By ED TRAVIS
Callaway Golf has been a pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for designing golf clubs and now has applied AI to two new Odyssey putter lines, the Ai-ONE & Ai-ONE Milled putters.
Fast Facts
Odyssey Ai-ONE Putter
Five head shapes
Aluminum backed White Hot urethane insert
Lightweight 20g counterbalanced SL 90 shaft
Interchangeable weights 5, 10, 15 & 20 grams
Cavity behind face insert clear polymer filled
Blue PVD thin-film finish
Available November 3, 2023
$299.99
Odyssey Ai-ONE Milled Putter
Eight head shapes
Milled stainless steel body
Milled titanium face insert
Lightweight 20g counterbalanced SL 90 shaft
Blue PVD thin-film finish
Interchangeable weights 5, 10, 15 & 20 grams
Available November 3, 2023
$449.99
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Consistent ball speed plus being able to control the speed and therefore the distance is the key to great putting. Callaway has made use of their experience using artificial intelligence software to design woods and irons for the past several years and have now applied the same high tech to finding solutions for their Odyssey putter line. Their stated goal being to provide speed consistency putt-to-putt even though impact may not necessarily be in the center of the face.
The end product is the Ai-ONE and Ai-ONE Milled putters.
Both have odd-looking contours in the backing of the face insert, a result of this latest use of technology to do thousands of computer iterations to test the results of different configurations and using machine learning to improve results after each trial. The announcement pointed out, “By applying these A.I. enhancements to our inserts, we’re delivering consistent ball speed across the face.”
Ai-ONE Milled models are already in use on the professional tours by such players as Jon Rahm who is ranked number three in the world.
