(03-20-2018, 12:03 PM)geogolf Wrote: There has been a recent shift in the Scotty Cameron player and Collector world.

Recently I have been bombarded with questions on Facebook regarding certain models, era, vintage. And the dreaded 'I have never seen this before".

Many of the questions just were common knowledge to the Scotty Cameron folks.  Or so I thought.

But, I had to put things in perspective. 

Many of the questions were coming from younger players/collectors. Say 20-30 years old.

Tiger won his first Masters 21 years ago using the famed Tei3 Newport.  The effort that sent that market into the stratosphere.  I remember that era, I remember selling those putters new.

It hit me: Many of these 'kids' heading into the Cameron Market weren't even Born, or can't remember that time period !

Most have never seen a Solestamp Tei3,  Pintail Coronado, a Mizuno Classic head cover or Classic 1. Or even the Tour Putters from the early 2000's, when 99.9% ofTour Putters and Circle T Putters were actually made for Tour players and not collectors as they are now. The list is endless.

Things that were common knowledge 15 years ago, let alone 10 years ago, isn't common.     The best part is the younger collectors seem to like I mean REALLY like the old school stuff. 

Why ?

All they have been privy to is the past 10 years of Blah Stainless Red Dot Off the Rack (OTR) putters.  Or 'Tour' putters that are $5000 that have never seen a 'tour' in their life.

They seem to have an appreciation for a gamer that was a PGA players putter that has some battle scars.  Even the Tei3 Putters and Oil Can & Mill Specs.   They know if they want a good, carbon steel putter, they have to go back in time almost 20 years !   Especially left-handers.  

Along with that, many old school guys I knew have gotten out completely.  They already have seen all the old stuff, or owned it.  And the new stuff just doesn't fit the bill.    Let alone you can't get an older putter refinished from the studio exactly identical to how it was originally.  If you sent a Classic 1 from 1993 in to be restored. The finish would be different (no more shiny black oxide), the grip and cover would be too.   Plus the price is more for a restoration than what most of these clubs sold for originally.  

An interesting time indeed. And some good bargains to be had.  That putter you passed in in 2008, is in demand now.

OCTJMOICBW     (Of Course, That's Just My Opinion, I could Be Wrong)

I agree with the new generation of Cameron Collectors.  Of course I am not privileged to read the world of TheCameronCollector as I was banned long ago.  I really believe that the best putters coming out from Cameron was in the early 90s to the early 2000s.  After that its name only with a new gimmick.   Call it marketing yet the masses still come.  Reminds me of PT Barnum.  For those who love the current and newer Cameron offerings then more power to them.  True classics live on.