I have to say I used to be a big Cameron guy but I feel like his brand has become stale. The retail line has gotten better but his accessories are no where near the smaller boutiques. I have also seen a lot of my friends who were die hard Cameron fans turn to other brands too. With more people going towards mallets does he try and cater to that line even though that is not his bread and butter? With all of these smaller boutique putter makers coming up you can have a custom putter built from scratch now. Does that take away from his line since you can no longer order a custom circle T? I think that in the end the Cameron name will always be the gold standard but I think he is starting to lose the people who got him to where he is today.

The rise of social media (especially IG) has helped the "small guys" a ton. Just think about the number of custom putter makers like Goodwood that have come up in the past few years. Heck, you can get a completely custom GSS Anser 2 from Kingston for 670.

I agree Don. I still roll a Scotty and haven't wavered in 10 years, but his Brand is not what it once was. My collection is in storage, but most is going to be sold as soon as it comes out. I'm just thankful that I have met so many people I now consider friends over the last 10 years all due to the Scotty Brand.

I lost interest in Cameron several years ago though I will say I was never a collector of his putters. I've had several over the years but never collected them. I did collect covers for a bit but sold them all. I'm all about the small boutique maker these days.

When it comes to putters I have a simple rule. Have I ever met the designer of the putter and talked shop? Do I like the putter and his company? If the answer is yes then I'll buy it. I'd like to think that I am not a one trick pony even though a Scotty is in the bag 98% of the time. As for the brand being stale I can understand it from a headcover perspective but did it become stale because he changed or did our own tastes change leaving us desiring more? It would seem like it's going stale because he still does the same thing that built the brand. I'm still drinking the Cameron Kool-Aid even though my own personal tastes have changed over the years.

I still roll an SC and agree with @Putterho above in that meeting him, talking shop, and meeting tons of people on this forum through his brand (thanks for the Masters visor @dphatt !) are big reasons why I will still be a fan. I didn't join TCC for 2 years because I don't really care for all his covers anymore, the stand bags just got out of control to get and I would end up selling them admittedly to fund other purchases because I don't collect bags. I didn't want to be a flipper so I just stopped even trying to get the stuff. I got the TCC welcome bag this year because I wanted the den caddie because I needed something to put all my headcovers in and I thought it was a steal for $100. I haven't even been online for a release this year though because I know ultimately the stuff wont be for me. Also helps that PM polos never have fit me in a Small so I'm never tempted there. Some of the t-shirts I like but my buddy lives down in La Jolla and can always swing by the shop for me if needed. Once I landed my grail Timeless with Tungsten I knew I didn't really need anything else from a putter perspective since I game everything I own. I will say that at some point I may go to him for a putter fitting because the staff there is great and I wouldn't mind having someone tell me what the hell I should be playing if it's going to help me sink putts haha. I think naturally since a lot of the homies here have put me on to other brands like SSC, TBC, RTS, Mac, etc. I was more inclined to support smaller businesses that listen to the consumer a bit more (no knock on SC he is running a majorly profitable business). Also like @Golfingfanatic says.....IG has made it so the smaller guys can access us degenerates....I mean connoisseurs....so we can try out different things that suit us. Scotty's IG game is just weak for the most part......

I agree, I enjoy Club Cameron still as it fills the gaps with some release hype. I rarely purchase but I enjoy the hype on release days. The membership swag justifies the cost of membership. His designs are meh at this point. The smaller guys are leaving him behind. Swag does an incredible job. TBC has some good releases as well. Those are the only two I really follow. Scotty's putters, retail or not are still very nice.

I’ve strayed far away, haven’t purchased anything non OTR putter wise for quite some time. Still like the putters, other merch not as much because it has become stale for me. Some of that “staleness” I think is well beyond Scotty’s control and some of it is I have simply moved on to other brands that I find more interesting.

Jaybananapantsarthur pretty much the same for me. Well put.

I must say though, a good chunk of my collection that I sold off a couple years back helped fund purchasing my 1968 Chevelle SS!

The putters were great until I leaned how to putt. I’m not sure I’ll ever leave the Spider, even though I always look around. It’s ugly but, it works really well for me. I’m not saying Spiders are the king, I’m just saying they’re the king for me and my game. I’d love to game a 009 or Concept 1 or a shlong neck etc... but I know I never will. Would love an Indy Tiffany CT in the bag but, it won’t happen. SC is an incredible dude, very nice, and pretty funny. His brand? Well, he’s a wild card, always has been design wise.

Scotty Cameron Brand

Eddie

djaveragejoe Wow.. obviously Seal rape means nothing to you...

This comment brought a tear to my eye, miss you bro.

and just for those readers who may think “damn Eddie has a serious axe to grind” I was being totally sarcastic.

but in seriousness the quality friendships I’ve developed through Scotty, when I look at those relationships, I talk with those people about product maybe 5% of the time at best. Those I talk product about are not what I consider the grateful relationships I have made thanks to him. Ironic huh?

djaveragejoe

Eddie Giphy - wedding crashers cheers GIF

DaHOF

Eddie

Giphy - Who Are You GIF by Jason Earls

dphatt

Another website fail from Cameron. They should write a book on how not to run a website 🤦‍♂️

Moni_SLO

dphatt It still baffles me after all these years and money he has made that shit like this still happens. With server technology where it is, there really is no excuse for this shit....

ckay

It's hilarious. I wanted the bag but the comments on TCC is more entertaining.

dphatt

ckay FB is fun too haha

Moni_SLO

I just took a look at the offering for Master's week...."Bark like a dog" what the fuck?

KDBeach

dphatt

FB: butt hurt central and always will be.

TCC: A lot of long time collectors really upset, which I understand because they legitimately wanted certain items and feel cheated once again.

I haven’t been a CC member for the last 2 years and I think that will remain the same moving forward. There really hasn’t been a “gotta have it” headcover that I’ve needed to have since the sneaky tiki’s from 2019. If I want something bad enough, I’ll just track it down on the secondary market. And to me, the items that release from the gallery are more attractive than the studio store.

I love my Cameron items and will always game his putters, but I think my F5’n days are over.

dbenick3

Why doesn't he just random time drop at this point?

ckay

dbenick3 Not worth the effort to fix it when he's selling out anyway.

Jaybananapantsarthur

Giphy - chris harrison nothing to see here GIF

djaveragejoe

ckay That's 100 percent correct.

Honestly why I haven't purchased any Cameron stuff in years.
Just a clip art cash grab at this point.

dbenick3

ckay good point.

titleistforged

djaveragejoe clip art cash grab.. i had a chuckle haha. but yeah true.

Jokes

Well I tried to check out three times this morning with no luck. 4 hours after checking out I got a shipment notification. I got the bag but am appalled this is a thing for a brand

Moni_SLO

KDBeach I feel this on so many levels homie.....

Noyes26

KDBeach Could not have said it any better. I basically got rid of all my Cameron items though. Can honestly say don't miss a bit.

Pure745

KDBeach

I also haven't been a Club Cameron member for the past 2 years. Too hard to get things, I don't have time and literally can't compete with the guys who are starving for this stuff to pay their rent or have turned this into a LLC flipping things. I still have a lot of older things and stuff that I've acquired that has a memory associated to it.

I also get a kick out of the guys saying to switch brands.. some of the stuff these other SC model thirsty companies who are feeding these guys who need to fit in are putting out straight garbage.. really funny on many fronts. I agree with @djaveragejoe that some of the recent stuff is really bad, but then he'll surprise me with stuff that is insane good. I'm still sticking to SC, just only the really good shit - old or new and usually on the secondary 🙂

bruinmw

I was a CC member from just about the beginning, somewhere in the early 90's, only to stop renewing about 8-9 years ago. Honestly can't remember, and really haven't missed much. I still hit up the gallery every now and then, but even my trips to the gallery have stopped, as i'm just not seeing anything of late that I really want. I've still got a bunch of older putters/headcovers/stuff that maybe getting cleared out soon. Still grateful for the number of people I've met through various events.

Kind of makes me laugh reading all the comments of so-called new collectors every release. And to be honest, I think they should just go back to random releases instead of a set time. Gone are the days of hitting F5 almost an entire week while working trying to get some of the releases, which kind of takes the fun out of the game imo. Oh well. I guess I've found more than enough to drop $$$ on.