Kuchar Model 1

The Kuchar Model 1 line carries two releases on record, the standard Kuchar Model 1 and the Kuchar Model 1 Arm Lock, both tied to Matt Kuchar's arrival as a Bettinardi partner. Golfshake.com credits the design to "Matt Kuchar and Bob Bettinardi" jointly, while intothegrain.com's writeup of the Arm Lock version lists the designer simply as Robert Bettinardi. The maker's own page prose, echoed across several archived captures, frames the collaboration around Kuchar's arm lock putting style: "he is quickly making it famous," and notes that Bettinardi built the release to commemorate "the 2013 US vs. World bi-annual competition."

The standard Kuchar Model 1 leaned on face technology as its calling card. Golfshake.com described "FIT Face technology" with "milled lines running horizontally along the face," cut into a "mild Carbon Steel" face, and reviewers responded to it: golfshake.com's own review called the feel of the roll something it "can't stress enough how good it feels," and a separate 5.0-out-of-5 assessment praised a look that was "modern yet traditional" alongside "confidence-inspiring alignment," though that same review flagged the stock grip as "a little slim."

The Arm Lock edition took the platform in a different direction, built for the anchored stroke that Kuchar was popularizing. Intothegrain.com described a "400 gram mild carbon steel head" finished in "pewter PVD," with "traditional Bettinardi hex face milling" paired to a "milled F.I.T. (Feel Impact Technology) face" and a "weight and face balanced design." John Duval's review for intothegrain.com came away a convert, writing "I would be skeptical reading this had I not tried this putter first hand and almost immediately put it in my own bag," and separate opinion on record echoes the soft feel and forgiveness on off-center strikes. But the Arm Lock's departure from a conventional look drew pushback too, with critics on record noting it "looks weird/strange at address due to high loft and offset" and questioning distance control from an anchored setup.

Across its two entries, the line reads as a single idea worked from two angles: one release chasing the classic Bettinardi face-feel argument at a standard length, the other bending the whole head toward a putting style Kuchar was busy making mainstream.