Del Mar 2

The Del Mar 2 line runs two entries on our record, the Del Mar 2 TeI3 in 1997 and the Teryllium Del Mar 2 in 1998, and across both the design holds steady as a heel/toe weighted, mid-mallet putter built around a Newport hosel.

The 1997 TeI3 opens the line. Youtube's coverage of that release described the head shape as, alternately, "mid slant, mid mallet" and "just mid slant," and pointed to "mid slant necks designed to create less toe flow" as the defining feature of the neck. Those are editorial characterizations, not maker-confirmed specs, but they point to the same idea that carries into the following year: a mid-mallet shape and a neck built to manage toe flow rather than maximize it.

By 1998, the Teryllium Del Mar 2 formalizes what the line is. Scotty Cameron's own page for the release calls it a "heel/toe weighted, mid-mallet style putter" that "employs a Newport hosel for 1/4 toe hang and optimal toe flow with three white sightlines for ease of alignment," and centers the putter on its inlay: "An inlay Teryllium, a 12-metal alloy, teryllium creates a distinctly soft feel and solid feedback, while an injected elastomer membrane dampens vibration." The specs on this release are verified and consistent: 35 inches long, 71 degrees of lie, 4 degrees of loft.

Read together, the two releases show a line settling into its identity within a single year. The 1997 TeI3 arrives with a mid-slant head and a neck already aimed at controlling toe flow, and the 1998 Teryllium Del Mar 2 keeps that same mid-mallet, Newport-hosel foundation while adding the Teryllium inlay and elastomer damping that would come to define the model's feel on our record.