Studio Style Long Design Squareback

The 2025 Studio Style Long Design Squareback is Scotty Cameron's take on the counterbalanced, longer-putter trend applied to the Squareback head. Per pluggedingolf.com, this release carries a longer, counterbalanced grip, a length of 38 inches, and a plumber's neck. The maker's archived page for the standard Squareback 1 describes the head as a Studio Select production model that grew out of a season on the PGA Tour as an Xperimental Prototype, with a double bend shaft-over-spud setup built for players seeking a nearly face-balanced mallet, and notes the square flange design that gave the model its name. That archived listing covers the standard-length Squareback rather than this specific 2025 long-design build.

Reaction to this particular release has been mixed. Pluggedingolf.com credited it as a fine option for players hoping to quiet their hands, while also suggesting the timing works against it, arguing the 38 inch counterbalanced trend had already peaked a couple of seasons earlier. That tension, arriving late to a trend while still serving a real purpose for certain strokes, sits at the center of how this version has been received.

Against the rest of the Squareback line, which the maker's own pages tie to standard 33, 34, and 35 inch lengths with a half shaft of offset, this Studio Style Long Design variant is a clear departure in format. Whether that departure lands depends on whether a player is shopping for the counterbalanced feel itself or judging the release against how long that trend has already been on tour.