Teryllium Two Newport 2

The Teryllium Two Newport 2 dates to 1999, part of Scotty Cameron's Teryllium line and built on the Newport 2 shape. As it shipped that year the specs on record are 35 inches in length, 71 degrees of lie, and 4 degrees of loft, figures that sit close to but not identical with the general Newport 2 specifications later published on scottycameron.com, which list 34 degrees... rather, 70 degrees of lie, 3.5 degrees of loft, and lengths of 33, 34, or 35 inches. The 1999 release runs a degree steeper in lie and a half degree stronger in loft than that later Newport 2 template, worth noting for anyone comparing a period Teryllium head against the standard-issue Newport 2 spec sheet.

Driving Range Heroes reports that a fresh tri-sole Newport 2 went into Tiger's bag at the 1999 Byron Nelson, and that the shaping request behind it came from Tiger himself, who wanted more squared lines similar to a Ping Anser 2. The same outlet credits the model, or its lineage, with being used to win 14 out of 15 of Tiger's Majors including the 2019 Masters, a usage history that spans two decades of continued play. These are Driving Range Heroes' claims, not verified figures, but they place this specific 1999 Teryllium Two release at the origin point of a Newport 2 story that the outlet treats as historically significant.

Against the wider Newport 2 line, this Teryllium Two edition reads as an earlier, harder-alloy variant predating the vibration-dampening, multi-material inlay work that Scotty's page describes for later Select Newport 2 releases. Where those later builds fuse a 303 stainless steel performance-matched inlay to the mainframe for a tuned soft-but-solid feel, the 1999 Teryllium Two carries none of that insert language in what's on record here, just the boxy, low-slung profile and the tri-sole build that reportedly first went to work at the Byron Nelson.