Newport 2.6 Center Shaft

The Newport 2.6 Center Shaft sits inside the Newport 2.6 line as a variant defined by its neck. best-putter.com reports the neck type as a center shaft with no bend at the hosel, a departure from the plumber's neck and slight offset most associated with the standard Newport shape.

On the strength of that change, best-putter.com's write-up called it different, but still has the same awesome feel. That's the tension worth sitting with here: a center shaft neck alters the look at address and, for many putters, the way the head sits and swings, yet the reviewer's read was that the feel carried over from the rest of the 2.6 line rather than changing with it. Community opinion on record echoes the same two threads, praise for the feel and for the classic shape holding up despite the neck swap.

There's no maker-published copy held on this specific release, so what we have is one outlet's account of a spec and its own reaction to it. Read against the standard 2.6, the Center Shaft variant reads as a putter for someone who wants the Newport profile but prefers the way a center shaft sets up and moves, and the record here leaves the rest of that comparison to the reader.