Well Hello Old Friend!

Written by Dave Wolfe (@Golfspy Dave)

Odyssey Golf is a big deal in the putter market.  I know that'south something that I take gone on nearly before, but it'south ever worth mentioning when we discuss Odyssey putters.  They have a huge presence on all of the professional person tours, with many pros gaming Odyssey putters fifty-fifty though they are non under contract and thus not getting paid.  The number of amateur golfers playing Odyssey putters worldwide is likely staggeringly uncountable.  They are huge in the marketplace, and they stay huge year after year.

How can they exercise this?

The way that Odyssey stays on meridian is that they are a forrad-moving visitor.  For example, Odyssey takes risks with new crazy head shapes.  Some of them are winners and aid propagate the make, but others are not-well-received misses.  Is anyone still gaming that F7?  On the others side of the money though, the Odyssey Versa line really shows how they can thrive outside of the "safety" zone.  Producing the Versa line at first looked risky, but later proved genius.  Odyssey stays competitive past being a progressive putter visitor.

So why did they get backwards with the re-introduction of the White Hot insert?  Why dial back the insert rather than moving frontward ?  It'southward not a recent past with the insert either.  The original White Hot line rolled into the marketplace in 2000.  Yep, we are talking a thirteen-yr rollback in golf game engineering.  Thirteen years in the golf industry is a lifetime of deviation.  We are talking dinosaurs to dirigibles here.

Don't believe me.  Well then get and replace your fancy new Callaway Optiforce driver with a vintage 2000 Callaway ERC driver.  I know, that guy, you lot loved the ERC.  Withal, ignoring that guy, the golf consumer will not typically tolerate a decade plus regression in engineering science.  Progress is the Odyssey plan though, then perhaps the "Pro" in White Hot Pro indicates something new.

So Why Bring the White Hot Insert Dorsum?

People Love The White Hot

I know that I just gave that guy grief, just consumer adoration was likely one of the key motivators in resurrecting the White Hot insert.  When we visited Callaway last December and discussed the resurgence of the White Hot insert in the to-be-released White Hot Pro line, the designers cited demand as the first reason for bringing it dorsum.  Consumers and professionals alike held fond memories for the White Hot insert.  Many pros who bag Odyssey putters were still using models with the White Hot insert.  The market demand was there, and then it made sense to produce it.  Perhaps the less high-tech loonshit of putter technology also makes it easier to travel in opposite, unlike what would happen with a retrograde commuter engineering science change.

The Technology Has Improved

Mayhap the about interesting matter about our White Hot Pro conversations at Callaway HQ in Carlsbad centered around the fact that this new insert was actually an improved, and more loftier-tech version of that twelvemonth 2000 White Hot.During the past decade, manufacturing techniques have improved such that this new White Hot Pro insert is non merely a rehash of the old one. They share the proper name, but the "Pro" in White Hot Pro could every bit easily exist short for progress as it is for professional.  These are some of the advances in the insert manufacturing procedure:

  • more precise insert thickness
  • improved flatness tolerance
  • improved chemistry, including greater chemical cross-linking between polymers (improves tone and feel)
  • inserts now laser-cutting to shape and can thus be optimized to the head shape

How this all reads to me is that Odyssey has managed to have the essence of a putter insert, that many players view every bit existence their historical best, and make it better.  Thus, the White Hot Pro line is non White Hot redo, merely rather White Hot 2.0.

Which I Should You Try?

Every bit ever, the goal of a Club Reports article is to give you lot an thought about which of the new models would probable match your stroke.  Lets take a look at the plumbing fixtures organisation that Odyssey is currently using via eyeFIT.  To get fit, you lot observe an eyeFIT mirror, stand over it, and get your dash value.  Like shooting fish in a barrel.  The number of dashes corresponds with how far your eyes residual inside the ball at address with an increase in altitude from the ball translating to a hosel position change and an increase in putting arc.  We don't have photos of all of the models today.  This time I focused on the more than interesting ones, but I take included links to all of the available models under each plumbing fixtures category.  You're welcome…

Confront Counterbalanced – One Nuance Putters

WHP #2 CS

White Hot Pro #2 CS Features

  • Squared off, heel-toe-weighted blade
  • Eye-shaft
  • Aught Kickoff
  • Weight: 343g
  • Loft: three°
  • Prevarication: 70°
  • Lengths: 33″, 34″, & 35″

WHP 5-Line

White Hot Pro V-Line Features

  • Perimeter-weighted Mallet Caput
  • Hi-Def Alignment System
  • Double-curve shaft
  • Full-Offset
  • Weight: 350g
  • Loft: three°
  • Lie: 70°
  • Lengths: 33″, 34″, & 35″

WHP D.A.R.T. MINI

White Hot Pro D.A.R.T. MINI Features

  • Perimeter-weighted Mallet Head
  • D.A.R.T. alignment system
  • Smaller than the original D.A.R.T.
  • Double-bend shaft
  • Total-Showtime
  • Adjustable Weight: 350, 360, or 370g
  • Loft: three°
  • Lie: 70°
  • Lengths: 33″, 34″, & 35″

Other Ane Dash Putters:WHP D.A.R.T.,WHP 2-Ball,WHP #7,WHP Rossie,WHP #five

Slight Toe Hang – Two Dash Putters

WHP 2-Ball Bract

White Hot Pro 2-Ball Blade Features

  • Bract-like head featuring the 2-Ball alignment organisation
  • Crank-Cervix Hosel
  • Full-Offset
  • Adjustable Weight: 350, 360, or 370g
  • Loft: 3°
  • Lie: 70°
  • Lengths: 33″, 34″, & 35″

Other Two Dash Putters: White Hot Pro #1

Moderate Toe Hang – Three Dash Putters

WHP #3

White Hot Pro #3 Features

  • Heel-toe-weighted bract
  • Soft-Stepped Pocket
  • Flow-Cervix Hosel
  • One-half-shaft Offset
  • Weight: 343g
  • Loft: three°
  • Lie: lxx°
  • Lengths: 33″, 34″, & 35″

Other Three Dash Putters:None

Avant-garde Toe Hang – Four Dash Putters

Four Dash Putters: White Hot Pro #ix

What Looks Old is Actually Quite New

White Hot Pro does share near of its name with the sometime White Hot Odyssey doodle line, simply this is definitely non the old line with new paint. The Odyssey White Hot Pro insert keeps the characteristics that made the original White Hot a favorite, and makes information technology even ameliorate.  Consumers will likely observe his or her favorite head shape, forth with some that are new to the line.  2013 is truly the year of the Versa for Odyssey, but the White Hot Pro line should not be overlooked, especially if you are not a fan of the Versa alignment system.  The White Hot Pros are more traditional in appearance and also familiar in feel.  That'due south a combination that should make Odyssey players very happy.

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