Friday, October 16, 2009

October 2009

Rating: 7 points
Pros: Three new covers already!
Cons: Very limited

October tends to be a fun time for Scotty Cameron enthusiasts... first because of the Halloween release that started back in 2004 (and returned in 2007 after a few years off). And more popularly, the Las Vegas headcover release that occurs every year, dating back to 2005. Even more recently, however, we have seen the yearly Custom Shop limited headcover released during October as well, initiated in 2006. This year, to cap this all off, we have a new subset of headcover in the TCC cover, discussed later.

Prior to the official release from the Scotty's Custom Shop, we were treated to a few days of sneak peeks of the new limited CS cover on the ScottyCameron.com homepage. Last year broke with the short lived tradition of a "color" CS limited cover in the 2006 Purple and 2007 Gold, with a premium leather headcover embroidered Fruit Loops headcover (later renamed Hula Loops). This year the creativity from Scotty is beyond anything many of us expected with his new character, Jackpot Johnny, who is manifested in the CS limited cover along with a CS stamp and shaft band... all limited to CS (and restoration) orders placed in 2009.


Earlier this week Club Cameron members were given the opportunity to purchase two very cool new items... the 2009 Las Vegas Headcover and a Vegas Dice pivot tool. The headcover was limited to 1,000 pieces and followed the "Miss Lena" theme from the 2009 PGA headcover... these covers will also have a 100 piece special run of "topless" headcovers. Scotty has really taken off with the idea of "special" covers since they were introduced with the 2006 Circle L Vegas headcover. Though not without controversy, these covers have been hugely popular with collectors.


Today was a banner day for Cameron Collectors with the release of their very own headcover, designed by Scotty. Through the years all the headcovers have been designed with Scotty's tasteful panache many of us have grown to love, however this is truly the first headcover Scotty has made to recognize his loyal fan-base... a cover for the people, so to speak.

Pictured at the top of this blog post, Scotty has designed this cover with the premium ultra quality materials only seen in a few headcovers in the past. The design is reminiscent of a hurricane flag to this collector. Also released today was a
Cameron Collector ball marker... we've seen a few of these lately, but the styling on this one is unique insomuch as it matches the headcover it was released with.


Unfortunately for our community, there will be a lot of collectors who were not able to purchase these headcovers due to their extremely limited nature (only 250 headcovers). Also of concern is the high price (though accountable and expected due to the premium materials) of this release directly after the Vegas headcover release.

Some of my close friends who have been extremely loyal collectors were unable to purchase this release because of these and other issues. We all appreciate what Scotty does for the collecting community... though it is a tough grain to swallow when some of us and our friends seem to have been left out.


All concerns put aside, we may be due for another release this month... with some heavy expectations for a Halloween headcover release, this is shaping up to be one of the most memorable months ever for studio releases.