Red X3

The 2007 Red X3 is part of Scotty Cameron's Red X family, a mallet built around a single bend shaft-in setup rather than a hosel. Scotty Cameron's own page describes it as taking "the Red X line into another realm of performance and style," pointing to a solid face, a new finish, new graphics, and a single sight line as the year's changes. The maker also notes the classic single bend shaft "with ¼ shaft of offset for the ideal toe-flow through the stroke."

On the numbers, the maker's page lists loft at 4°, lie at 71°, lengths of 33", 34", and 35", head material as 303 Stainless Steel & Aluminum, and offset at 1/4 shaft, with custom lie of +/-2° and a Red Cameron Baby T custom grip as options. Golflink.com's reporting adds detail not confirmed by the maker: a charcoal mist finish, an aluminum sole plate, and head weights of 350g at 33", 340g at 34", and 330g at 35". That same source describes the offset two different ways within its own coverage, once as 1/4 offset and elsewhere as full offset, and gives two different neck descriptions as well, so the record has to hold both rather than pick one. Golflink also cites a $300 suggested retail, though it labels that a 2009 figure rather than one tied to the 2007 release itself.

Community opinion on the Red X3 leans favorable on the face work, with praise for a precisely milled face that produces true rolling putts and a look that sets up nicely at address. The mallet's offset is credited with suiting a novice putting stroke, a point golflink.com echoes directly in comparing it to the X5. The criticism running alongside that praise is weight: some found the head a bit heavy and something that takes getting used to, particularly on short putts.