Metal X Milled

The Metal-X Milled arrived in 2013 as Odyssey's first putter line to move its Metal-X pattern from a face insert to a milled surface. According to golfalot.com, the line comprised six head designs, machined from a forged block of carbon steel, with the oval depressions added through a chemical milling process rather than cast or inserted. Golfalot.com also reports a nod to the brand's past here: the Rossie shape included in the lineup hadn't appeared in an Odyssey putter line since the mid-1990s.

The maker's own page frames the line around three pieces of technology working together: Metal-X roll technology, described as putting oval depressions in the face that maximize the mechanical lock with the golf ball dimples, a stabilizing crossbar visible from the back that stiffens the face without adding much weight, and an adjustable weight kit offering three sets of customizable weights, 10g, 15g, and 20g, to fine tune preferred weight. Golfalot.com corroborates the adjustability, noting three sets of weights screwed into heel and toe ports with 10 and 20 gram weights included and two 15 gram weights fitted as standard. Mygolfway.com adds that head weight could be specified at 340, 350, or 360 grams, with lengths from 33 to 35 inches, and lists an MSRP of 299 euros with an availability date of January 17, 2014. Mygolfway.com also notes Chris Kirk switching to the new Metal-X Milled #1, while the maker's page claims wins on Tours around the world, including the PGA and LPGA, right out of the gate.

Against that tour framing, thehackersparadise.com offers a more mixed read on the line's actual footprint, describing the Metal-X Milled lineup as one that had rabid fans, but noting it didn't translate to large amounts of tour use or sales. That's a notable gap between the maker's account of immediate tour success and a publication's later assessment of how the line was actually used and sold, and it's worth weighing both before drawing a conclusion.

Within the broader Metal-X story, this milled release sits as the more premium, tour-oriented evolution of the insert-based original, built around the same roll pattern but delivered through machining rather than a separate face piece, with the crossbar and adjustable weighting carried over as refinements rather than departures.