Information for the members of the Scotty Cameron Museum & Gallery and readers of the Circle T Column.

The following events will be held before the 3rd Museum & Gallery annual gathering and the golf tournament. These events have been organized especially for members coming from overseas, and we hope you and your family will enjoy staying Japan.

Tuesday, October 14ﾂ黴€Course observation with a navigator and practice round
Wednesday, October 15ﾂ黴€Pre-tournament
Thursday, October 16ﾂ黴€Day tour to Kyoto
Friday, October 17ﾂ黴€Day tour to Tokyo
Saturday, October 18ﾂ黴€M & G gathering
Sunday, October 19ﾂ黴€M & G golf tournament

More details will be announced when they become available. These events and schedule are subject to change.

It was a dramatic ending at the Players Championship this week with Sergio Garcia winning the tournament in the end. As one of Scotty Cameron Tour Putter fans I was delighted to see his victory, especially just after I mentioned him in the last Circle T Column.
When Garcia first started using Taylor Made putters he used a Rozza putter. Several years past trying many different putters before Garcia switched back (very recently) to using a Scotty Cameron putter for the Players Championship tournament. But this year (very recently) he switched back to a Scotty’s tour putter. When our president, Mr. Fukuda visited the studio in April he heard from an insider that Garcia started using a Scotty’s putter again. But who would have thought it would affect his play so instantly!ﾂ黴€ﾂ黴€
It is quite obvious that the Scotty’s putter had a lot to do with his comeback. He had been struggling with his putting for the past few years, and it seemed his putting affected his whole play. But this past week, his putting was superb and that was a big factor of his playoff victory.
It shows how putting is crucial for golf, or how the putter club itself can be crucial, when Garcia kissed the putter head with his playoff victory.ﾂ黴€ He definitely wasn’t caring about his contract matters with his sponsor.ﾂ黴€ By the way, Garcia uses Newport 2 putter now.

Scotty Cameron tour putters were used in 2 recent world victories by Adam Scott and Darren Clarke during the last week of April.ﾂ黴€ Japanese female pro Yukari Baba won a domestic tournament using Scotty Cameron tour putters in the previous week as well. She uses both the Del Mar 3.5 and Newport 2.5 Select. Also Anthony Kim had a victory using a Newport 2 T10 this week. Scotty Cameron tour putters will very likely have a huge number of victories in this year. Sergio Garcia is now a user of a Scotty tour putter again. He uses the Newport 2 SSS, and we hope he will gain glory again with the putter.

Since Scotty has become famous and is so busy, many of you may think that he has assistants to help make putters for pros and amateurs. But he actually makes every single putter all by himself.ﾂ黴€ He makes heads of course, also stamping, painting stamps, grips and other detailed works. Attaching a shaft and a grip is occasionally done by an assistant, and Scotty always checks the finished putter. If it doesn’t feel right when he strokes with it then that putter will not go to market. If it is not perfect he draws a line on the grip with a marker, or cuts the putter in half so there is no chance that the putter will go to market by mistake. Therefore putters for famous pros and amateurs alike are made with the same sincerity and accuracy.ﾂ黴€

Scotty always says that his work is either 100% or 0%, there is no 90% or 80%. This principle has made Scotty Cameron’s tour putters the best in the world, and he intends on keeping it that way into the future. He lives by his father’s words- “Do it right or get out of the way”.

Today we will talk about one of the most popular Scotty Cameron Tour Putters, the Newport 2. First of all, the Newport 2 is known as the putter Tiger Woods has been using for a long time. One of the most striking features of the putter is its sharp, straight head. You can see the rectangular outline very clearly when you address the ball, and many users find it easy to target. The Newport 2 fans are attracted to these features, but many Newport fans feel it is too boxy and doesn’t have curves other putters have.

The Newport 2 tour putters are currently available in GSS Cameron & co, in SSS, in carbon steel, select series and T10 select series. We would like hear what you like or don’t like about the Newport 2, feedback and other comments regarding the Newport 2 putter. Please feel free to leave us your comments.

As we mentioned in the first column, we were going to talk more about putters but since we have been getting several questions about the annual event, we would like to talk about the Museum & Gallery membership today.

In general this is a group of people who enjoy Scotty Cameron and his tour putters. Members get privileges as explained on our website (please refer the membership page for more details) and have a chance to join the annual gathering. We organize the gathering once a year for a duration 2 days. Scotty always comes to
Japan to attend this. On the first day, Scotty will introduce his putters and other goods specially prepared for this day. Members will have a chance to purchase them as well as get a Scotty Cameron autograph, then there will be a reception party.

On the second day, there will be a golf tournament followed by a commendation ceremony. The winner of the tournament will be presented a specially made trophy by Scotty. The last gathering in 2007, Mr. Sadao Watanabe a professional jazz musician and also a user of the tour Napa, had a special live performance after the dinner on the first day and everybody had an excellent time. We hope you will become a member and attend the gathering and enjoy it with us. If you are already a member and have some ideas about what we can do at this year gathering, please let us know.

We would like to share news and information about Scotty Cameron and his tour putters with those of you who have visited the Museum & Gallery website. Today it’s about Scotty’s current work. Scotty’s putters have been the most used among the USPGA tour players for a long time. You know his putters aren’t just tools by the fact that every pro player who loves and uses Scotty’s putters (such as Tiger Woods) visits his studio. Scotty personally attends about 10 tournaments a year and the Titleist representatives attend other games which Scotty can’t make. From the end of January the California series starts, and it is the busiest season for Scotty because many pros visit his studio in

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