Ping’s PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version putter

Restricted releases have grown in recognition over the previous few years. In lots of circumstances, demand has outpaced provide and golfers who actually needed a putter or iron set have been not noted within the chilly.

This precise situation performed out late final 12 months when Ping launched an actual duplicate of Viktor Hovland’s Ping PLD DS72 restricted to 100 items. The putters went quick, even with a $990 price ticket.

Realizing not everybody had the chance to attain a Hovland putter, Ping opted to create one other model of the “Hovi” for a wider viewers.

The most recent PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version is designed across the Norwegian’s signature putter with a extra palatable $485 price ticket.

Even higher? The putter shall be provided by licensed Ping retailers, not offered direct just like the Hovland Restricted from final 12 months. And with a bigger amount to go round, there’s an excellent likelihood you gained’t strike out this time.

Every particular version putter is precision milled, completed and customized constructed by PING’s Wrx division. The top is milled from 1018 carbon metal and handcrafted in a patina end that was solely been obtainable by the PLD customized program prior to now.

The 360-gram head weight is similar to Hovland’s gamer. So, too, is the one top-rail sightline and ball-width back-cavity alignment characteristic. A smooth-milled face on the mid-mallet DS72 profile ought to attraction to golfers preferring a firmer really feel at impression.

In a nod to Hovland’s love for all issues Oklahoma State — he nonetheless lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma — the putter is outfitted with a black-and-orange Ping putter grip and guarded by a, you guessed it, customized putter cowl in the identical colorway.

The 35-inch chrome stepless metal shaft encompasses a double-bend that’s geared for these with a straight stroke sort. Ping’s PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version putter is obtainable by Ping licensed retailers for $485.

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Jonathan Wall

Golf.com Editor

Jonathan Wall is GOLF Journal and GOLF.com’s Managing Editor for Tools. Previous to becoming a member of the employees on the finish of 2018, he spent 6 years protecting gear for the PGA Tour. He could be reached at jonathan.wall@golf.com.