During the final few tournaments of the season, we saw a few new Odyssey putters out on putting greens but had little to no info on them. Most of the players who had them were keeping them away from our cameras and were tight-lipped about the tech and performance. This week, however, we got some in-hand photos of the new Ai-One and Ai-One Milled putters from Odyssey, and they look great. We don’t have any official word from the company on these flatsticks yet, but we can still have fun speculating!

Odyssey Ai-One

This one is very intriguing, as there is what looks like a small window on the sole near the face, that almost looks to have a Jailbreak-type truss visible. I think that Odyssey has been using AI to model some face-supporting structure that will increase consistency and help with roll on impact. The window also seems to be visible on only the mallet-style putters. But again, this is just speculation.

A new insert is also visible on the face, and it looks to be metal with some horizontal grooves on it. Alternatively, it could be some type of White Hot material that has a metallic silver finish. I like the black finish the Ai-One has as it looks to be a matte texture, which gives the head a classic and clean look.

On the sole is a soleplate held in place with hex screws on the larger mallets and glued in place on the smaller mallets. The Ai-One heads each have two movable weights that are solid blackout on the toe and heel.

The back cavity has a badge that looks very similar to the window on the sole, but I can’t tell if it is clear to show off the back of the face or just a highly reflective silver finish.

Interestingly, we don’t see Odyssey’s Stroke Lab shaft on these putters, they all seem to have traditional steel shafts installed. That said, these are putters for the tour, so we still might see the Stroke Lab shaft when these come to retail.

• See more photos of the Odyssey Ai-One putters here.

Odyssey Ai-One Milled

The other Odyssey putter model out on the practice green was the Ai-One Milled. This Milled version has what looks to be a copper insert on the face with a heavier, oval milling pattern that is surrounded by a copper ring. If this insert is milled from a copper alloy, then we should expect a soft and responsive feel and sound at impact.

Looking at the sole, we don’t see anything near the face to show there is a support structure on the mallets. It could be there, maybe just hidden under the larger sole plates. Those sole plates are flanked by square weights with a unique pattern on them. It’s very interesting that the Ai-One and Ai-One Milled putters use different weights, so a single weight kit won’t work for both putters.

Between the name and seeing the milling marks on the sole, we can assume that these are fully milled heads. They look to have the same matte black finish as the Ai-One putters but with copper paint fill as opposed to the blue accent from the Ai-One. Again, I don’t see any of these with Stroke Lab graphite shafts.

• Check out the rest of our photos from the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open
• See more photos of the Odyssey Ai-One putters here.

More “spotted” pieces

• Spotted: Odyssey Triple Track Jailbird putter
• Spotted: Amy Yang’s T.P. Mills Fleetwood putter
• Spotted: Will Gordon’s Callaway prototype wedge (Proto-NC)