2008 Masters Cover

Rating: 5 points
Pros: Yellow Fur!
Cons: Flowers are for girls.

Scotty stuck with tradition this week in releasing a limited headcover during a major week. Azaleas are the perfect representation for a Masters specific headcover, and I almost wonder why they weren't done before. This is easily, in my opinion, the second best Masters cover Scotty has ever released.

There are rumors circulating about a one-off white version of this headcover, to replace at random one lucky customer's headcover order. The potential of this is quite exciting, leading many of us to wonder just what we might do if we were the lucky "winner" of said cover. Last year's 1/100 bulldog version of the Masters cover was quite popular, bringing a smile to many collectors who received one. I can only imagine the thrill of opening that box and finding a white cover. Questions on whether to sell or keep such a cover quickly were asked... with many collectors suggesting they would flip it for a few (okay, several thousand) quick dollars. As a recipient of a very special cover in the past, I think I would want to keep this one in my collection, but there are bigger headcover collectors out there than me who would appreciate it more than I would.

This cover has the potential of becoming very popular as a gift to SWMBO's and daughters... much like the Camico of 2006. I think there's just as much potential for this cover to make it as a gamer in the bags of any collector due specifically to the yellow fur. Red and green fur headcovers have become very popular as gamers in the past two years since they've shown up... I can't imagine things would change drastically for the worse. Most people will appreciate the connection between the azaleas, Scotty Cameron putters, and the Masters.

Again, this is a great release in the tradition of many great major headcovers, I hope Scotty follows up with an equally thoughtful, nuanced and popular design for the US Open at Torrey Pines in June.