Scotty Cameron Select is a line of milled 303 stainless steel putters that Titleist introduced in 2012 and has refreshed several times since, and the main thing that changed over the years is how the face is built. Blades and mallets in the original run were milled from 303 stainless with a deep milled face pattern, while later generations moved to inlays and eventually back to solid milled faces.
The 2012 launch and the inlay years
The 2012 Select line came in a Black Mist finish and covered blades such as the Newport, Newport 1.5, Newport 2, Notchback and Newport 2.6, plus mallets like the GoLo and long models like the Big Sur. The 2016 update used precision milled 303 stainless inlays bonded to stainless bodies with vibration dampening material, and it added mid mallets such as the Newport M1 and M2. The 2018 line included the Laguna, Newport, Newport 2, Newport 2.5, Fastback, Squareback and Newport 3, with up to 30 percent more dampening material than the previous Select putters.
Special Select and what it changed
The 2020 Special Select line dropped the insert on its blades. The Newport, Newport 2 and Newport 2.5 are solid milled from 303 stainless with tungsten sole weights, and the mid mallets such as the Fastback 1.5, Squareback 2 and Flowback 5 use 6061 aluminum sole plates with solid milled faces. The Del Mar was added as a heel shafted compact mallet, and the finish moved to a bead blast with cherry rings on the back cavity.
Common questions
What is the difference between Select and Special Select?
Select blades use a face inlay. Special Select blades are solid milled with no insert and use tungsten sole weights.
Are Select putters still worth buying used?
They are milled from stainless steel and hold up well, so a used one is mostly a question of condition and whether the length and head shape suit your stroke.
Shopping used Select putters
GolfRoots usually has dozens of Select, Special Select and Super Select putters listed at once, and you can browse them in our Scotty Cameron putters collection. If you want more background on the model most of these heads trace back to, read our post on the Scotty Cameron Newport 2.
