were most Scotty Cameron putters from 1992 - 1998/9In 2010, Woods switched from the putter he had been using since 1999 to a Nike Method 001 putter. This change was not without controversy, and Woods spent almost a year experimenting with different Nike models before settling on a configuration he liked.In 2016, at the Hero World Challenge, Woods went back to his Scotty Cameron putter after not playing a tournament in 16 months. He said the putter went back into his bag the day after Nike announced their exit from the golf equipment business. It is the same putter that he used to win 13 of his 14 majors.In 2019 Tiger woods used this putter to capture his 15th Major.
Major victories A number of other professional golfers use Scotty Camerons, including some who are on staff of many other major golf companies (Nike, Taylormade, Callaway, etc.). Since 1993, more than 500 worldwide tournaments and about 1/3 (Tiger Woods has won almost 1/2 of these with his Scotty Cameron putter) of the four have been won by a player using a Scotty Cameron putter.
In 1996, The Scotty Cameron brand won its first putter count on Tour via. Scotty Cameron putters rank second in wins in the modern era, behind Ping. Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods.
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Jordan Spieth. Jordan Spieth. Tiger Woods.Product timeline YearProduct information1992Scotty Cameron designed putters for Mizuno. Four production models were designed for the U.S. Market: the M-100, M-200, M-300 and M-400.1993First line of Scotty Cameron putters released by Cameron Golf International, referred to as the Classics.1994Second line of Scotty Cameron putters released by Cameron Golf International, referred to as the Scottsman series.1995First line of Scotty Cameron by Titleist putters released, with all models taking their names from locations in California: Newport, Catalina, Coronado, Del Mar, La Costa, Laguna, and Napa.1996Santa Fe, Newport 2 and Sonoma models were added.1997The Teryllium series was introduced, featuring an face.
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In this brief tutorial we break down the steps in spotting counterfeit Scotty Cameron Putters.IMPORTANT: The MAGNET test is not fool proof and will not work with aluminum based models, but I called Scotty Cameron Factory and they confirmed that even though newer Scotty putters are made from stainless steel they still carry a light mixture of carbon that will weakly attract a magnet as demonstrated in the video having said that counterfeit models can still attract a magnet so the only way to fully know is to send it in to Scotty Cameron and have them inspect it. Thanks!Laugh, Subscribe, Play.Get a shirt - friedeggsgolf.comGet the albumiTunes -GooglePlay -Amazon Music -Spotify -Apple Music -Also available on Pandora.Find us on.Instagram -Twitter -Facebook -Email - [email protected].
Putter clones: How to spot a fake Where are they made? As with most other products, 90% of the putter clones available today are products of the Far East: Namely China, Vietnam and Thailand.Because these counterfeiting capitals are also among the fastestdeveloping golfing markets, it's no coincidence that you'll find knock-off golf clubs beingmade there in large numbers both for the local market and overseas.Putters offer a wide-open window of opportunity for spin off enterprises to sponge from the successes of the top brands.Some make replica putters which are very similar to the genuine article, buthave a different name stamped on the bottom. Even these are generally illegal becausethey breach patents protecting the design of the putter.Other companies go further and make fake or counterfeit putters which carrythe name of a genuine manufacturer but aren't made by the real company. Odyssey,Ping, Scotty Cameron, Taylor Made and Yes are the most commonly forged putters. These arealso known as putter clones.Is it illegal to buy one?
Buying a putter clone or replica putter is not technically illegal, whereas makingand selling most certainly one is. In the eyes of the law of most companies youwill be the victim of the crime of counterfeiting.Coming into possession of a clone means you have bought a product that isbeing sold as genuine without being so, but the crime is in making it andselling it, not buying.
Your putter may even have been verified by a so-calledofficial who has failed to spot the difference.Nevertheless, it is universally known that copycat companies cannot achievethe same quality as the real company whose putter you may think you've bought, so you'll almost inevitably end up with asubstandard product. How do I know that I've bought a fake? The simplest way to notice putter clones is to hold the suspected fake orreplica item alongside a putter which is confirmed to be the real deal, sellingat full price in a legitimate pro shop.
Obviously this can be difficult to do,so look very carefully at pictures online, especially if you're buying a usedclub on ebay, for example.Bare in mind that it will be hard to obtain a refund if you're buying a newproduct off adubious website, and may simply be too costly to be worthwhile if the site is basedoutside the country you live in.Alternatively, you can simply be guided by the price tag. A heavily reduced,brand-new, top-of-the-range putter is very likely to be too good to be true. Do fake putters make a difference?If you're an average handicap player, the difference in performance between a putter madein a counterfeiting warehouse and the genuine article would probably be verydifficult to spot.You can certainly make putts with a putter clone! A good stroke combined with a pure strikeare far more important for the results than the authenticity of the weapon ofchoice.Putter clones can sometimes be almost an exact copy of the original, but thecatch is the materials that are used.Take the Odyssey 2-ball clone (the world's most cloned putter) as an example. Cloningcompanies have caught onto the popularity of the two ball design and have produced not just fake 2Ball putters, but also an array of spin-off copies some with three balls andothers with smaller disc-like aiming guides.The clones and most of the replicas breach the patent Odyssey have for their design, even if the bottom of theputter is stamped with a different name.'
Big deal', you may think, but if you look more closely you'll find a hitchthat only true connoisseurs would pick up on.
This looks like a legit buttonback newport to me, but I'm also no expert.Not standard paint fill, but that changes a lot over the years.The fonts appear to be right, the initials stamped in the toe might indicate a custom order. Does the shaft have a serial # and band on it?Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpyGood observation on the fonts as this is generally the first thing that I look at for fake vs real. The Buttonbacks are an entirely different putter all together and the retail models had a terrylium insert in them if I remember correctly. I also don't recall if these had a serial number on them or not but can look at mine when I get home. I have a Newport 1.5 that I ordered directly from Titleist when these came out.
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