Odyssey Metal-X putter
Callaway Golf's new Odyssey Metal-X line of insert putters represents the latest in the brand's storied history of game-changing innovations surrounding the most important club in the bag.
With a lightweight aluminum face in front of a urethane backer layer, Metal-X putters provide golfers the crisp feedback of a metal striking surface with the benefits of a softer feel for optimal touch. Aesthetically pleasing with a sleek midnight black finish, the putters also offer a textured face that delivers a truer, more consistent roll.
The lightweight aluminum outer layer on the Metal-X putters has a face pattern unlike any other putter in golf, with oval depressions that create a mechanical lock with the ball's dimples at impact. This mechanical lock creates more friction, which delivers a lower launch with optimized topspin for reduced skidding and the truest roll in the game through steady ball deceleration. The urethane inner layer provides soft touch and saves weight to optimize performance.
Each Metal-X putter comes standard with a Lamkin 3GEN Pistol Grip, made of Lamkin's proprietary 3GEN material, which is their softest synthetic rubber compound and reduces vibration without dulling the feel of the putt. The material allows golfers to keep their forearms relaxed, apply very light grip pressure, and minimize hand tension for smooth, consistent strokes.
The Metal-X putters come in a wide variety of models - Core (#1, #6, #7, #8, #9, and Rossie); 2-Ball and D.A.R.T.; Belly and Long Metal-X putters.
Along the same lines, Odyssey has introduced its new Flip Face line of adjustable putters featuring an innovative, patented system that gives golfers the ability to change the face insert of the putter quickly and easily to fine-tune feel and performance.
By using a screwdriver that doubles as a divot tool, golfers can unscrew a single component in the self-contained putter head to seamlessly rotate the putter face 180 degrees, allowing them to choose between two inserts - the new Metal-X Insert or the popular White Ice Insert. The two-sided putter face allows players to adjust their Odyssey putter for feel, speed and roll characteristics based on course and weather conditions.
Featuring a satin chrome finish for a clean, premium look, the Flip Face Putter will be available in three popular models: the #1, a rounded heel-toe weighted blade putter with a crank-neck hosel and full-shaft offset; the #5, a rounded mallet putter with a single bend shaft and full-shaft offset; and the #9, a toe-weighted, heel-shafted, flanged blade putter with a long hosel and half-shaft offset.
Among the early adopters of the new Flip Face putter was PGA Tour pro Stuart Appleby, who put the #5 model in play earlier this year.
"It reminds me of the license plates on James Bond's car that used to flip around," Appleby said. "I like the Metal-X insert so much; I love that firm feel. But it's nice having the option to switch to the White Ice insert if you want to."
The Flip Face putters are available now at a suggested retail price of US$349.