Studio Stainless Newport 2.5

The Newport 2.5 is Scotty Cameron's flare-tipped variant on the Newport 2 body, and the 2002 Studio Stainless release is the milled 303 stainless version of it. The maker's page lists the head as sharing the same great attributes as the refined Newport 2 head, just carried on a slightly wider head with a short, flowing Santa Fe style neck and a single sightline. Specs on record put it at 35 inches, 71 degrees of lie, and 4 degrees of loft, milled from 303 stainless steel with a soft beaded mist finish.

On face material and milling, the record holds two maker-side sources in agreement: scottycameron.com and 2ndswing.com both describe a 303 stainless face, with 2ndswing.com adding that it's precision milled. The maker's page also calls the 303 stainless durable, a claim 2ndswing.com echoes in its own words, describing the putter as sleek and durable.

Community and reviewer opinion on this release is favorable and consistent rather than contested. It's praised for a crisp sound and a soft-yet-solid feel, with the beaded mist finish credited for eliminating glare. 2ndswing.com's review lands in the same place, calling it a sleek and durable putter that will refine your performance on the greens. Against the rest of the Newport line, the 2.5 sits as the wider-headed, flare-necked sibling to the Newport 2, built in the same 303 stainless and finished the same way, but distinguished by that Santa Fe neck and the slightly broader head.