Select Newport 3

The 2017 Select Newport 3 rounds out the Select line as a heel-shafted mid-mallet built on the classic Newport head shape. According to scottycameron.com, it is a new model reminiscent of certain GOLO putters, and pluggedingolf.com traces its lineage further back, noting the shape was long known as the Del Mar before being rechristened the GoLo 3 in 2014 and then renamed Newport 3. Titleist's own announcement, dated January 24, 2017, describes it as a teardrop-shaped, heel-shafted mid-mallet designed for players seeking a smaller round mallet with additional toe flow and forgiveness, and says it reached golf shops on March 17. Hagginoaks.com corroborates that availability date.

The construction pairs a 303 stainless steel body with a 6061 aircraft grade aluminum face inlay, per both hagginoaks.com and pluggedingolf.com, joined by a flow neck carrying three quarter inch offset, per hagginoaks.com. Titleist's release describes a built-in vibration dampening system connecting the milled aluminum inlay to the steel body, and quotes Scotty Cameron characterizing the resulting feel as soft, but solid. Heel-and-toe sole weighting and two removable, customizable stainless steel weights are cited by hagginoaks.com as contributing to stability. Pluggedingolf.com adds that the cavity carries the signature cherry bombs used as alignment marks, and describes the sound off the face as a quiet tock.

Reviewer opinion on this release is split. One review found it surprisingly forgiving, with soft, pleasant impact feel and real forgiveness on mishits, but also found it too symmetrical for the reviewer's eye, with cavity shaping that lacks flow and a vertical line across the flange judged visually disruptive. Pluggedingolf.com summed the putter up in similarly mixed terms, calling it surprisingly forgiving but a miss aesthetically. The maker's own framing, by contrast, leans entirely on the performance side, with Titleist's release attributing the forgiveness to the multi-material design's higher MOI and Scotty Cameron's tour-proven heel-and-toe sole weighting.