Odyssey S2S Tri-Hot Putters Shift The Zero Torque Narative

Say hello to the newest member of the Odyssey Putter family, the S2S Tri-Hot series. A putter line packed with technology and designed to help more golfers embrace the square-to-square putter trend. But before we dive into the newest Odyssey putter, we need to take a quick trip down memory lane to find out how we got here in. the first place.

Picture it: The year is 2010. Instagram officially goes online, Apple introduces this thing called the iPad, and Odyssey has just released the BackStryke line of putters. You want to know the funny thing? In a way, all three were ahead of their time, but for the sake of this, I'll stick to talking about the BackStyle putters and you can see my video about it on Instagram or read this article on your iPad.

Odyssey's BackStryke Putters were unusually shaped, to say the least. It featured an odd shaft-to-hosel transition into the head, that for some reason, when you balanced the putter in your hand, the toe sat up into the air—some even call it stroke balanced (you catching my drift here?).

At the time, it gained a little traction, but it wasn't long before Odyssey abandoned the concept and returned to making traditional-style putters.

Well, boy, have things changed in 15 years!

Say Hello To The Odyssey S2S Tri-Hot Series

No matter what you call it, stroke balanced, square-2-square (S2S), or zero-torque, these putters are designed to accomplish the same thing: keep the face square to the arc of the putting stroke to increase consistency at impact.

In the case of the new S2S Tri-Hot putters, they are achieving this engineering challenge with the help of advanced materials like tungsten to move the shaft closer to the face than ever before in a square-to-square design.

This makes the putter appear more traditional from address and easy to align. It also eliminates the forward shaft lean and need for special forward press grips that have been a sticking point for a lot of golfers hesitant to try this type of balanced putter.

S2S Tri-Hot Key Technologies

Multi-Material Utilization

The new S2S Tri-Hot putters use over 140 grams of tungsten in the head to help position more than 80 percent of the putter's mass under the topline. This mass shift not only helps to create the zero-torque design, but it also allows the putter to have an extremely high moment of inertia to increase forgiveness.

The rear of the putter is milled from aluminum, which is just under 14 times lighter than tungsten when comparing their mass to volume values of (2.7g cm3) vs (19.3g cm3).

Ai-Dual Insert

The new Ai-Dual insert serves a dual purpose (see what I did there?). It promotes consistent ball speeds and feel on putts hit around the face, thanks to its AI architecture that uses urethanes of varying densities, and it promotes forward ball roll.

The improved forward ball roll is made possible by a more aggressive 19-degree slope angle built into the deeper face grooves to get the ball rolling forward after impact, and since everything have to have a cool name, Callaway is calling this their new Forward Roll Design groove.

Pistol Plus Grip

You might think a grip is just a grip, but in reality a ton of times goes into grip materials and geometry to make sure golfers feel instantly connected to their putter. For the new Pistol Plus, Callaway's tour team surveyed the most popular putter grips on tour and talked with players to develop a shape that worked with the S2S designs. The result is a new mid-sized pistol grip that combines a pistol shape in the top hand with an almost parallel front side to encourage better club face angle control and alignment.

Availability and Price

The new S2S putters will debut in three of the most popular Odyssey models: the No.7, the Rossie, and the Jailbird, with the Jailbird also coming in a secondary cruiser option.

The standard models will be priced at $550, while the cruiser will be $600, and they will hit retail shelves on November 7th.