Blue Goose

The Blue Goose line runs across five releases on record: the Blue Goose I, the Blue Goose Black 1, the Blue Goose, the BG40 2.0, and the Blue Goose Series. The name has stayed put through blade-style, gun-blue territory the whole way, with the finish and the milled face doing most of the talking from one generation to the next.

The Blue Goose I set the terms early. Clubsncovers.com described it as a traditional blade design finished in white and silver with a black insert, right handed, and shipped with the original Ray Cook headcover in gold lettering. That same outlet called it excellent value for golfers seeking a reliable, well-made putter from a respected manufacturer, praising its consistency and durability. It's a modest, workmanlike start, and the record shows the line staying close to that identity even as it picked up new names.

Grokipedia's account places a revival of the Blue Goose in 2012, with production continuing afterward, a claim that applies to both the Blue Goose and the Blue Goose Series entries on record. Whatever happened in the years between the I and that revival isn't something the rows in front of us fill in, but the Blue Goose Series that emerged carries the line's signature gun-blue finish and milled face forward, along with a non-glare black colour option per golfreview.com. That same source was blunt about the tradeoff: a quality product with its milled face and gun-blue finish, but one that has always been an expensive putter. That's a rare case of a reviewer praising and knocking the same release in the same breath, and it's worth sitting with rather than smoothing over.

The BG40 2.0 marks the line's most detailed technical showing on record, with raycook.com describing a stainless blue finish, soft stainless steel construction, a face milled with deep lines for perfect flatness, and a midsize RC Tour grip. Ray Cook's own site called it an affordable classic, and other reviewers pointed to precision, feel, and exceptional balance. Whether that squares with the expensive-putter complaint aimed at the Series is something the reader can weigh for themselves, since both sit in the record without either canceling the other out.