On May 30, Scotty Cameron will release two of the company’s most popular putters, its Newport 2 and GoLo 7, in counterbalanced “Dual Balance” models.

According to the company, two decades of high-speed video research with tour players have revealed that the best putters in the world keep the butt end of the putter pointed to the same 1-to2-inch circle in their midsection throughout the stroke. The Dual Balance putters are designed to promote such a stroke, with a 50-gram weight in the grip section of the putters and an additional 50 grams of putter head weight.

The extra weight helps keep golfers from “flipping,” “pushing” or leading the club head with their hands in the stroke, according to Scotty Cameron, the company’s master craftsman.

“The purpose of anchoring a putter is to stop the butt end of the club from moving,” Cameron said. “Now that anchoring will be against the rules, we’ve determined the best way to help golfers regain that stability and control is through Dual Balance, by adding 50 grams to the shaft and balancing that with 50 grams in the head.”

The proper length for a Dual Balance putter is about three inches longer than standard, the company says, and the putters are available in 38-inch lengths, three inches longer than the company’s standard length of 35 inches, however, custom lengths are available. The putters come stock with a 15-inch flat-front Winn grip that has a colored section at the top that indicates proper hand placement. Gripping the putter in that way keeps the 50-gram counterweight above the hands for maximum counterbalancing effect.

“Instead of stopping the butt end (as anchored putters do) we’re able to slow everything down,” Cameron said. “The counterweight in the shaft helps keep the butt stable and pointed at your belly. The additional head weight makes the putter slower and more lethargic without it feeling too heavy. If you only add shaft weight, you actually end up robbing head weight, which makes the head quicker. So you need to balance that out. We have found through our experiments that 50 grams in the shaft and head is ideal for weight, feel and performance. But you have to be careful to maintain the proper shaft flex. It took a lot of testing to make sure we got everything just right with these new models.”

The Newport 2 Dual Balance, which is a blade-style putter, had a head is slightly larger than the conventional model to accommodate for the additional 50 grams of weight.

The GoLo 7, a mallet putter, stores its extra 50 grams of weight under its soleplate, which allows the head size to remain the same as the standard GoLo 7 model.

Both putters sell for $399, the same price as Cameron’s Futura X Dual Balance, an oversized mallet that was released in December 2013.

Specs

Newport 2 Dual Balance 

• Loft: 3.5 degrees
• Lie: 70 degrees
• RH Lengths: 36-to-40 inches (38-inch model is standard)
• LH Lengths: N/A
• Head Material: Milled 303 Stainless Steel with a deep milled face
• Counterweight: 50 grams
• Head weight: 400 grams
• Neck: Single Bend
• Offset: 3/4 shaft
• Grip: 15-inch Cameron Dual Balance made by Winn

GoLo 7 Dual Balance 

• Loft: 3.5 degrees
• Lie: 70 degrees
• RH Lengths: 36-to-40 inches (38-inch model is standard)
• LH Lengths: 36-to-40 inches (38-inch model is standard)
• Head Material: Milled 303 Stainless Steel with a deep milled face
• Counterweight: 50 grams
• Head weight: 400 grams
• Neck: Single Bend
• Offset: 3/4 shaft
• Grip: 15-inch Cameron Dual Balance made by Winn

Futura X Dual Balance 

• Loft: 3.5 degrees
• Lie: 70 degrees
• RH Lengths: 36-to-40 inches (38-inch model is standard)
• LH Lengths: 36-to-40 inches (38-inch model is standard)
• Head Material: Milled 303 Stainless Steel with a deep milled face
• Counterweight: 50 grams
• Head weight: 400 grams
• Neck: Single Bend
• Offset: 3/4 shaft
• Grip: 15-inch Cameron Dual Balance made by Winn