• Bettinardi Golf unveils their remaining Twenty fifth-anniversary celebration limited-edition putter.
• The Minovai 2.0 is a never-before-seen head form.
• Solely 250 produced.
• Obtainable Dec. 19 with a MSRP of $900.

And similar to that, we’re on the twelfth and remaining putter of Bettinardi’s Twenty fifth anniversary limited-edition putter run. For the previous 12 months, I’ve questioned what the final putter would appear like. They needed to shut the run with one thing booming, proper? I anticipated it to be one other traditional Bettinardi design, possibly a BB0 or half-moon mallet, maybe that includes some iconic Bettinardi components like copper plugs and a hex-milled face.

I used to be flawed.

To cap the collection that celebrates their previous, Bettinardi created one thing utterly new. Plot twist! Granted, the Minovai 2.0 shares some components with its equally named Inovai kin however this wee beasty is really distinctive. Like I mentioned, my nostalgia-based design prediction was approach off.

What’s an Inovai once more?

These of you who sustain with Bettinardi’s two-year launch cycles know that when the BB 2024 replace was introduced final month, the brand new Inovai putter fashions would have sometimes been introduced as properly. By the way in which, the brand new BB fashions needs to be exhibiting up in your native outlets quickly or they might already be there.

We didn’t get an announcement of an Inovai launch for 2024 (but?) however now we now have this new Minovai. Since a few of you might not be conversant in Bettinardi’s Inovai line, let’s take a fast second and rehash the weather of Bettinardi’s Inovai putters.

If reminiscence serves, the primary Inovai putter launched in 2015. That preliminary mallet featured aluminum and metal building and was a mirrored image of Bettinardi’s continued objective of “innovation” within the putter area. Now you see the place the title comes from. Fortunately for all of us who sort out the title, alongside the way in which the iNOVAi title was modified to the extra reasonable-to-type “Inovai.”

In 2019, Bettinardi flipped Inovai’s steel script. Beforehand, stainless-steel was used for weight distribution. Now the stainless-steel moved to the face with the aluminum components mentioning the rear and influencing the burden. This transfer allowed Bettinardi to dramatically enhance the neck and face choices and the brand new steel scheme has continued by means of the following releases.

It’s an Inovai clone, only one eighth its measurement.

Just like the title implies, the Minovai 2.0 is a mini model of a Bettinardi Inovai putter—type of. Now that you’re conversant in the Inovai design, you possibly can see the place the Minovai behaves like an Inovai and the place it deviates from the plan.

One main distinction is that the Minovai 2.0 will not be a multi-material head. This head is milled from a strong billet of 303 stainless-steel. The one aluminum discovered close to this head is in that cooler that you simply snuck into the course. It’s a mono-material head quite than a multi-material one.

The progressive theme of the Minovai 2.0 continues with the face milling. Whereas I anticipated the unique hex milling, the Minovai as an alternative has Bettinardi’s brand-new Perpetual Flymill face. This new face sample improves consistency and sound throughout the face. This is similar face milling discovered within the new 2024 Bettinardi BB putter line.

The Minovai options some attention-grabbing angles. Whereas fang-shaped, the Minovai’s fangs are atypical in form. Most fang putters, the traditional Inovai included, characteristic wings which can be easy and steady from the face to the rear.

The information of the Minovai’s wings are angular quite than uniform. I’d not be mad in case you known as them faceted like a minimize gemstone. No, I don’t have a solution as to why they appear this manner. Maybe it’s simply aesthetic or possibly these angles present the Minovai with best weight distribution.

Specs: Bettinardi XXV Restricted-Version Minovai 2.0 Restricted-Version Putter

• Materials: 303 stainless-steel
• Building: CNC milled
• End: Golf Flame
• Face: Perpetual Flymill
• Neck: Mini Plumber’s
• Toe Grasp: 1/4 (4:00)
• Weight: 362 grams
• Shaft: Stepless metal
• Grip: Navy leather-based perforated Gripmaster with gold stitching
• Manufacturing run: 250 
• MSRP: $900

One different small factor in regards to the Minovai 2.0

Probably the most attention-grabbing factor in regards to the Minovai is that it’s a mini-Inovai. I used to be shocked after I noticed how small it was, even in comparison with its personal headcover. This putter solely outlets within the petite part. It desires to be an enormous putter however it could actually’t. Poor little bugger.

At tackle, the ball and the putter are usually not that totally different in measurement. OK, that’s an exaggeration however you possibly can see for your self how small the putter seems sitting behind the ball. The highest line of the Minovai 2.0 barely scratches the center of the golf ball..

Fact be instructed, the measurements are solely small in two of the three dimensions. The Minovai 2.0 has a reasonably normal width. It’s simply smaller from face to tail and from high to backside. Take a look at how its width compares to one of many new TaylorMade Spider Tour fashions.

Why is the Bettinardi Anniversary XXV Minovai 2.0 so small?

As a result of it was born that approach, child.

The Bettinardi Anniversary XXV Minovai 2.0 is small as a result of it must be. Sorry, that’s a bit imprecise. The Minovai must be of miniature proportions as a result of it’s fabricated from solely stainless-steel. This itsy-bitsy Inovai incarnation doesn’t have the aluminum parts that enable different Inovai fashions to have bigger profiles with out extreme headweights.

The Minovai has a putter-friendly weight of 362 grams. If it was as giant as a standard Inovai, that weight could be a lot larger. I’d wager properly above 400. Chrome steel building mandates that the Minovai be a small putter.

Ultimate Ideas on the Bettinardi XXV Restricted-Version MInovai 2.0 Putter

The Bettinardi XXV Anniversary Restricted-Version Minovai 2.0 will not be the putter I anticipated to see because the Anniversary Sequence nearer. I like that. Honestly, the extra historic Bettinardi design that I had envisioned would have been superb however sort of mundane in comparison with the Minovai 2.0. This little putter is simply so cool.

Did you take a look at the tiny plumber’s neck? It offers all the toe grasp of an everyday plumber’s neck however in a way more dainty vogue. I like that there are attention-grabbing design components like this everywhere in the Minovai 2.0.

The leather-based Gripmaster grip enhances the aesthetic. The hex-themed headcover will preserve the little man secure and it even has some additional room ought to a Windy Metropolis wizard trigger the Minovai to develop right into a full-sized Inovai.

Most significantly, this putter is a blast to putt with. You recover from the small measurement in a rush. The texture is far more strong than I anticipated with the normal 362-gram weight producing anticipated (and constant) distance outcomes. One of many professionals on the course mentioned “it virtually swings itself.”

For these of you questioning, it is usually fairly adept at scooping up the gimmie.

Producing 12 limited-edition putters in a yr’s time is kind of a feat. Nonetheless, Bettinardi’s capability to supply precision milled putters for 25 years is the true purpose to have fun. Again when the years nonetheless began with a 19, Bob Bettinardi started milling putters, first for different firms after which for himself.

Two and a half many years later, Bob and his son Sam keep it up the Bettinardi custom. You’ll be hard-pressed to discover a milled putter with tighter tolerances or an organization that takes extra delight of their Made within the USA motto than Bettinardi. Joyful anniversary to everybody at Bettinardi. Trying ahead to the subsequent 25 years.
Discover out extra in regards to the Bettinardi XXV limited-edition Minovai 2.0 and the remainder of the XXV Anniversary collection at Bettinardi.com

 FAQ: Bettinardi Twenty fifth Anniversary Putter Line.

The place can I study extra about Bettinardi Golf?

For the final time, go learn this piece written by John “The MGS Methuselah” Barba.

Is that this actually a brand new head form?

It’s. I’m not saying that it’s the first Minovai. There have been a couple of of these launched by means of The Hive at Bettinardi. This one is exclusive and priced at about half of what a Hive Minovai would have value.

Will this one go up in worth?

I recognize your tenacity, Sir Flipsalot. This time, I’m going to say the MInovai 2.0 scores a possibly on the appreciation scale. It’s distinctive and can be wanted by collectors. I might not anticipate to see a Minovai in a inventory line sooner or later. That might drive up the value of this one.

Is that it for limited-edition putters from Bettinardi?

Have been 12 putters not sufficient for you? Excessive 5! It wasn’t sufficient for me, both. I feel it’s secure to say the Bettinardi of us might take a little bit of a break from the “limiteds” and deal with milling the brand new BB line for a bit. Fret not, although, there can be extra restricted runs in 2024. We should always see a Tiki putter from them in January.