Newport Long Neck TeI3

The Newport Long Neck TeI3 dates to 1997, part of Scotty Cameron's Teryllium line. The maker's archive page (captured for the 1998 listing, though the release itself is tagged 1997) explains that the model exists to lessen the Newport's toe flow, and that Cameron lengthened the neck to create more face balance while retaining the classic lines of the Newport. That same page lists an inlay of Teryllium, described as a 12-metal alloy, credited with a distinctly soft feel and solid feedback, along with an injected elastomer membrane meant to dampen vibration. Specifications on that archive page list loft at 4 degrees, lie at 71 degrees, and a length of 35 inches.

A publication covering the model on YouTube frames the design in similar terms, describing the lengthened neck as reducing toe flow and adding more face balance and feel, and calling the neck itself a standard plumber's neck that's been extended. That same source singles out the Newport long neck as one of its own favorites among Cameron's neck styles, though that's the publication's own editorial take rather than anything the maker has stated.

Within the Newport family, the Long Neck TeI3 sits as a face-balanced counterpart to the standard Newport's toe-flow character, built around the same Teryllium inlay and elastomer damping that defined the broader Teryllium run of that era. The maker's later archive pages for the Teryllium Two version of the Newport Long Neck, captured for 1999 and 2000, repeat the same toe-flow rationale and the same 4 degree loft, 71 degree lie, and 35 inch length, suggesting the design brief carried forward largely unchanged into the following Teryllium releases.