Equipment
An UP-CLOSE look at Tiger Woods’ famous Scotty Cameron putter
Tiger Woods won 14-of-his-15 major championships using a custom Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS (German Stainless Steel) putter, which he first put in play in 1999. After all these years, he still had it in the bag this week at the 2023 Genesis Invitational.
It’s arguably the most famous and most valuable piece of golf memorabilia in history, and I had the pleasure of getting an up-close look this week at Riviera Country Club.
Woods recently experimented with a Scotty Cameron putter grip at the 2022 PNC Championship, but he’s since switched back into the Ping PP58 pistol grip, which he’s mostly used on the putter since 1999. The Scotty Cameron grip was slightly larger and heavier than his familiar Ping grip, which worked well when he added lead tape to the back cavity. However, when he took the lead tape off (you can see remnants of the lead tape in the back cavity), the extra grip weight effected the feel of the putter. So, the lead is off and the Ping grip is back on.
Dents, paint chips, imperfections and all, enjoy our photos below of the most famous putter in golf history.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
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5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
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Chuck
May 26, 2023 at 2:10 pm
Would have been nice to see a photo of the head balance/toe hang angle, and a mention of the Lie angle, shaft specs, total weight, head end weight to grip ehd weight ratio, etc etc.
Ian Tarrant
Feb 21, 2023 at 11:50 am
I think this has earned it’s place in a museum/golf HOF, etc.
But as a practical tool, each ding, nick, etc. on the face represents a miscroscopic means in which a ball could go off line, etc.
Technology has come so far not only in mallets, but also in blades relating to face inserts, materials, MOI, weighting, etc.
Time to move on Tiger to something new that will help your game moving forward as limited as it may be.
Bob
Mar 3, 2023 at 9:41 am
This is the most midwit Golfwrx comment of all time.
Chuck
May 26, 2023 at 1:56 pm
One wonders how many professional tournaments/majors YOU have won with all your modern technical knowledge about what is good in a putter.
Paulo
Feb 20, 2023 at 6:35 am
How does GSS rust ?
Uncle Frank
Feb 20, 2023 at 11:47 pm
It’s Stain LESS not stain NEVER
Chuck
May 26, 2023 at 2:02 pm
Long long ago in a land far away, I was designing a piece of medical equipment and wondered the same thing. So I put up a battery of similar samples of many different types of stainless steels half submerged in a saline mixture. Results were that they ALL rusted, some more than others.