
Hello golfers! This review I have been given the opportunity to test the newest products from Odyssey Golf, the “Square 2 Square” putter range. These putters have been designed to help us keep the face a lot squarer through the stroke with far less face rotation and minimal arch in the stroke. If I put my coach’s hat on, I love it. From inside 10ft there is far less arc, which leads to the face staying squarer to the arc we swing on. Let’s make this very clear – we want the putter working on a gentle arc and we want the face staying square to that arc.
I got to try three models, all three in the Ai-One family with all the technology from the previous models, however these centre shaft designs have created a putter everyone should d be looking at.
Most of us are very familiar with the Odyssey #7 head and they have continued with the design here, also adding the Jailbird to the range and a new edition which I haven’t seen from Odyssey before, however it does resemble the double wide head they have produced previously.
We should also acknowledge that the putters are centre shafted, although unlike similar centre-shafted putters, the shaft meets the head just behind the face, not on the top of the head. This allows the shaft to sit gently tilted to encourage the hands sit in line with the ball at address, this feature helping to make it feel increasingly easier to line up putts with the shaft sitting behind the top line of the face. Another feature of the putter which I struggle to adjust with is the grip size. It must be said I have small hands, so anytime there is a grip that is not normal size, I really have trouble getting my hands on comfortably. That said, I can see the advantages of this for golfers who want to feel something slightly thicker. The grips are not huge or massive, feeling more like a midsize grip.
Now for the results. I liked each of the models but one in particular I took a fancy to was the Jailbird, which was a clear winner when it came to the results. I then experimented in taking my current putter and testing it against the three models for the following areas.

The first area I looked at was alignment. I took a putt from 10ft and without hitting the putt I had a colleague grab my laser from Visio Golf, I closed my eyes and they placed the laser at the front of the putter face to gauge my alignment. The Jailbird Putter came out on top from the five times I went through this process.
The second area I looked at was shot dispersion. I hit five putts with each putter from 20ft and again the Jailbird came out on top. It was a relatively flat putt with 1% slope from left to right and using the Jailbird first I holed three of the five putts, the other two were within a foot of the hole. The other putter that surprised me was the DW. I holed two with this putter, knocked one three-foot past and the other two were inside a putter grip.
The last area I looked at was long putts over 30ft. I hit random putts from random spots, never the same putt twice, this time looking for the best feel. Again the Jailbird just felt right! I did enjoy using the other two models, which performed well for me, it was just that the Jailbird performed the best of the three.
In conclusion, Odyssey have produced another great range of putters which give golfers a different look at putting. Centre shafted options, in multiple different head designs, with a slightly larger grip size, and with the concept of keeping the face “Square 2 Square” and the path a little straighter back and straighter through. I could not recommend more that we give these putters great consideration when next considering a putter change or upgrade!!
Odyssey Square 2 Square – Rrp $499.99
Michael Cooney is a teaching professional at the PGA Centre for Learning and Performance at the Sandhurst Golf Club in Melbourne and is always on the hunt for the latest and greatest in golf products.