BB1

The 2010 BB1 is a traditional heel-toe blade, built with what orlandogolfblogger.com describes as one piece technology and a more rounded shape punctuated with soft edges throughout. The publication reported a single sight-line near the pocket, a black nickel finish, honeycomb face milling, and a pistol style grip, with the head shipping in a black Bettinardi headcover. Specs reported by that same source vary within the writeup itself: head weight is given as both 332 or 348 grams and as 332 grams and 348 grams grams, and length appears as both 35 or 34 inches and as 35" and 34" inches, so the record shows the range rather than picking a single figure. Loft is reported at 3 degrees. The outlet also passed along a milling claim of note, that the cutting mill ends were applied vertically from above with the face held flat to within .001 of an inch, a 200% improvement on existing putters, and noted the putter was only sold in green grass facilities, like local pro shops and selected club fitters.

Community opinion on this release is largely favorable but not unanimous in its particulars. Reviewers praised the look of the putter, its one piece feel and touch, and a crisp, soft sound and feel off the face. Criticism centered on the grip, described as feeling thin and taking some getting used to, and on the finish's durability, with the heel reportedly showing scratches or wear when the putter went without its headcover. orlandogolfblogger.com's own verdict was unreservedly positive, landing on the putter as something the writer settled into as fact after time spent playing it.

Set against the rest of the BB1 name, this 2010 release is the traditional-blade version of the line, the heel-toe design with the honeycomb face rather than the later DASS construction and Roll Control face milling that Bettinardi's own site associates with the BB1 Flow used by Matt Fitzpatrick in tour competition. The maker's page prose on record speaks to that later Flow model and its Double-Aged Stainless Steel build, not to this 2010 unit, so the two sit as distinct chapters of the same model name rather than the same putter described twice.