Concept X CX-02

The CX-02 sits inside Scotty Cameron's Concept X line, a family built around blending blade looks with mallet stability. Per coloradoavidgolfer.com, the CX-02 is built from 303 stainless steel with a 6061 aircraft aluminum face, and the design intent reported by that outlet was high-MOI forgiveness and performance normally associated with a mallet but with the visuals of a blade, with the lineage described as Newport 2 blades with added game-improvement features. The publication also reported a stealth gray finish meant to reduce glare, a joint neck with one shaft of offset, and wing-like structures at the heel and toe housing customizable stainless-steel weights that move mass to the perimeter for stability. Coloradoavidgolfer.com listed an MSRP of $599 and a release date of August 31.

On fit, coloradoavidgolfer.com reported that the CX-02 carries more toe flow and rotation during the stroke, more like a Newport 2.5, and is not face-balanced or even near-face balanced, making it less suited to a straight back and straight through stroke. The same outlet noted that Rafa Cabrera-Bello made the switch ahead of the third round, and quoted Cameron describing the look and feel of the wings: after a few putts, the wings almost disappear and it's like looking down at a blade, and that widening the putters makes them more forgiving, giving golfers the best of a blade and the best of a mallet in one.

Reviewer opinion gathered elsewhere echoes that same read, praising the CX-02 for an elegant, high-end, industrial look and calling it forgiving, a combination of the best of blade and mallet. Where the CX-02 sits against its sibling in the line, the CX-01, is not something our record settles directly, though the maker's own page for the CX-01 describes that model's Knuckle Neck, four-way sole balancing, and dual-zone vibration dampening chambers, features that overlap with what reviewers describe in the CX-02's own construction.