Tiger Woods’ legendary putter as you’ve never seen it before
Tiger Woods’ legendary toys you’ve never seen before
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods is feeling frustrated. The year was 1999 and his regular putts continued to burn the rim and he wasn’t winning many games anymore. His only win came at the Buick Invitational earlier this year, when he needed a 62-65 round to beat Billy Ray Brown over the weekend. Not to mention Scotty Cameron’s last minute surgery. As the GTE Byron Nelson Classic approached, Woods worked with Cameron on something new he wanted to implement that week. It was a square and angled version of the free-flowing TeI3 Newport, called the “Newport 2”. By making the head out of German stainless steel, Woods felt the shaft better suited his game.
He finished 7th at Dallas and had one of the most dominant finishes of his entire career with the Newport 2 GSS. In his next 10 starts, Woods lifted the trophy an impressive seven times. And we all know what happened next year. One club doesn’t make a great player, but it’s no exaggeration to say that Woods and the Newport 2 GSS have a special relationship. He won 14 of 15 major titles with a magic wand, making him the most important player in the history of the sport outside of Carsten Solheim’s creation, Unser. tu b
