BB55

The Bettinardi BB55 line, as our records hold it, arrives entirely within 2014, with five releases carrying the name across a standard head and a counter balanced variant, plus BB Series designations attached to both. Pluggedingolf.com's coverage lists the BB55 and BB55 CB as available models within the 2014 BB Series, with reported MSRPs that don't fully agree with each other, the standard BB55 shown at both 299 USD and 349 USD, and the BB55 CB at 349 USD.

What's consistent across the reporting is the shape of the putter itself. Golfalot.com describes it as a high MOI mallet, finished in Champagne Bronze Anodized, with a Hyper-Honeycomb face carrying Feel Impact Technology grooves, and an alignment setup built around two white lines on the leading edge that frame the ball along with a long sight line. That alignment package drew mixed reaction from the wider Community, with some praising the forgiveness that comes with a high MOI head and others finding the white sight line hard to make out at address, and the setup itself something that takes getting used to.

Sound and feel produced a similar split. Golfalot.com's review called the BB55 surprisingly easy to wield and particularly good for distance control from long range, even on off-centre hits, a sentiment echoed elsewhere in Community opinion praising its forgiveness on mis-hits. But that same forgiveness came paired with a toink sound that some found in contrast to what they described as a solid feel, a contradiction reviewers didn't resolve so much as note.

Beyond the standard and CB heads, the line's naming grows more layered in the record, with 2014 BB Series and 2014 BB Series CB entries sitting alongside a separately listed 2014 BB Series Counter Balanced release, all dated to the same year. Whatever distinctions separate those entries, the BB55 name in 2014 covered a cluster of closely related releases built around the same mallet shape and face technology, with the counter balanced treatment as the clearest variation on record.