Sonoma

The Sonoma name spans three releases across sixteen years, beginning with the Classics Sonoma in 1996. That original carried a 35" length, 72° lie, and 3° loft, specifications squarely in line with the traditional putter geometry of its era.

The line went quiet for over a decade before reappearing as the Cameron California Sonoma in 2009. golfshake.com described it as a compact mallet with a D-shaped back flange and sight line, with a plumbing neck hosel with a full shaft of offset, finished in what the same publication called a Honey Dipped rich bronze finish and cut, per golfshake.com, in soft 303 stainless steel. golfshake.com also reported it as right hand only, with an availability date of November 1st 2009 and an MSRP the outlet listed as still to be confirmed at the time.

Three years later the California Sonoma of 2012 arrived with firmer documentation. Scotty Cameron's own published figures put loft at 4°, offset at 3/4 shaft, and head material at Precision Milled 303 Stainless Steel, with custom lie adjustment of +/-2º. The maker's page also lists length options and a 71° lie, and custom right-hand lengths of 33", 34", and 35" are verified. Third-party accounts filled in texture around those numbers: tipitout.com described a drafted sole, adjustable lie up or down 2 degrees, and interchangeable weighted heads, while jacksgolfingsolutions.com called the body wide bodied.

Reviewers who spent time with the 2012 California Sonoma came back with similar impressions. It drew praise for classic design, playability, and a solid thump feel, and tipitout.com wrote in its positive review that this putter portrays a very classic design and still offers the playability that you search for in a club. Between the plain, tradition-minded Classics of 1996 and the bronze-finished, more ornamented California editions that followed, the Sonoma name has carried more than one idea of what it means to be classic.