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Scotty Cameron Phantom Putters new for 2024.
THE PHANTOM PUTTER is here.
So this past week at the Sentry Tournament in Maui, and this coming week on Oahu at the Sony Open.
The Titleist Staff players on the PGA Tour are enjoying the latest from Scotty Cameron.
Because the mallet style Phantom Putter has arrived, or at least some of them have. But while four Phantom’s are here, Tour Reps Drew Page and Brad Cloke will bring out six more models in the weeks ahead.
Cameron Young brought his Phantom 5 with a proto-type knuckle neck to Kapalua, after testing it at home the previous week.
“That Phantom shape, for one, helps my alignment,” Young said at the Plantation Course at Kapalua. “And then also just the forgiveness of a mallet is important. I feel like anything that you can do to make off-center hits just a little better is always is always a good thing.”
Scotty Cameron 2024 Phantom Proto Types.
PGA TOUR PLAYER MAX HOMA has used a Phantom mallet for all five of his last PGA Tour wins.
“I was struggling with face control with my putter. So I tried a few mallets, and ended up going with one of the Phantoms,” said Homa. In 2021 one week after switching to a Phantom X 11.5 tour prototype. But since then Homa’s last four wins have been with the Phantom X 5.5.
Homa added that he did not have to do as much work with his hands to release the putter. The weight of the head made me feel I could control my putts in the 15-25 foot range. Which is where I had been struggling. So the speed control with the Phantom has been the benefactor in the tournaments I have won, holing a few more 10-20 footers.”
Scotty Cameron and Titleist did not announce a release date or dates for the other six models. So for more information see Titleist.com or Scottycameron.com.