Futura 5W

The Futura 5W arrived in 2017 as one of seven mallets in Scotty Cameron's redesigned Futura line, released alongside the 5CB, 5MB, 5S, 6M, 6M Dual Balance, and 7M. The maker's own announcement described the family as blending the previous generation GOLO and Futura X lines into a cohesive set of tour-proven shapes, and the 5W specifically is listed as an improvement on the earlier Futura X5.

The 5W is built as a modern wingback mallet with a full wrap-around multi-material face-sole construction, per verified specs corroborated across sources. That construction pairs a milled aluminum face-sole component with steel, in line with the multi-material approach the maker's page describes across the 2017 Futura family, aimed at moving weight back and to the perimeter for higher MOI and added forgiveness.

On alignment, the maker's page and 2ndswing both list a rail alignment system set into the back flange, white flange lines run parallel to each wing, and a milled sight line on the topline. 2ndswing's listing also notes the W in the model name stands for wing, consistent with the wingback shape carried across the verified spec line.

Set against its siblings, the 5W sits in the wingback camp of the 2017 Futura family rather than the rounded cavity-back styling of the 5CB or the blade-adjacent 5MB, and its lineage traces most directly to the Futura X5 that came before it.