Scotty putter - Real or Fake?

[Tim S]

What do you think?  Real or Fake?

 

[iacas]

Maybe, especially if it's really very well used, but if new the paint in the top corner of the toe on the face looks really bad.

[MuniGrit]

Don't they have a serial number on them? I always call Ping and check serial numbers when I buy new ping clubs.

[Tim S]

Titleist no longer etches serial numbers on any Scotty putter. I'm in a conversation with Scotty on how to verify this putter, but I hoped there were knowledgeable people here who could spot a fake.  Me, I don't like how the small t in Titleist is stamped, or how the allen screws on the back are stripped and won't come out, if they are screws and not glued on phonies.

Edited January 23, 2018 by Tim S

[Buckeyebowman]

Errrrrrmmmmmmm! These kinds of posts always give me pause. Are you thinking of buying this club, and also, at what price? Do you expect it to magically transform your game? Given what some old Cameron's sell for, I might be hesitant. I'm just a smidge below you in HI, and a few years back I hauled an old 20 buck Pal Joey putter out of the closet, and it works great for me.

All that matters is how the club performs in your hands!

[Piz]

It looks kind of cheesy.  Scotty Cameron putters have a vibe that seems missing from that one.

[Tim S]

33 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Errrrrrmmmmmmm! These kinds of posts always give me pause. Are you thinking of buying this club, and also, at what price? Do you expect it to magically transform your game? Given what some old Cameron's sell for, I might be hesitant. I'm just a smidge below you in HI, and a few years back I hauled an old 20 buck Pal Joey putter out of the closet, and it works great for me.

All that matters is how the club performs in your hands!

LOL, you jump to conclusions, brother. I game a Ping Pal 4 BeCu putter myself and a set of Hogan 2002 Apex Edge forged irons that kick AP2's ass.

This Scotty I bought along with 10 others from an old collector in DC as an investment. This Newport 2.5 is the last one I have left, and I won't put it up for sale if it is a fake and I've been trying for a while to lock down its origin. So I don't give a crap about Scotty putters, to tell the truth. I am a marketing professional, so I don't fall for hype.  I just need to know if this is a fake and I can destroy it...or not.

If I can't get some learned opinions here, I think I'll just scrap the putter. I 80% think it is a fake.

32 minutes ago, Piz said:

It looks kind of cheesy.  Scotty Cameron putters have a vibe that seems missing from that one.

I understand that. I feel the same way about its look.  Thanks.

[MiuraMan]

Give me a couple of days and I'll post some pictures of my version of that putter for comparison. Or I can send them to you via email.

 

Ken

[Wally Fairway]

I'm a Scotty guy, my gamer is an older model than that one - but it doesn't look "crisp" in the paint features, but I've seen them beat up from use (mainly bag rattle) so maybe.

[Tim S]

It's a fake. If you really study it, the bumpers are wrong. The neck is too long. The color fills are sloppy. And the clincher is that the insert screw heads are the wrong type and they are fake (plus, there is no insert, just a white line on the face).  See below.

 

Edited January 23, 2018 by Tim S

[MuniGrit]

13 hours ago, Tim S said:

Titleist no longer etches serial numbers on any Scotty putter. I'm in a conversation with Scotty on how to verify this putter, but I hoped there were knowledgeable people here who could spot a fake.  Me, I don't like how the small t in Titleist is stamped, or how the allen screws on the back are stripped and won't come out, if they are screws and not glued on phonies.

To me the paint looks off on that putter. I would pass on it myself.

[Tim S]

10 minutes ago, MuniGrit said:

To me the paint looks off on that putter. I would pass on it myself.

Thank you. You are quite right about the color. The putter cost me $10, luckily.

[MuniGrit]

1 hour ago, Tim S said:

Thank you. You are quite right about the color. The putter cost me $10, luckily.

For 10 bucks it is probably a great putter.

[billchao]

On 1/23/2018 at 10:06 AM, Tim S said:

It's a fake. If you really study it, the bumpers are wrong. The neck is too long. The color fills are sloppy. And the clincher is that the insert screw heads are the wrong type and they are fake (plus, there is no insert, just a white line on the face).  See below.

 

Nice job figuring it out. Those are definitely not screws 

I got curious so I looked through the Scotty Cameron archives for the putter: Studio Style Newport 2.5

You can definitely see the face insert is a different material and therefore a slightly different color, and there's a distinct line where they flatten out the hosel which seems to be missing from yours.

[Tim S]

4 hours ago, billchao said:

Nice job figuring it out. Those are definitely not screws 

I got curious so I looked through the Scotty Cameron archives for the putter: Studio Style Newport 2.5

You can definitely see the face insert is a different material and therefore a slightly different color, and there's a distinct line where they flatten out the hosel which seems to be missing from yours.

Absolutely. Thanks. I destroyed the putter. It's just bad for the integrity of the golf industry.