Scotty Cameron American Classic - your opinion

[Poncho]

I am considering buying either the Flange, Heavy Flange or Blade version.

Has anyone tried these putters?

How did they hit?

I know there are more technical putters out there but for some reason I am drawn to these.

[SheriffBooth]

I've got a 35" American Classic flange that I use as my "back to basics" putter when the modern designs seem to be letting me down. I think it does real well on putts inside of 10-feet - I always feel like I can just put the sight dot behind the ball and go. But outside of 10-feet I think is where the higher MOI putters gain an advantage - there's more room for error in the stroke and the Classic is definitely not the most forgiving putter made. But I will say that the way Scotty has weighted the Classic III Flange is much more forgiving that the 1970's era Bullseye for sure.

I definitely like mine - I probably use it 50% of the time. It fits my eye and rolls the ball well. You should definitely give it a try.

[tartanjack]

SheriffBooth is spot on when he says the new classics are more forgiving than the original Bullseye. He's also right when he says they are nowhere near as forgiving as the modern bunch of MOI putters. That said, I think your choice among the three is more about length. The heavy flange is 33 inches if I'm not mistaken and is heavy like that so it retains the same swing weight as the 35 inch models. Bob Charles and Mark McNulty never putted with anything but a Bullseye. It is a true classic.