The Callaway Odyssey AI-ONE, 2-Ball Jailbird Mini Putter review

The Callaway Odyssey AI-ONE, 2-Ball Jailbird Mini Putter is one of the newest models in the AI series.
The 2-Ball Jailbird Mini putter is a cross between the popular 2-ball and the jailbird shape, but I would like to review what kind of performance it has.

 

AI face is resistant to mistakes

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Callaway's woods have the advantage of being resistant to mishits and hitting a stable trajectory with an appropriate amount of spin due to the AI design so that the distance does not drop even if the hitting point is off, but finally AI has been installed on the face of the putter.
If you make a mistake with a normal putter, the ball speed will drop and it is easy to make a mistake to short, but the AI-ONE putter has the advantage of not shorting even if the hitting point is off.
When I actually hit it, I felt that the ball rolled well even with a small stroke, and that it reduced the number of mistakes in the short.
On the course, if the impact is weak, you may short-circuit, but the AI-ONE putter has the forgiveness to reduce such mistakes and hit automatically.
If anything, it may be a putter that is effective on slower greens.

Composite aluminum and resin inserts

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The inserts of the AI-ONE putter look the same as the white hot inserts, but the inserts are made of aluminum and resin, giving them a unique feel.
While the original White Hot Insert has a soft feel comparable to a golf ball cover, the AI-ONE insert has a firm, slightly flipping feel.
I thought that the inserts, which were neither too hard nor too soft, would help the stroke of rolling straight.

AI-ONE 2 Ball
Jailbird Mini Putter

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Test Hitting Club 34 inch
The Jailbird series of putters is a model that attracted attention, such as Rickie Fowler using it last year to win a comeback championship, and Wyndham Clark also using it to win the championship.
The jailbird-type alignment design has been changed to 2 balls, and the head shape has been renewed to a design that has never been seen before.
The shape of the wingback is a model that expands the rear of the former TEN and ELEVEN series into the wing shape of an airplane to improve stability.
When I actually hit it, I felt that the light head was easy to stroke, and it was easy to hit a straight ball easily.
The double vent neck is a face-balanced type, so it is easy to hit straight by suppressing the opening and closing of the head.
The 2-Ball Jailbird Mini has a large head, but it is equipped with weights on the face side, so it is easy to maneuver and stroke.
The mallet-type 2-ball Jailbird Mini is resistant to mishits and is naturally easy to hit straight.

Steel stroke lab shaft

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The conventional stroke lab shaft is a composite material of steel and carbon, which makes it easy to hit a forward-rotating ball by taking advantage of the flex of the shaft.
The AI-ONE putter uses a steel shaft in the 90g range, and a counterweight is mounted inside the shaft on the hand side to increase the moment of inertia.
The steel shaft of the Stroke Lab has a slightly softer feel and flexes loosely, so I have the impression that the ball rolls better even with solid steel.
The 2-Ball Jailbird Mini putter is a model that condenses technology such as AI face into 2-ball putter alignment.
Please give it a try!