Futura 5W

The 2018 Futura 5W sits in the Futura family alongside the 6M, 5.5M, 7M, 5S, 5CB, and 5MB, part of a single model year that Scotty Cameron's archive groups together under that season's release. The maker's page describes it as a continuation of the wrap around face sole approach used elsewhere in the line, built from 303 stainless steel with a 6061 aircraft aluminum face and sole, a combination the maker's page frames as a way to build larger heads while pushing weight to the perimeter for added stability.

Specs on record for this release are straightforward: 3.5 degrees of loft, 70 degrees of lie, full shaft offset, and stock lengths of 33, 34, and 35 inches, each paired with a different sole weight, 20 grams at 33 inches, 15 at 34, and 10 at 35. It ships with the Black Matador Midsize 11 inch grip. Custom options extend loft by a degree in either direction, lie by two degrees, and length in half inch increments.

On alignment, the maker's page credits the design with a milled topline sight line tied to the sweet spot along with a second set of lines on the back flange meant to frame the ball at address, part of what the page calls dual purpose alignment. Within the 2018 Futura lineup, the 5W reads as one of the wider, wing shaped mallets built around that multi-material construction rather than one of the more compact head styles carried elsewhere in the family.