Phantom X 9

The Phantom X 9 arc opens in 2021 with the Triple Black, a limited seasonal release rather than a mainline entry. Scotty Cameron's own page describes it as a high-MOI mallet that "shares many dimensional qualities with the popular Phantom X 5.5 and Phantom X 11 models," dressed in a matte Tour Black finish with a black anodized 6061 aluminum sole/flange, a vintage muscle car pinstripe engraving, and three red sweet spot dots. The maker's page notes it was "limited to 4000 pieces worldwide," and Golf Monthly's reporting frames it as a limited edition, a Tour-inspired piece meant to put a touring pro's look in dedicated golfers' hands rather than to define the standard line.

The number properly enters the mainline family in 2023, when Cameron folds the Phantom X 9 into the broader Phantom X roster alongside the 9.5, 11, and others. The maker's page calls it "the compact cousin of the Phantom X 11 with inspiration from the Phantom X 5 as well," language that positions the 9 as a shape built to fill a specific gap in the family rather than a wholesale reinvention. This version carries a precision milled solid stainless steel face, a 303 stainless steel face/body/wings paired with a 6061 aircraft aluminum sole/flange component per the maker's page, and a near-face balance, with a revamped Pistolero Plus grip added for stability through the stroke.

Running alongside these dated releases is the Phantom X 9.5, which worldwidegolfshops.com's listing names as the Scotty Cameron Phantom X 9 Putter, and which Golf Monthly describes as carrying a mid-bend shaft. The overlap in naming between the 9 and 9.5 across sources is worth noting for anyone tracing the line closely, since the record here shows both the Triple Black and the mainline 9 as distinct 9.5 and 9 designations depending on the source consulted.

Across its three releases, the line shows a clear split in character: a 2021 limited run built to echo Tour specification and dressed in blacked-out finish, and a 2023 mainline entry built to sit inside the broader Phantom X family as its most compact, address-friendly shape. Readers weighing one against the other will want to look closely at which era, and which source, they're actually comparing.