Coronado

The Coronado shipped as part of the Scotty Cameron by Titleist series, with the maker's page dating the line to 1995 and the 2ndswing.com listing agreeing on that year, though this entry sits under the 1996 heading in our record. It is a pintail design, natural and non-mechanical in look, more blade-like than the rest of the family despite carrying a flange, with minimal offset and an engraved circle sight dot on the topline finished in French vanilla paintfill. The maker's own rolling changes notes describe the shift from the Scottsman 941: a full degree more loft, moving from the traditional 3° to 4°, wider corners with less radius on toe and heel, the new site dot, and a proprietary MicroBell shaft "designed by Scotty exclusively for Titleist to maximize sound, feel and flex."

The toe hang here allows for toe flow and what the maker's page calls a pronounced swinging gate effect, with a round, smooth neck that scottycameron.com also describes as more heel-shafted, and 2ndswing.com's listing separately calls a heel shaft with minimal offset. Golfheritage.org, by contrast, reports a slant neck on the Coronado, a detail worth noting since it sits alongside the maker's own round-neck description without the two being reconciled here. The finish is maker-published as honey-dipped, and golfheritage.org adds that the putter was later renamed the Coronado 2 after tweaks made in 1998, with production running from 1995 to 2001 by that outlet's account.

On the course, the reception is mixed by source rather than by fact. Tipitout.com found the balance great and the feel exceptional, and scottycameron.com's own description leans the same way, calling it a design that appeals to "the putting purist who demands a melt-into-the green putter with spot-on balance and handling." 2ndswing.com echoes that the shape's nostalgic profile "will fit the eye of a golf purist." Set against that, golfheritage.org places the Coronado, along with the Catalina, Del Mar, and Laguna, among the releases that draw the least interest from collectors, a verdict that stands in direct tension with the enthusiasm found elsewhere in this record.