PING PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version Putter

• PING has launched a brand new PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version mallet putter at retail.
• This Viktor Hovland-inspired putter was beforehand solely out there as a restricted version.
• The putter shall be out there at PING approved retailers with a MSRP of $485.

PING simply introduced the discharge of their new PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version mallet putter. The announcement gave me a sense of deja vu since PING launched a limited-edition Hovland DS72 simply final October. 

Why are they releasing a putter that they already launched?

One might speculate that the summer time warmth has lastly obtained to the parents in Phoenix. It’s both that or this DS72 should be totally different from the one supplied final 12 months. 

Whereas I’ll by no means downplay the impression of the Arizona solar, the brand new PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version mallet putter is in reality totally different from the earlier launch, and that’s an excellent factor.

This DS72 is Hovi type (principally).

PING is looking this new putter the Hovland Version, and with good cause. In some ways, this new PLD DS72 is rather like the one which Viktor Hovland makes use of on the PGA Tour.

Many specs are the identical as Hovland’s personal putter. The pinnacle is 360 grams, it’s milled from 1018 carbon metal, contains a top-edge alignment line and has the identical patina end.

From there, PING modified the specs a bit to be much less Hovland-specific and extra applicable for the final {golfing} public.

The brand new PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version mallet putter shall be supplied at a inventory size of 35 inches moderately than Hovland’s 36-inch size. Customary loft and lie specs shall be at three and 20 levels, respectively, however may be altered a number of levels in both course to satisfy a participant’s wants.

The extra customary size allowed PING to switch the extra-long Winn grip on Hovland’s putter with a standard-length black and orange PING PLD Tour M grip. The topographical map-themed headcover matches the black and orange of the grip.

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This new DS72 replaces the limited-edition’s “Hovi” sole engraving with a extra utilitarian “Hovland Version” graphic. Arguably a step down in coolness however the brand new graphic scheme does let one know that this putter is a Hovland-flavored DS72.

All in all, this new Hovland DS72 is similar to each the earlier limited-edition model and the putter that Hovland performs on Tour.

Two different massive variations

There are two different methods the PLD Milled SE DS72 Hovland Version putter differs from the restricted version.

First, this putter shall be out there at PING retailers. To seize one of many limited-run Hovi DS72 putters, you wanted to be on-line once they have been launched and greater than a bit fortunate together with your place within the queue.

The opposite massive distinction is value. The 100 limited-edition putters offered out at $900 apiece. This retail model will solely set you again a bit greater than half of that at $485.

Sure, that primarily means that is nonetheless practically a $500 putter however that’s significantly better than a putter that price nearly a grand that was tough to even get within the procuring cart.

By the best way, that $485 is the identical value because the inventory PING PLD Milled putters. If the inventory PLD DS72 was not fairly best for you, now you could have one other (cooler) choice.

The milling is wonderful

As one ought to count on from the PING PLD putter line, the milling on this putter is amazingly exact. Take the “flat” face for instance. Once I unboxed the putter, I initially thought the face was clean just like the 2020 PING Heppler putters.

The agency “pop” off the face additionally led me to suppose the face was clean. Although the physique is carbon metal and the impression is crisp, not mushy.

It was solely after I actually studied the face that I noticed the milled ridges. The grooves are so slim! I used to be greater than a bit shocked after I noticed them. The face is so clean to the contact. Although I count on PING’s PLD milled putters to be crafted with precision, the milling on this DS72 was startlingly exact.

At a retailer close to you

The PING PLD DS72 Hovland Version mallet needs to be at a retailer close to you quickly or at the very least out there for order out of your native PING retailer. As cool because the putter is, it’s even cooler that this can be a retail providing with the identical value because the inventory PLD Milled fashions.

A special-edition putter that’s the identical value as a inventory mannequin is just not one thing usually noticed within the putterverse.

Hopefully, one shall be out there for demo in your native store quickly. The DS72 is an fascinating form. It’s a spherical mallet that has very sq. parts. Spend a day evaluating this model to the inventory model and see what you discover. I ponder how the highest edge versus cavity alignment traces will affect your focusing on.

Ask your native store’s PING professional for extra data or head over to PING.com

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