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ClubTest First Look: Odyssey'southward White Hot OG putter is a blast from the by

Odyssey's White Hot insert remains relevant 20 years subsequently.

Jonathan Wall

Let's start this story with a question: How many pros nonetheless use a White Hot insert in their Odyssey putter? We're talking about the original. The OG. According to Luke Williams, Odyssey's senior director of product and brand management, more than half go along to rely on the two-part urethane insert that was developed using the aforementioned material as Callaway's Dominion 35 golf brawl.

It'southward a attestation to the consistency and reliability of the forward-thinking design.

Odyssey has released successful iterations of the insert over the years, but the original has continued to generate interest, specially with recreational golfers who've requested an updated version of the putter with the original White Hot.

"1 of the things nosotros've consistently heard through the years is that players have actually loved our White Hot insert," said Williams. "Nosotros heard this from bout players, gild pros, customers, even our sales team. Many tour players still use a White Hot insert on more modernistic designs. If people really want that insert, possibly we should give information technology to them."

Ask, and you shall receive.

For the 20th anniversary of the insert's introduction, Odyssey is rolling out a White Hot OG line that pairs the original White Hot formulation with half dozen different head shapes. For those who've never used White Hot before, the insert is firm to the affect but performs like a softer material under impact loads, delivering consistent brawl speed ratios.

Each milled putter head is finished in a argent PVD with milling marks on the face (around the insert), heel-toe sole weights and a gray DFX rubber grip — a pop option on tour — for a classic look and feel.

In improver to a stepless steel shaft, Odyssey is also offering a redesigned multi-fabric Stroke Lab that's 7 grams lighter and features a shorter stepless section than the original. The end outcome is a shaft that'south stiffer and more stable than its predecessor.

"We paid a lot of attention to all the details," Williams said. "All of the radii around the edges of the face, the blends of the different surfaces to brand sure it's simply correct for the almost discerning golfers."

The head shapes offered fit a list of Odyssey'due south greatest hits: 1, 1WS, v SB, Rossie (Due south), 7 (DB, South) and 2-Ball.

Odyssey'south White Hot OG is available Jan. 28 and retails for $219.99 (steel) and $269.99 (Stroke Lab).

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Jonathan Wall is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com's Managing Editor for Equipment. Prior to joining the staff at the cease of 2022, he spent 6 years covering equipment for the PGA Bout.