Newport 2 Tei3

The Newport 2 Tei3 takes the standard Newport 2 shape and swaps in a Teryllium insert, which the maker's page describes as an inlay of the 12-metal alloy Teryllium, backed by an elastomer membrane. Cameron's page lists the look as blockier than a standard Newport, with a plumbing neck, a sightline for easy alignment, a radius topline and softened edges, and the injected elastomer membrane doing the work of dampening vibration and sound at impact. The maker's page also lists a head shape description carried over from the line's broader language: a heel/toe weighted head that runs longer than the standard Newport's, with a more angular, mechanical look.

Where this release earns its name in the record is history. The maker's page and 2ndswing.com both credit a Newport Teryllium model with Tiger Woods' first major win, at the 1997 Masters, and drivingrangeheroes.com dates the Tei3 itself to 1997. Scottycameron.com folds that into the model's own notable use, framing the Tei3 Newport's role in that Masters win as part of its lineage.

On tour reputation, the record and outside opinion line up. Scottycameron.com states plainly that both Teryllium putters have been used to win multiple tournaments around the globe and remain very popular on Tour, a claim echoed in the community's own praise for the model's continued popularity. Set against the standard Newport 2, the Notchback, the 2.5, and the Dual Balance, the Tei3 is the version defined less by neck geometry or counterbalancing and more by its insert material and the major-championship story attached to it.