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Odyssey White Hot XG #1
Odyssey

White Hot XG #1

Putter Talk's cited, Community-built account of this putter. Facts are sourced, photos are contributed, opinions are the Community's.

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Odyssey
Releases
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This is the White Hot XG #1, not the White Hot XG. They are different models in our records, not two years of one, and each keeps its own page. See the White Hot XG →

The Record

Written from the sources it cites · machine-drafted for the Community to correct

The Odyssey White Hot XG #1 sits within the White Hot XG line as a single entry, a heel-toe weighted blade with a crank-neck hosel and full-shaft offset. The maker's page describes it as carrying "the White Hot XG insert, the softest and most responsive in the Odyssey lineup," a multilayer construction pairing an elastomer core with a thin, firm outer striking surface said to be infused with urethane. Callaway's own materials frame that combination as a way to move weight toward the perimeter of the head, which they describe as raising MOI and improving forgiveness and roll over prior Odyssey models.

The maker's page put it plainly: "This unique combination of features allows weight to be shifted to the perimeter of the head of the blade putter for a high MOI, creating even better forgiveness and truer roll than previous models." That claim of an advance is the maker's own framing, not an independent measurement, but it is consistent with the softer feel that reviewers reported when they got the putter in hand.

Community and outside review both point in the same direction on feel. One review praised "excellent feel and balance," a firm striking surface, and a "nice feel as ball takes off." A write-up from callawaygolfball.blogspot.com echoed the same conclusion almost verbatim, that "the Odyssey White Hot #1 putter provides excellent feel and balance." Two separate voices landing on the same word, feel, is worth noting even where they aren't quite describing identical experiences.

The maker's page also lists length options of 33, 34, or 35 inches, a stock 34 inch build, a 70 degree lie, and a left-handed version, alongside a textured impact zone milled into the face. Taken together, the White Hot XG #1 reads as Odyssey's attempt to carry the White Hot insert concept forward into a firmer, more distance-controlled iteration, at least by the maker's own account of it.

Sources: intl.odysseygolf.com/global (captured 2013)

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Releases

Releases of this line from the Putter Talk record. Similarly named models are separate putters with their own pages.

What the Community says

Warmly regardedCommunity opinion from 1 gathered review · not a verified fact
What people praise
excellent feel and balance firm striking surface nice feel as ball takes off good weight and control
The Odyssey White Hot #1 putter provides excellent feel and balance.
via callawaygolfball.blogspot.com · cited take

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