Just over a year ago, Odyssey announced a new flagship putter line. It was called the Ai-ONE and for a putter release it generated a lot of heat.
It was the first time artificially intelligent design and supercomputer modelling had been employed in putters to produce a specific performance outcome.
The aim of the Ai-ONE was to standardise ball speed across every part of the putter face, which would help everyone — from tour pros to weekend warriors — to make more putts. The design of the new Ai-ONE insert ensured putts would travel the intended distance, regardless of where the strike occurred on the face. And that would lead to fewer putts coming up short and fewer three putts from long range.
Jon Rahm put an Ai-ONE putter straight in the bag and so did millions of others. The range became an instant hit. Odyssey have now returned with a follow-up release of eight new Ai-ONE and Ai-ONE Milled putters to keep the momentum rolling well into 2025.