Equipment
2024 Bettinardi BB Series: Tour feedback, new technology shape flagship lineup
Bettinardi today announced its 2024 BB Series of putters. The latest installment of the Tinley Park, Illinois, company’s flagship line leverages tour feedback to inform CG placement and a new face milling technology.
Seeking to combine tradition and technology, Bettinardi has turned a keen eye toward each model. The seven models in the BB24 lineup include:
- BB1
- BB1 Wide
- BB8 Flow
- BB48
- BB28 Slotback Spud Neck
- BB28 Slotback Center Shaft
- BB28 Slotback Armlock
“Our commitment to craftsmanship and relentless dedication to the game of golf has allowed us to create our most innovative BB Series line yet,” said Robert J. Bettinardi, CEO/Founder of Bettinardi Golf. “Working alongside our elite Tour staff and engineering team, we re-balanced each head aligning the Center of Gravity and moving the sweet spot into a more natural alignment with the eye. Every putt feels incredibly balanced and consistent.”
“We tested over 30 different Flymill patterns in developing our new Perpetual Flymill face which provides superior feel and remarkable control.” said Sam Bettinardi, President of Bettinardi Golf. “This new method makes the face pattern exactly repeatable, creating tactile uniformity across the entire series.”
2024 Bettinardi BB Series: Key technology
Bettinardi engineers reshaped bumpers and shoulders to re-align the center of gravity of each model at address for better weight distribution and sweet spot contact.
Sonic optimization, which, according to the company aids in roll consistency produces a distinctive sound, is another centerpiece technology enhancing Bettinardi’s Perpetual Flymill Face Milling.
All the putters in the BB Series are one-piece milled from 303 stainless steel.
A Black Pearl PVD finish is standard across the 2024 BB lineup, regarding which, the company says, “beyond its striking appearance, the PVD coating is highly resistant to wear, scratches, and corrosion.”
Pricing, specs, availability
Stock shaft: Black PVD Tour Grade
Grip: Electric blue Lamkin Grip
Cover: Dual-constructed leather and carbon fiber BB Series magnetic headcover
Available for pre-order today (November 21) on Bettinardi’s website
At retail: December (U.S.), January (Worldwide)
Price: $450
Additional photos of each putter model below.
2024 Bettinardi BB1
BB1 Wide
BB8 Flow
BB48
BB28 Slotback Spud Neck
BB28 Slotback Center Shaft
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Max Homa is the latest to put prototype Titleist 2-wood in play
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.
Titleist’s new 2-wood prototype first popped up on the TOUR at the 2024 PLAYERS Championship, in the bag of Cameron Young, who had been working with Titleist on the design since 2023.
Here’s what Titleist Tour fitter J.J. Van Wezenbeeck had to say about the design back at THE PLAYERS Championship:
“(Young) was looking for a certain ball speed and yardage gap from his driver,” Van Wezenbeeck said. “One of the things for him with the 3-wood is he wanted something with a little more volume that he felt more confident off the tee with, so he was looking for a little bigger footprint and something that was a little bit more penetrating than some of the 3-woods he’s played in the past. This will be a club he’ll hit 90 percent off the tee, versus the ground, so for the golf courses that set up for that, that’s what he’s looking for … this may or may not ever come to retail. It’s a chance for us to learn and put it in future products that may not be exactly this.”
Since the initial unveiling of the product at THE PLAYERS Championship, fellow PGA TOUR players such as Homa, Webb Simpson and Justin Thomas have also taken notice…
“[The new 2-wood) helps me draw it a little bit better,” Homa told GolfWRX.com on Monday at the 2024 PGA Championship. “I don’t draw the ball well, so left-to-right winds it’s quite helpful.”
Now, according to Van Wezenbeeck, Homa has two different options off the tee: A flat-trajectory cut shot with his TSR3 driver, and a “spinny draw” with his new TSR 2-wood, which flies farther than his former 3-wood.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/15/24): Bettinardi x Unimatic 1/50 watch
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Bettinardi x Unimatic 1/50 watch.
From the seller: (@Puma74): “BETTINARDI Golf x UNIMATIC [ 1/50 Limited Edition ] Italian watch collection Modello Uno U1-BF automatic. Comes with complete package! Mint condition. Only 50 made and will be highly collectable! Only $850 plus $19 insured UPS or USPS shipping to the lower 48 U.S………. FIRM FIRM FIRM !“
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Bettinardi x Unimatic 1/50 watch
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Michael Block spotted with full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons at Valhalla
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.
On Monday at the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, Block had a full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons in the bag.
Block is the first player of many on the PGA TOUR to bag a set of the mysterious “Proto” irons. Rory McIlroy first switched into a “Proto” 4-iron at the Valero Texas Open, and Collin Morikawa followed suit at the 2024 RBC Heritage. Block isn’t using just the 4-iron, though, he’s using a full set to go along with a TaylorMade Stealth UDI driving iron.
Speaking with GolfWRX.com on Monday at the PGA Championship, Block revealed the full backstory.
“I hit a couple super “Proto” irons when I was at the Kingdom (TaylorMade’s fitting facility in Southern California) a couple months ago, and it was a 9-iron that didn’t have any badges or anything on it,” Block said. “I had no idea what it was … It was very similar to what I was using back then, you know, my old MCs, and very similar from the top. I hit it and absolutely loved it. For me to even think about switching irons from the last 11-12 years is crazy.
“I got this set about two weeks ago, and I’m working my way into them. I hit them more solid; it comes off the face more solid. Much higher. I think they’re still slightly too upright for me, so they’re being bent a degree flatter, because they’re going a little too high for me and drawing a little too much. When that starts to happen, I start to drop the club under and compensate too much, so I’m getting them flattened slightly, and I’m going to test them on the range again, and hopefully have them in play on Thursday…
“They go further, and they go higher … that combination is kind of a no-brainer. If I can take a 5-iron from 204 rather than a 4-iron, it’s good on me. It’s going to help me out for sure, especially at a major with the pin locations. Having that height coming in, that descent angle is going to be huge.”
With such new irons in the bag, after using the same irons for over a decade, surely you’d think there will be a bit of a learning curve. Block, however, is finding immediate comfort with the new “Proto” irons.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Nov 22, 2023 at 2:53 pm
The color combination is absolutely on fire