Equipment
Scotty Cameron goes high tech with new GoLo putters
Scotty Cameron’s new GoLo 3, GoLo 5, GoLo 5R and Golo 6 putters merge aluminum and stainless steel in a innovative way that the putter maker says could influence his future designs.
Designing putters is a process, Cameron said, but the driving force of the new line was his curiosity about putter inserts.
[quote_box_center]“I’d always wondered, with a conventional insert, if you hit it thin – which is very common considering putting surfaces are rarely level – do you hit the portion of the putter face below the insert?” he said. “And how does that affect the feel and performance? Inserts are used for feel, not for performance. But performance is, in part, due to feel. So, I thought, why not just take the seam out?”[/quote_box_center]
Cameron explored eliminating the seam that inserts create below the center of the face, which he accomplished with what the company is calling a Face-Sole Core.
The Face-Sole Core is made from aircraft-grade, anodized aluminum, and constitutes the entirety of the face and midsection of the putter. It’s wrapped in a heavier, 303-stainless steel frame that gives the putter its shape and has performance benefits as well.
[quote_box_center]“The goal of the design was to move the weight out of the midsection and enhance the perimeter weighting like a horseshoe around the outside to create higher moment of inertia and increase the resistance to twist,” Cameron said. “So the more we can get a horseshoe, getting the weight out and back, the better off we are on off-center hits.”[/quote_box_center]
The aluminum Face-Sole Core and stainless steel frame are joined with a vibration dampening system — rubber bars that sit between the two pieces and keep them from touching — to give the putters a softer feel than previous GoLo putters.
The last, and maybe one of the most important feature of the putters is their new four-way sole design, which is shaped in such a way that the putter will not sit opened or closed when it is soled at address.
“IT SITS DEAD CENTER,” CAMERON SAID.
To prove his point, Cameron spun one of the new GoLo putter heads on a glass table to show how it would rotate 360-degrees in perfect balance.
[quote_box_center]“Hardly ever are you on a flat surface on a putting green, so we made the draft angles perfect in each direction, front-to-back, heel-to-toe, so that you’re not going to snag the ground,” he said. [/quote_box_center]
The GoLo putters ($379) have Cameron’s Silver Mist finish and use the company’s 10-inch, 77-gram Matador Red Midsize grips. They’ll be in stores April 3.
See photos of each of the five new models in the slideshows below. Click here to see what GolfWRX Members are saying about the new putters in our forum.
Scotty Cameron GoLo 3
Lengths: 33, 34 and 35 inches
Neck: Flare
Toe Flow: Maximum
Offset: Three-quarters
Stock Head weight: 350 grams
Scotty Cameron GoLo 5
Lengths: 33, 34 and 35 inches
Neck: Single Bend
Toe Flow: Near Face Balanced
Offset: Full Shaft
Stock Head weight: 350 grams
Scotty Cameron GoLo 5R
Lengths: 33, 34 and 35 inches
Neck: Single Bend
Toe Flow: Near Face Balanced
Offset: Full Shaft
Stock Head weight: 350 grams
Scotty Cameron Golo 5R Dual Balance
Lengths: 33, 34 and 35 inches
Neck: Single Bend
Toe Flow: Near Face Balanced
Offset: Full Shaft
Stock Head weight: 400 grams
The Golo 5R Dual Balance has a stock length of 38 inches and a 50-gram counterweight under the butt end of the grip.
Scotty Cameron Golo 6
Lengths: 33, 34 and 35 inches
Neck: Single Bend
Toe Flow: Near Face Balanced
Offset: Full Shaft
Stock Head weight: 350 grams
Click here to see what GolfWRX Members are saying about the new putters in our forum.
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Whats in the Bag
Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB: 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Tway WITB 2024 (May)
- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.
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Equipment
Did Rory McIlroy inspire Shane Lowry’s putter switch?
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
The timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?
Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.
When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.
To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.
Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.
“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.
“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”
Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.
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Bob
Apr 27, 2015 at 10:32 am
Go back to making Anser clones.
Joe Duffer
Mar 21, 2015 at 2:14 am
Huge pile of steaming…
Mike
Feb 5, 2015 at 10:34 pm
obviously the majority of the people on this site have never experienced a Cameron experience. Scotty would not throw a piece of junk out. He has to continue to make putters to please the people and why not try and improve the putter game.
Ballstrikaaa
Jan 26, 2015 at 11:20 pm
Uhhh……I’m still waiting for the fins and top side whale tail attachment. I hate to jump on the
bandwagon of dissenters here, but goodness gracious “as Jack would say,” these offerings
are hideous. I remember when Scotty’s over priced tools sold for $299 a pop, but the designs
were smooth and clean without over designed head covers. At $379, he has officially lost me.
Michael M
Jan 25, 2015 at 8:40 pm
#6 should be called the apple bottom putter. waht an ugly fricking putter.
Matt Heister
Jan 24, 2015 at 8:53 am
Hope he makes a CS. Holy cow!
Raven
Jan 22, 2015 at 1:08 pm
If you are hitting a putt that thin then the seam is probably the last of your problems. The best feeling Camerons to me are the ones which use a 303SS face, take that away and they are just another cookie in the pot.
Mike M
Jan 22, 2015 at 12:43 pm
He is creative, besides, who looks at the sole plate when putting. You know he has the data to back up his claims or he wouldn’t be doing them. I just wonder why there doesnt seem to be a center shafted model like the GoLo 5S offered today. To me it has the best look from the grip to the ball. The price ? You didn’t think it ws going to be cheaper did you?
The gentlement to resonded about getting a used Del Mar, that is a good thought, I would be suprised the price of a used GSS 009 isn’t doubled after Jimmie Walkers win this past weekend.
Steve
Jan 22, 2015 at 4:52 pm
Definitely, everyone is going to want Jimmy, I repeat Jimmy Walkers putter because he won the Sony. What is the big news with this putter, huh right, the insert goes to the bottom. Charge $379 for that sounds like a bargain. Get a metal x putter for $50, but you don’t get the Scotty headcover showing in your bag. Mmmm, have to rethink this. there are a lot of great Cameron putters these are not one of them
Joey
Jan 22, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Looks like a ‘B’ on that Golo 6 putter. Pretty grotesque.
Mike
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:13 am
I guess this is the beginning of the end for the Scotty Cameron run on putters. These look absolutely horrible!
Steve
Jan 22, 2015 at 10:28 am
$379 for a putter with a insert putter? Cameron is losing their mojo. But 99% of Cameron’s are sold because of status not performance. Not saying they don’t make or have made great putters. But….. You know the rest
Duncan Castles
Jan 22, 2015 at 10:17 am
$379???
TR1PTIK
Jan 22, 2015 at 7:22 am
Not a fan. Even though I have an Odyssey White Hot Pro and know what it feels like to hit it thin, I just don’t like the look of these enough to ever spend the ridiculous amount of money he wants for them. I’d rather spend that kind of money on an Odyssey Mextal-X Milled or Works putter. Or, I could just track down a lightly used California Del Mar for considerably less than any of those.
Eagle006
Jan 21, 2015 at 8:29 pm
These look like they were designed by a 9 year old Transformers fan. He sure does churn out some junk these days. What happened to the classic designs like the Teryllium or Studio stainless series?
Preston
Jan 21, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Why an aluminum insert? Can i wrap a beer can around my putter and get an idea of the feel of the insert?
Bryan
Jan 23, 2015 at 11:25 am
I hope you’re not serious. They used to make beer cans out of steel, in fact some beer companies still use steel cans. Can I just take one of those, put a shaft in it and get an idea of the feel of a steel head putter?
mark d
Jan 21, 2015 at 6:05 pm
Common sense prevails. Now do one on a Newport or Newport Two design, nothing funky-looking from address (like the old Terylliums), keep the graphics (relatively) calm and you’ve got the whole smash. My 2¢.
slider
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm
these look nice another gem from scotty
Rich
Jan 21, 2015 at 9:30 pm
Really? Are you looking at the same putter I just did? To each their own I guess.
Mike
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Any Left Handed Options??
Kim
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:12 pm
Golfsmith was doing an insert that went to the bottom of the face about 10-15 years ago and I wondered why nobody else did it. The hitting it thin miss kept me from using insert putters so will be interesting to try this one.
Bryan
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:09 pm
Wow, can anyone say rip off of Ping’s B60??? Maybe that’s why he’s calling that one GoLo 6…
RG
Jan 23, 2015 at 11:06 pm
This ain’t the first time he’s ripped off Ping.
Nice
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Is Scotty drinking the Taylormade koolaid? What’s up with releasing putters on top of putters?
LOL
Jan 21, 2015 at 4:53 pm
LOL.
Why not forget the insert altogether and just make it all solid like it used to be?
Josh
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:03 am
Increased MOI. But I don’t think I can stand the looks of these to justify a slight MOI increase…
Juan Carlos
Jan 21, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Scotty must been spending too much time at the local Hooters, cause the GOLO 6 looks like a pair O Jugs if you know what I mean…. ( . Y . )
Jay
Jan 22, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Put a couple of turbulators on the back of them and……
RG
Jan 23, 2015 at 11:07 pm
And some sliding weights…