Huntington Beach Collection #1
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The Record
Written from the sources it cites · machine-drafted for the Community to correctThe Huntington Beach Collection #1 shipped in 2016, part of Cleveland's relaunch of a plumber's neck blade line that thehackersparadise.com describes as a successor to the Classic Collection. That publication reports the #1 carries a traditional plumber's neck blade shape with rounded lines and slight toe-hang, a departure they attribute to a material change: 304 stainless steel replacing the previous-generation 17-4 stainless steel, which the same source describes as 54% softer in this application. They also report the face uses Precision Milling with a coarse, diamond-shaped pattern said to run four times deeper than the milling on the earlier Classic Collection HB putters, paired with a satin finish and a redesigned sole engraving in a clean font with two paint tones.
mygolfway.com places the launch in September 2016 alongside the #4 and #6 heads, and worldwidegolfshops.com corroborates that same September 2016 timing. thehackersparadise.com lists the #1 at a head weight of 345 grams with an MSRP of $99.00, and mygolfway.com notes it was offered in 32 and 33 inch lengths, in both right and left hand.
On reception, the line drew a Golf Digest 2017 Hot List Gold Medal and five stars for Performance, cited by both worldwidegolfshops.com and mygolfway.com. worldwidegolfshops.com also passes along a line from one Hot List tester calling the putter worth more than its asking price. thehackersparadise.com's own take is warmer still, arguing this collection is what earlier lines in Cleveland's HB history should have been, praising the look as clean and the roll as good, without singling out the #1 for any complaint the other reviewers raised either.
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The Huntington Beach Collection line
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What the Community says
“This line is what the others before it should have been in the opinion of this reviewer, nothing about them distract or looks cheap, they’re visually appealing, comfortable, and put a good roll on the ball.”
“The Huntington Beach Collection first launched in September of 2016 with the 1, 4, and 6 models which garnered a 2017 Hot List Gold Medal from Golf Digest.”
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