Cameron’s restricted B3 lineup is constructed round iconic profiles.
Scotty Cameron
Grasp craftsman Scotty Cameron is consistently considering of how to innovate. However that doesn’t imply he’s towards embracing the previous. The most recent B3 Triple Black Design restricted putters deftly toe the road between the previous and current by combining basic head shapes with fashionable twists.
Golfers accustomed to Cameron’s creations will instantly discover a number of head shapes returning to the world: Santa Fe, Catalina and Newport 2 Lengthy Neck. If you happen to grew up across the recreation within the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s, these names elicit a critical whiff of nostalgia.
Whereas the names are acquainted, Cameron and Austie Rollinson, senior director of putter R&D, built-in refined shaping from the present Tremendous Choose profiles and codecs to carry them into the current.
Scotty Cameron
“With the B3 Triple Black Design LTD putters, we’re giving gamers new designs based mostly on our established Tremendous Choose profiles and codecs,” Rollinson stated. “The Newport 2 is all the time the most well-liked mannequin, and with the Santa Fe, Newport 2 Lengthy Neck and Catalina fashions, we’re presenting playable choices not accessible within the present line. Golfers have a chance to recreation a longstanding design idea, refined and made with our fashionable milling and manufacturing processes.”
For instance, the Newport 2 is “modeled after the crisp, mechanical form of the Tremendous Choose Newport 2,” whereas the Lengthy Neck options an I-beam model neck at present discovered on a number of Tremendous Choose putters. Even the Catalina obtained a makeover within the type of a barely wider form that extra intently resembles the Tremendous Choose Newport Plus.
Staying true to the Triple Black title, every 303 stainless-steel head receives a darkish PVD remedy that’s designed to scale back glare. The topline is manually misted and the face and sole are hand buffed earlier than utility. The chrome shaft additionally is available in the identical Tour Black end to spherical out the all-black construct.
Every face undergoes a dual-milling course of, impressed by Tour, that mixes the softness of deep-milled putters with the consistency and suggestions present in mid-milled choices.
“Our Triple Black putters have all the time been a preferred choice on Tour with gamers who not solely like a stealthy, cool-looking design, but in addition need an additional answer for decreasing solar glare,” Cameron stated. “We created the B3 Triple Black Design LTD putters to present devoted golfers that tour-quality expertise in 4 basic configurations.”
The loft on every mannequin is 3.5 levels with a lie angle of 70 levels. Adjustable heel-toe weights might be discovered within the sole as properly. The Catalina makes use of stainless-steel weights made in 10-gram, 15-gram and 20-gram increments, whereas the opposite fashions make use of heavier tungsten in 30-gram, 35-gram and 40-gram denominations matched the putter lengths (33-inches, 34-inches and 35-inches).
Accessible July 26, Scotty Cameron’s B3 Triple Black retails for $750 and comes normal with a black Pistolini Plus grip and custom-designed B3 headcover.
B3 Triple Black Designs
B3 Triple Black Design LTD Newport 2: The flagship mannequin of the B3 Triple Black LTD line, the Newport 2 is modeled after the crisp, mechanical form of the Tremendous Choose Newport 2. The B3 Triple Black LTD Newport 2 is obtainable in each right-hand and left-hand fashions.
B3 Triple Black Design LTD Newport 2 Lengthy Neck: An I-beam model lengthy neck is added to the acquainted Tremendous Choose Newport 2 head form, selling a extra straight-back-straight-through placing stroke via a near-face balanced setup.
B3 Triple Black Design LTD Santa Fe: Impressed by the favored mannequin from Scotty’s early profession, the Santa Fe options an I-beam model flare 1.5 neck and a form based mostly on the softer, rounded options of the Tremendous Choose Newport. The configuration of a flare 1.5 neck and a Newport-style head is at present solely accessible on Tour.
B3 Triple Black Design LTD Catalina: The Catalina, impressed by the Traditional X, incorporates a form barely wider than an ordinary Newport and extra intently associated to the Tremendous Choose Newport Plus. As an alternative of matching the Traditional X’s double bend shaft, the up to date setup incorporates a shaft-over-spud design and a contemporary single bend shaft, giving the participant near-face balanced efficiency.
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