Newport 2 GSS

The Newport 2 GSS refers to an earlier run of the Newport 2 built in German Stainless Steel, a designation golf.com uses to describe 303 stainless steel sourced from Germany. Per golf.com's reporting, these heads were hand punched and hand drilled, with a single sight dot added by hand to the topline, details that point to an era of the Newport 2 built with more hand finishing than the multi-material inlay versions the maker's own pages describe today.

The maker's current Select-era Newport 2 page describes a different construction: a 303 stainless steel mainframe fused to a 303 stainless steel performance-matched inlay via what Cameron's copy calls a vibration-dampening system, "dialed it in for a soft but solid feel that is unmatched." That is a later specification, and nothing here ties the GSS designation to that inlay setup. The GSS sits earlier in the Newport 2's story, defined by its German-sourced steel and hand-applied touches rather than the layered face technology found in the versions documented on Cameron's site.

golf.com and golfaficionadomag.com both report Tiger Woods as associated with a Newport 2 GSS, golf.com naming him as owner and golfaficionadomag.com listing him as a notable user. Both are editorial attributions, not claims verified by the maker or by this house, and readers should weigh them as such.