New Scotty Cameron Phantom mallet putters have arrived on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour – with next generation Phantom 5, 7 and 9R head designs and a range of neck and shaft configurations available to players at the season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii and Dubai Invitational.
The new models build on the success and feedback of Phantom players – including 2025 winners Russell Henley (Phantom X 5), Justin Thomas (Phantom 5), Cameron Young (Phantom 9.5R), Richard Mansell (Phantom 7), Nicolai von Dellingshausen (Phantom 9.5), Michael Brennan (Phantom 7.2), Ryan Gerard (Phantom 5.2), and 2013 US Open champion Justin Rose (Phantom 5).
The Phantom delivers the stability and moment of inertia provided by a larger mallet profile. The increased footprint also creates space for different alignment offerings – from direct features like sightlines to the more subtle angles and contours of the putter head shape and design.
“There’s an element of forgiveness to it that in my head makes sense,” said long-time Phantom loyalist Cameron Young. “I’ve just grown to like the way that Phantom mallets look. I look at a blade now and I have more trouble lining it up.”
Young has played a Phantom putter for the entirety of his PGA Tour career, gaming various head shapes and neck configurations since 2021. Last year, he made an early season move at the 2025 RBC Heritage from a plumbing neck to a jet neck within the 9R head shape, seeking more toe flow in his putting stroke.
“He’s always wanted to feel flow in the putter,” said Scotty Cameron tour rep Brad Cloke. “We’ve started in face-balanced mallets for him and we’ve kind of worked our way down to a point where he’s felt comfortable enough to feel the toe flow the way he wants it and get the release of the putter that he wants.”
The switch paid off as Young delivered the best putting season of his career – finishing the year seventh in Strokes Gained: Putting (+0.642 per round), T6 in Putting Average (1.704), and 4th in One-Putt Percentage (44.57%).
The introduction of new Phantom mallets will continue across the worldwide professional tours in the coming weeks.
