Teryllium Newport 2

The 1997 Teryllium Newport 2 sits at the front end of the Newport 2's history, carrying a 12-metal alloy Teryllium inlay paired with an injected elastomer membrane, per the maker's page. That combination is described as delivering a distinctly soft feel and solid feedback, and the elastomer membrane is credited on record with dampening vibration and sound.

Against the standard Newport, the maker's page describes this head as heel/toe weighted and longer, with a blockier look and a sightline built in for alignment. Scottycameron.com specs it at 35 inches, 71 degrees of lie, and 4 degrees of loft, with a quarter toe hang. Separately, YouTube's coverage of the head characterizes it as having square shoulders and a sight line, more width, a thicker-looking face down, and shorter dimensions compared to the Newport 2, with a plumber's neck and classic rounded blade, a squarer, longer, thinner profile than the Newport 1, and a white sight line. Those descriptions don't fully square with each other on shorter versus longer, which is worth noting rather than smoothing over.

On tour usage, the maker's page states the Teryllium putters have been used to win tournaments around the globe and remain very popular on Tour, a claim echoed in the tournament-winning praise attributed to this release elsewhere. As with all Teryllium-era Newport 2 material here, the record leans heavily on the maker's own description of feel and construction, with the outside editorial voice weighing in mainly on shape and silhouette.