Frontline Elite

The Frontline Elite line, as our records show it, runs across three entries: an Elite edition dated 2022, an Elite edition dated 2023, and an undated Elite edition. The throughline across the coverage we hold is a forward center of gravity paired with high MOI, described by sgbonline.com in the 2022 entry as a forward-weighted design reduces face rotation on off-center strikes, and echoed by golf.com's account of the 2023 release as high MOI with forward center of gravity.

The 2022 edition, per sgbonline.com, credited product manager Casey Shultz as designer and pointed to more than 30g of metal injection molded tungsten across the striking area along with Speed Optimized Face Technology, sitting alongside the patented 2135 Technology on all mallet models for alignment. The 2023 edition, dated by golf.com to availability on February 22, 2023, kept Shultz attached to the design and framed the forward CG in comparative terms, less rotation at impact compared to a putter with a much deeper center of gravity, while also noting grip differentiation by stroke type, an oversize pistol grip for straight strokes against a thinner pistol design for slight arc.

Community and outlet opinion on the line has landed on both sides of the same putter. Reviewers praised for compact head shape and clean simple shape, with good alignment contrast noted favorably, but the same coverage flagged a thin click sound on off-center strikes as a knock against it. Pluggedingolf.com's verdict was plainly warm, I like Cleveland's take on this modern classic, and separately described the alignment as a white alignment line with tremendous contrast against black finish.

Across the two dated releases and the undated Elite listing, the record shows a line built around the same core idea, forward CG, tungsten face weighting, and 2135 alignment technology, refined in grip and messaging between 2022 and 2023 rather than reinvented.