Mallet inspired by Justin Thomas has blade stroke feel. I liked the look of the 5W, but over long putts the smaller head felt a little light.

The aluminium face features the usual Scotty milled lines pattern and gives a lovely soft feel and I do like a soft metal face on a putter for the sound feedback as much as anything else. My stroke suited the lowest Toe Flow possible so I took out the Futura 5W, 6M and 7M models to see the differences. It's deliberately quite subtle and I would have preferred something bolder in the centre given this is the high MOI part of the range, but that is just personal preference. Titleist Scotty Cameron Futura 2017 Putter, fitting process known as Cameron Trial and Education at the Titleist National Fitting centre at Craigielaw in Scotland. August 8, 2017 . If you have had a steel faced Scotty Cameron putter before then the sound may not be as sharp with the aluminium version, but it is still pleasing none the less. Titleist Scotty Cameron Futura 5S putter. Bottom Line Though Scotty Cameron has been known mostly for traditional blades, the multimaterial Futura 5S is a splendid mallet—expect its appeal to go far beyond the company’s devotees.

Visually, the X5 and X5R have more similarities than differences. Watch The Video Play. The 5, 6 and 7 heads get larger as the number goes up and to a degree you won't have much say in which one you want because the head weight increases as the size does. A built-in vibration dampening system connects the mid-milled face-sole component to the stainless steel frame of each model, producing a responsive feel and feedback that Scotty describes as “soft, but solid.” Meticulously crafted from the finest materials, every Scotty Cameron putter is a work of art designed to perform at the highest level.

See each Scotty Cameron putter model dating back to the early 1990s. With the exception of the 5CB and 5MB models below, the range is what Scotty Cameron call their Minimum Toe Flow designs or face balanced to the rest of the world. It may increase the MOI and hole more putts, but it is my head ruling my heart here. The 5S is similar in shape to the Futura 7M but in the more compact “5” size. The center shaft doesn’t agree with everyone; not a huge difference in feel between center hits and misses; a little too compact for some who want a true high-MOI design.

The X5R essentially takes … Having a contrasting colour on the face also helped get your hands in the correct position at address by judging how much of the black face you could see over the lighter steel top line. Futura 5S (“S” for “straight shaft”) features a pop-through “bar back” design that moves weight farther behind the putter face for higher MOI, along with a straight shaft setup inspired by tour feedback. In response to feedback from the most skilled players on the planet, Scotty created the straight-shafted Futura 5S. Rossie and R-Line Arrow put to the test... 13 time PGA Tour winner's putter now available! KEY TECHNOLOGY: Part of the putter’s charm? To find out how much flow I needed I went through a fitting process known as Cameron Trial and Education at the Titleist National Fitting centre at Craigielaw in Scotland. ClubTest 2017: Titleist Scotty Cameron Futura 5S putter review, Gimme that: Galvin Green limited-edition Masters-inspired jacket, Kevin Chappell hilariously broke nearly all of his clubs after a missed cut, 5 classy cardigans every golfer needs to add to their wardrobe, Why Phil Mickelson plans to use a game-improvement iron setup at the Masters, Vokey is offering limited-edition, 64-degree wedges that are inspired by Jimmy Walker. Though Scotty Cameron has been known mostly for traditional blades, the multimaterial Futura 5S is a splendid mallet—expect its appeal to go far beyond the company’s devotees. But for the detail-oriented crowd the Cameron brand tends to attract, the two shaping options could be the difference between buying and not buying. The Futura 6M heads down that way, but the rest are fairly conservative shapes that are tried and trusted. All rights reserved. Related: Our review of Scotty Cameron’s Futura X putter. At the other extreme the 7M has the alignment lines I prefer, but it was pretty large and felt the heaviest, so it fell to the Goldilocks option of the 6M to take the honours almost by default.

I liked the head size, alingment lines and the feel of it, but I am not mad on the two weights hanging off the back. All the models feature a centre section with thin white lines on either side to help with visual alignment to the target. Similar in overall shape to the Futura 7M but more compact, this new configuration adds a key head size and shaft setup preference to the Futura family. It would have been nice to see all three shapes in all three sizes and with the 5.5M pictured earlier, which is the shape of the 7M but in a 5 head size, so maybe things are moving that way. With the exception of the 5CB and 5MB models below, the range is what Scotty Cameron call their Minimum Toe Flow designs or face balanced to the rest of the world. For the fairly eye watering price some might expect something a little more radical looking to make you put your hand in your pocket without thinking first, like the original Futura that you could probably brand opponents with as you owned them by holing putts against them. ©2020 Acushnet Company. Originally made for Justin Thomas, Cameron designed the mallet putter to work with an arced stroke.