Studio Stock 35

The Studio Stock 35 arrived in 2023 as a single release within Bettinardi's Studio Stock line, and on our record it stands alone, a one-year arc rather than a multi-generation story. Bettinardi's own page frames it plainly: "Robert Bettinardi is proud to introduce the all-new Studio Stock 35 to the 2023-2024 Studio Stock line." According to pluggedingolf.com, it also carries a design lineage worth noting, described as the first production version of the Box Car design, with a front-to-back dimension the outlet says is roughly twice that of an Anser.

What the maker's page describes as widened shoulders distributing weight toward the perimeter to increase MOI is echoed differently by pluggedingolf.com, which described sloped shoulders that guide the eye to the cavity, an alignment reading rather than a stability one. Both sources agree the putter runs a milled face rather than an insert, and Bettinardi's own copy ties that construction to the Roll Control face milling, said to "propel the ball into a true roll faster, while giving golfers the softest feeling milled putter in golf."

Community and outlet opinion on this single release has been largely favorable, with pluggedingolf.com calling it "A beautiful compact mallet with good forgiveness and Roll Control face for enhanced top spin. Wonderful feel." Other opinion on record praises the same qualities, compact mallet design, forgiveness, and enhanced top spin from the face milling, but flags the headcover's velcro closure over a magnetic one, and warns that the smaller mallet head can leave a longer putt more exposed to three-putts if struck off-center. That tension, admired for its feel and roll but questioned on a few practical points, is the whole of the Studio Stock 35's story as it stands on our record so far.