Gear: Bettinardi 2027-28 Queen B Series putters
Price: $499.99 each
Specs: Milled 303 stainless steel with French Gold PVD finish, Macro Honeycomb face design.
Available: November 3 (pre-order), November 19 (in stores).
Who it's for: Golfers who appreciate the appearance and craftsmanship of premium milled putters, prefer a firmer sensation at impact and want a choice of head shapes and neck configurations to suit their putting strokes.
What you should know: Bettinardi's Queen B collection has been around since 2012, offering classic head shapes and distinctive finishes. The 2027-28 family introduces a new face-milling pattern designed to produce a crisp, firm feel, along with three head shapes and five configurations.
The Deep Dive: Some golfers
want a putter that disappears behind the ball, allowing them to focus entirely on starting their putts on the intended line. Others want something that looks as good leaning against their golf bag as it does sitting behind a 6-footer.
Bettinardi's Queen B collection has always appealed to the second group, without forgetting that performance can’t ever be sacrificed.
For 2027, the Illinois-based company is updating the Queen B family with three head shapes, five configurations, a new face-milling pattern and a French Gold finish that makes these putters difficult to overlook.
Each head is precision milled from 303 stainless steel at Bettinardi's facility in Tinley Park, Illinois. The heads weigh 362 grams, giving the new Queen B putters a substantial feel while helping resist twisting during the stroke.
One of the biggest changes is the introduction of Macro Honeycomb Face Milling.
Founder Bob Bettinardi developed the company's original Honeycomb milling pattern decades ago, and it became one of the brand's most recognizable design elements. The new Macro version enlarges that familiar pattern, creating a different appearance and impact sensation.
According to Bettinardi, Macro Honeycomb produces a crisp feel with pronounced audible feedback. It sits at the firmest end of the company's current face-milling options, making it worth considering for golfers who don't particularly enjoy the muted, soft sensation produced by some putters.
The company is also offering three different head shapes.
The Queen B 2 is a wide-body blade with a tri-sole design and an over-hosel slant neck. It combines the familiar appearance of a traditional blade with a broader footprint.
The Queen B 6 retains its wide-body design but comes with either a plumber's neck or a spud neck. Those options give golfers different ways to position the putter at address and accommodate different stroke characteristics.
The new Queen B 17 is a compact mallet with a squared flange and more angular lines. Available with either a center-shafted configuration or crescent neck, it provides two alternatives for golfers who prefer a mallet over a blade-style design.
Across all five configurations, Bettinardi uses a French Gold PVD finish that accentuates the contours of the milled heads. Polished face and sole surfaces provide contrast, while engraved details and paintfill complete the appearance.
At $499.99, these are premium putters, and a distinctive finish doesn't guarantee you are going to hole more putts. The head shape, neck configuration and impact feel still need to suit your stroke. But, for someone who values precise milling, a firmer sensation and a putter that doesn't look like everything else on the practice green, the new Queen B collection offers several interesting options.
David Dusek is a senior Golfweek writer covering golf equipment and technology.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Bettinardi unveils 2027 Queen B putters with a golden touch
