SPY PICS! – 2012 Scotty Cameron Putters

You A Scotty Fan?

You a Scotty fan?  A Scotty Cameron collector?  If so…I think your pockets might just get a little lighter in 2012.  The 2012 Scotty Cameron line-up in my opinion is a good one.

Yeah…they’re just modifications of past designs…but when it comes to modifying and tweaking past designs I would agree with many collectors out there…that there isn’t anybody in the business that does it better then Scotty Cameron.  It’s a shame too….because I feel like some of his best work from a true design standpoint has been when he did think outside the box and do a completely original design.

Up to this point I’ve never been a huge fan of new putter lines being released that only have very simple modifications and/or a new finish.  I mean when you think about it…who couldn’t do that…right? But do you really blame the popular putter design gurus out there?  They’ve been doing it for years and the reason is pretty simple.  That’s what golfers keep buying…so why would a putter designer try to think outside the box and be inspired to innovate?  Especially when simply re-creating past designs with slight modifications sell better then actual innovative ones?

Which You In? – Camp Love’em (or) Camp Hate’em

Almost every golfer is aware that Cameron is a polarizing figure on the web.  The golf gear heads seem to either be in Camp Love’em or Camp Hate’em.  But if you were to ask those that hate’em…why they actually do…they rarely come up with anything of substance.  The main answer you get from that group is the fact that they feel he copies everybody else’s designs.  And my answer to them is always the same…so does almost every other putter designer…do you have as much hate for them?  And most of them look at me and say something like, “Yeah I see your point.”  Of course there are other reasons he seems to be so polarizing to the putter fanatics out there…and I am sure I will hear quite a few of them in my inbox.  But…I got no dog in this fight and no reason to be in either camp.  And the one thing I can say is…Scotty Cameron knows what he is doing and he does it well.  There isn’t much arguing that.  And the ones that do are most likely a putter designer themself or for whatever reason have a smiggen of jealousy because of his popularity.

2012 Scotty Cameron Line-Up (Sneak-Peek)

On to the putters.  For all you Scotty fans out there that have been looking for info on his new 2012 line-up…and by the amount of emails I get there are lots.  Here are a few spy pics of a couple of the models he will be releasing.  These putters are replacing the California series…and there will be 5 models.

• Monterey (with plumber’s neck)
• Fastback
• Del Mar
• Sonoma
• Monterey 1.5

P.S.

The next set of Scotty’s that replace the three-dot Studio Select series will feature all black heads and a teryllium insert.