subject: The Detour Designed Putter [print this page] The Detour Designed Putter The Detour Designed Putter
The Newport Detour putters are just what you would expect: part Newport, part Detour. A miniature version (about half the size) of the Detour's sight curve has been bolted on to the back of two of Scotty's Newport putters. The result: a heel-shafted, toe-hang blade putter with a built-in stroke and alignment aid.
Scotty Cameron, like his pal Stan Utley and virtually every good putter I've ever seen, believe strongly that a good putting stroke travels inside the line on the back-stroke, squares up at impact, and goes inside again on the through-stroke. If you're a Dave Pelz kind of guy, with a straight-back, straight-through stroke, then the Newport Detours just aren't for you. (Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Detour Putter) Then again, if you're putting badly with your Pelz stroke, the Newport Detours (or the Detour itself) may make for a fine training aid, if not your new gamer, in conditioning you to stroke the putter on a proper arc.
Essentially, the Newport Detours are high-MOI Newports with a built-in alignment aid. Though I've never been a big fan of blade putters, preferring instead the Red X, Futura Phantom, and other mallet-style putters (including the oversized original Detour), the addition of the Detour sight curve to the back of a Newport allowed me to convince myself that I was playing a mallet. You may wish to think of the Newport Detours in the same way we see crossover vehicles these days part car, part SUV. The advantage? The Newport Detours appeal to both blade and mallet fans, and with all the added benefits of increased stability and the built-in training aid.
Initially, I had a little trouble aligning both putters.With the original Detour, I found it a little easier to ignore the line and use the putter's face to align the putter to the ball. The Detour's arc was an obvious curve, making it easier to ignore.(Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Select Kombi Left Putter) The Newport Detour's curve is a little more subtle, and at first, I found myself hitting putts left as I used the curve to align the putters to the ball rather than the edge of the face. Once I began aligning myself to the ball squarely, I was able to concentrate on other aspects of putting: feel, sound, balance, etc. With both the 2 and the 2.5, sound and feel at impact was crisp and solid. I'd characterize the sound as a bit higher pitched than I'd like, largely due to the aluminum face. My Red X has a soft GSS (German stainless steel) insert that mutes the sound nicely. Between the two, the plumber's neck 2 model sounded at a higher frequency. I can only attribute that to the shape of the neck it felt as if it vibrated a bit more than the thicker flowing neck on the 2.5 model. Quite honestly, (Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Select Kombi-S Putter) I didn't like the sound and never quite adjusted I prefer the slightly softer GSS sound, or even the heavier sound of the original Detour.
I've got to admire Scotty Cameron's convictions: he believes you should putt on an arc, and he's putting his putters where his mouth is, so to speak. The Newport Detours bring the "built-in training aid" found on the original Detour to the more traditional, more classic, an wildly popular Newport line.These putters are a little unconventional, though putter convention these days is to be unconventional. Aside from a higher pitched sound than I'd prefer, these putters are solid performers that smoothly blend what could have been an eyesore in the sight curve with the classic lines of the Newport. These putters will help you make more putts, and will keep your stroke in good shape while doing it.
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