Special Select Squareback 2

The 2020 Special Select Squareback 2 sits inside Scotty Cameron's Special Select run as the widebody entry, built off the Squareback shape that predates it in the Studio Select line. The maker's page lists the category as a blade model with a fully milled, insert-free face, and 2ndswing.com's listing carries that classification through consistently across category, head type, and model type. Plugged In Golf's coverage adds detail the maker's page for this specific year does not: 303 stainless steel through both body and face, a thinner top line than the previous version, a slightly shorter face, full shaft offset, near 4 o'clock toe hang, and interchangeable stainless steel weights at 10, 15, or 20 grams, seated in an aluminum sole plate. That publication also describes the sound as a gentle click that reads slightly firmer than others in the line, and calls the design intent a bridge between blades and mallets, with milled dots worked into the cavity.

Community opinion on this release leans toward it being more forgiving than a Newport 2, easier to aim, and confidence inspiring off a bigger sweet spot, though one voice in that same discussion pushes back on stacking it against high moment of inertia mallets and suggests it may simply be a wider blade wearing mid-mallet marketing. Plugged In Golf's own review lands in a similar but distinct place, disagreeing with the forgiveness comparison to Anser-style putters more specifically and arguing the extra forgiveness here is exactly what a mid to low handicap player is after, not a broad mallet-class jump.

Set against its own line, the 2020 Squareback 2 reads as a continuation rather than a departure. The archival page for the original Squareback 2 describes Scotty moving the neck back toward the heel for more toe flow than the Squareback 1, a plumbing neck sized for the boxier, crisper lines of the shape, and a thinner topline with a thicker cavity wall, all specified at 4 degrees loft and 71 degrees lie with a full shaft of offset. The 2020 Special Select edition carries that same offset figure forward per Plugged In Golf's report, and the later Super Select Long Design variant, built to 38 inches with a heavier head and tungsten sole weights, shows how far the family has since stretched from this widebody starting point.