Damascus 009

Rating: 7 points
Pros: The finest folded steel, milled into the finest head design.
Cons: Swirls make you dizzy.

Damascus steel has the distinct privilege of being considered the highest grade of steel. Scotty Cameron brings this elite metal to a putter design long considered to be the best among his followers, the 009.

Debuting in 2005 with the Billet Block Copper (BBC) putters, the 009 design has been used sparingly for Tour only putters. Joining the BBC, Cameron & Co German Stanless Steel (GSS) and 009 Carbon Steel is this new iteration using the same design.

The Damascus Steel 009 (D009) was released last week with great fanfare at the 2008 Japan Musem & Gallery Event at the Hamamatsu Seaside Golf Club in Shizuoka, Japan. Complete with costumed presenters and strobe lights, these putters were first shown to those in attendance and later detailed in a slideshow at ScottyCameron.com.

At $15,000, these putters are aimed at the extreme high end Scotty Cameron collectors. There will be only 27 made, numbering 0 through 27 (omitting the bad luck number 4). Two of which have been confirmed as sold (#1 and #7), one belonging to Fukuda-san (#0) and unconfirmed rumors circulating that #27 and two others have been sold or spoken for in the short time they have been available.

Damascus steel has only been seen twice before in the putter market, once last year in a special release by Odyssey of 15 pieces, and several years ago by putter maker Tad Moore. The difference with these putters, of course not only being made by master putter maker, Scotty Cameron, are the folded steel patterns visible in the face, and the beautiful gold-color finish applied to them.


Additionally, the D009's have distinct retro-style stamping, typically reserved for putters of this caliber. The significance of the 27 piece quantity has yet to be seen, but there are indications that the amount was limited only by the Damascus steel Scotty was able to purchase.

Present indications are that only 10 have been made to this point, and none have alignment aides or beaches (sound slots). The D009's have also been released with extremly rare leather headcovers and crocodile grips with baseball stitching. Although expected, it remains to be seen if the entire line will be produced this way.


In summation, this is the Scotty Cameron release of the year, if not the decade. These putters will be saught after well into the future.