Red X5

The Red X5 exists in our record as a single release, the 2007 edition that closed out that year's Red X family alongside the Red X3. Scotty Cameron's own page marks it as a milestone for the line: "In 2007, the plumbing neck made its first appearance in the Red X line with the unveiling of the new Red X5." That neck change came bundled with other departures from earlier Red X thinking, the maker's page notes Scotty "removed the insert, gave the soft, round lines a glare-resistant Charcoal Mist finish and milled a single sight line," pairing the new neck with "a new neck, a single shaft of offset and Tour-inspired graphics."

Built from 303 Stainless Steel & Aluminum with a 4° loft and 71° lie, per Scotty Cameron's specifications, the X5 carried the offset full shaft the maker's page describes, with custom lie of +/-2° and the Red Cameron Baby T grip as the stock custom options. golflink.com's reporting adds detail the maker's page doesn't, describing construction as carved out of a single block of steel with a stainless steel face and precisely milled faces, and putting head weight at 350 grams at 33 inches, 340 at 34, and 330 at 35.

Where the X5 sits in the family's reception is a matter of some disagreement even within a single outlet. golflink.com's review framed it as the more forgiving half of the 2007 pairing, noting that advanced players will especially like the X3, while the X5's offset better suits the novice putting stroke, a sentiment echoed in the broader Community opinion on file, which likewise credits its offset with suiting a novice stroke. But the same body of opinion cuts the other way on feel at the top of the stroke, criticizing that mallets tend to be a bit heavy and can take getting used to, especially on short putts, a critique that sits uneasily next to the maker's own claim that players call the Red X5 one of the best mallet designs ever.