Select Newport 2 Mid

The 2012 Select Newport 2 Mid is a belly putter built around the Newport 2 shape, offered at a length of 43 inches with custom lengths of 42, 43, and 44 inches available, per Scotty Cameron's maker page. Loft is set at 4 degrees, lie at 71 degrees, with custom lie adjustment of plus or minus 2 degrees. The head is 303 stainless steel with 3/4 shaft offset. The maker's page describes it as a fuller-headed design meant to bring a new perspective to belly putting, framing it as efficient and part of the Select line's weight changing technology, with fitting available through an adjustable fitting shaft at a Titleist golf shop.

This puts the 2012 Select version squarely in the mid-length category that the Newport 2 Mid Slant had occupied in earlier years under the Pro Platinum and Studio Select lines, though those earlier releases carried different lengths and finishes, such as the 2000 Pro Platinum version at 35 inches or the 2008 and 2011 Studio Select versions offered at 33, 34, and 35 inches. The Select-era Newport 2 Mid breaks from that shorter range entirely, built instead for belly-length play, which marks a real shift in what the mid-length name was meant to serve within Cameron's catalog by 2012.