Newport 1.5

The Newport 1.5 line, as our record holds it, opens in 2007 under the Studio Style banner. That release carried a 330g 303 SS/GSS head, 71° lie, 4° loft, and a 35" length paired with a Red Studio Design grip, with custom lie adjustment of +/- 2° built in from the start. The maker's page also lists custom grip options of Red or Black Baby T and Red or Black Studio Design, giving buyers some room to personalize a head that otherwise shipped to a fixed spec.

By 2008 the line had shifted to the Studio Select edition. Our record's editorial notes, sourced from randomlyaccessed.wordpress.com, describe a putter with soft 303 stainless face material, the model name engraved into the sole, and a distinctive cosmetic touch of three large red dots on the back with three smaller red dots on the heel of the face. That same coverage lists lengths of 33", 34", and 35", right-hand availability, and a price of £220, though none of this carries the maker's own confirmation and should be read as one outlet's account rather than an established figure.

The 2009 Studio Select Newport 1.5 holds steady on the core geometry set down in 2007, the 71° lie and 4° loft repeat, but the head material is now given as Precision Milled 303 Stainless Steel rather than the 2007 listing of 330g 303 SS/GSS, and the putter is offered across custom lengths of 33", 34", and 35" rather than a single fixed length. Custom lie remains at +/-2°, and the custom grip menu, Black or Red Baby T, Black or Red Studio Design, mirrors the choices offered on the original Studio Style release two years earlier.

Taken together, the three releases on record trace a line that moved from a single fixed build in 2007 to a more length-flexible offering by 2009, with the Studio Select name carrying the model through both its middle and later years while the head material description on file shifts alongside it.