American Classic 3 Heavy Flange

The American Classic 3 Heavy Flange sits in Scotty Cameron's American Classic line as a reworking of the old bullseye flange shape, and best-putter.com describes it as such an updating, running a 33 inch length with a wider flange than the original bullseye putters carried, along with a back line on the flange and an off-set hosel that, per the same source, covers the heel.

That neck design is where the record shows the most friction between what people liked and didn't. Best-putter.com found the roll excellent and noted a sweetspot quite a bit bigger than the original bullseye flange putters, and the Community's opinion echoes that, praising an elegant, well-crafted shape with a bigger sweetspot than the original bullseye. But that same offset hosel drew criticism in the Community's notes for covering the leading edge and making the putter hard to aim, a complaint the specs bear out given best-putter.com's description of the hosel covering the heel.

On feel, the sources agree more than they disagree. Best-putter.com logged the feel as a hard click and called the head weight not that heavy, and the Community's notes matched that with talk of a firm, hard click feel, along with a caution against use on slower greens under 9 to 10 on the stimpmeter. Best-putter.com's own verdict leaned toward the same trade-off, calling it the best updated bullseye shape they'd seen while allowing that the feel is firm, but you'll probably get used to it.