Equipment
Odyssey’s new limited-edition Highway 101 putters
Surely you’ve heard of Highway I-20, which is the road that takes you from the Atlanta airport to Augusta National Golf Club. But there’s an argument to be had that there’s another highway that’s even more important to the game of golf, or at least golf equipment. And that’s Highway 101.
Highway 101 runs through Carlsbad, California, where Odyssey calls home; and it’s far from the only golf equipment manufacturer in the area.
“Within a couple mile radius, you have…75 percent of the putter market in the United States,” says Chris Koske, Odyssey Global Product Strategy Director.
As such, Odyssey’s new limited-edition Highway 101 putters are an ode to the Carlsbad area, which Koske calls “the mecca for golf club design.”
Also in the surrounding area are beaches, surfer hangouts, Cypress trees and the famed Torrey Pines Golf Course(s). With its designs, the Highway 101 putters manage to incorporate all of the elements that make Carlsbad unique.
And the limited putters aren’t just for show, or for your putter collection — they’re designed to perform.
The putters are made from 1020 carbon steel, and have a 17-4 stainless steel insert with the familiar Odyssey Metal-X pattern. But for a new sound and feel, they have what Odyssey calls a “sound chamber” behind the face, designed to allow sound to resonate and provide greater feedback, according to the company.
Therefore, with the sound chamber, the sound off the face will be slightly louder than it would be with just the insert. And that’s on purpose.
As Odyssey/Callaway Tour player and resident golf club design consultant Phil Mickelson said, according to Koske, “I want a 5-foot putt to sound and feel like a 5-foot putt. It should entertain all the senses.” With modern golf balls, it’s said that the sound and feel off the face are too soft. The Highway 101 putters are designed to quell those concerns.
Odyssey is releasing 1,000 of the putters in three of the company’s most popular models, with slight alterations compared to the original models:
- #7 (400 putters available): Odyssey describes this version of the #7 as a “progressive mallet” with “weighted alignment wings,” and a single bend, slant-joint hosel.
- #2 (400 putters): This version of the #2 has a “slightly larger heel-toe blade” and has a crank-neck hosel.
- #5 (200 putters): This #5 is described as a “half-moon mallet” with a single-bend, single-joint hosel.
They will be available on May 27 for $399.99 and come equipped with a Genuine Cabretta leather Red Midszie Master grip with a Black Baseball stitch. More specs below:
- Loft: 3 degrees
- Lie angle: 70 degrees
- Length: 35 inches
- Dexterity: RH Only
- Head weight: 350 grams
Check out more photos from Odyssey of the putters below.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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hefe
Jun 21, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Reminds me of Cameron’s Limited Edition Pebble Beach Putter, Only he did it better. Same birds
http://secure.pebblebeach.com/pbstore/Limited-Edition-Pebble-Beach-Putter–Exclusively-by-Scotty-Cameron
Weekend Duffer
May 18, 2016 at 4:08 pm
save your money and buy a $30 anser 2
8thehardway
May 18, 2016 at 4:13 am
This is the first in Odyssey’s “On the Road” series – next year’s putter theme will be NJ highway Route 46 and sound chamber feedback will feature cars honking during rush hour.
Rob
May 18, 2016 at 3:31 am
Talks up a special “sound chamber” behind the face then doesn’t show us what it looks like. Nice job.
Ian
May 18, 2016 at 7:17 am
+1
golfraven
May 18, 2016 at 12:25 am
Why no 34″ and LH versions? This is just lazy.
James
May 17, 2016 at 11:51 pm
Sad one of the best in Carlsbad is History..Carbite Golf made good wedges and excellent putters before going by by.
jahshua
May 19, 2016 at 9:00 pm
I still have a checkmate SW that sometimes rotates in the bag. I used to get their heads in components and wish I had stockpiled some.
Troy
May 17, 2016 at 6:21 pm
Beautiful looking putters, that have a real Scotty Cameron look about them and probably for half the price.
Jwowzer
May 17, 2016 at 6:55 pm
They are not half the price, but rather $399.
Pat
May 18, 2016 at 5:52 am
Did you not read the article?
Brad
May 17, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Junk. Just like the rest of their lineup…
Where are all the Scotty Cameron haters now?? Odyssey puts out a limited edition putter, and all of a sudden everyone is cool with it? It is over priced, ugly, and unoriginal… No thanks.
Jamie
May 17, 2016 at 4:47 pm
calm down
there putters
Dave
May 18, 2016 at 11:35 am
They’re**
Brad
May 18, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Your response only proves my point even further… If this were an article about Cameron putters, the haters would be lining up to write a comment about it. I just find it hilarious that since it is an Odyssey putter, everyone is automatically OK with it costing 400 bones… even though it brings nothing special to the table other than the limited quantity available to be purchased.
When was the last time someone trashed a Cameron article, only to be rebutted with “Relax… they’re only putters…”
Yea, that’s what I thought.
Harry
May 17, 2016 at 3:25 pm
No want to hear about the silly prices of Scotty Cameron’s ever again stupid!
OH
May 17, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Meh. Doesn’t really do much for me. I guess if you’re a collector or a Cali guy then it’s probably geared more for you, though.
steve
May 17, 2016 at 1:31 pm
Why, Why a insert? You couldn’t go 100% milled carbon steel. For that reason I am out
Odyssey
May 17, 2016 at 6:19 pm
How will we manage…
steve won’t buy our putter
Michael
May 17, 2016 at 1:05 pm
17-4 SS insert?! That is … weird.
j
May 17, 2016 at 11:10 am
Whens the all black versions available with the black shafts and grips
Robmac
May 17, 2016 at 9:50 am
Where can you get these on May 27th? On Odyssey’s website?
Hooker T. Washington
May 17, 2016 at 9:42 am
Your descriptions of each model number are all mixed up…
Bogeypro
May 17, 2016 at 9:33 am
I hope I’m able to snag one of those #5. Great looking putter.