This PGA Tour rookie win came after a Ping putter change – with a twist
Kristoffer Reitan’s win at Quail Hollow vindicated not only the PGA Tour rookie but also Ping’s new Scottsdale TEC putter.
If indirectly.
Officially, Reitan’s win is represented by PLD’s Ping platform, their custom build system for putters that typically have milled faces. But according to Ping Principal Design Engineer Tony Serrano, the putter has all the power of the new Scottsdale TEC line.
“The putter he has now, in my opinion, is a TEC putter,” Serrano told GOLF. “We made it for him here in our machine shop. Same plate, same head, same thing, same pipe. Only thing different, he wanted a different line on it.”
In February, Reitan visited the Ping PLD lab to work on his putting while the Tour was in Arizona for the WM Phoenix Open. It was the rookie’s first chance to visit HQ during Visitation Week.
In testing, Ping engineers found that Reitan, who at the time was using a face-balanced putter, could do much better with something that hung toe.
“We saw it, and he saw the numbers, and he suggested he needed a floor,” Serrano said. “He wasn’t that good with a face balance putter.
“He needed something that would match his natural stroke.”
Kris Reitan visited the Ping PLD installation lab in February while the Tour was at the WM Phoenix Open to see where it ranks.
Turns out he needed something much different than what he was using.
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Reitan finally landed on the new Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue H putter. The Ally Blue H is an option of the Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset available now, but with a plumber’s neck, which has received a square shaped mallet to match Reitan’s arcing stroke.
Although the Ally Blue H is not available in the US market, it is in other markets around the world and on the Ping Tour truck.
Reitan loved almost everything about the new putter, from the feel and roll of the PEBAX insert, to the white finish and the way the putter was released with the stroke. However, he wanted one with a simple full line of sight instead of the EyeQ version on the TEC with a dot on the top line and then a full length trailing line.
Rather than taking the existing Scottsdale TEC head and removing a visual dot from the complete line, Serrano built the Reitan a PLD version of the Scottsdale TEC, just with a different line of sight. It was easy to build a new putter from scratch while keeping all the other features of the Scottsdale TEC.
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That includes the new PEBAX supplement made from materials that were originally used in running shoes. It offers a feel on the softer side, but thanks to the lighter weight and increased power transmission, it’s still responsive and lively.
Reitan got the putter, built to his specs at 37″ and 2˚ of loft, a few weeks ago and played it for the first time at Quail Hollow. Finished second in the field in SG: Putting, picking up 5.158 shots.
Details of Reitan’s Putter
The Putter: Ping PLD Ally Blue H
Hosel: Plumber’s neck
Finish: White
Alignment Help: Full Line
Enter: PEBAX
Accommodation: 2˚
Height: 37″
False: 70˚
Grip: Ping Superstroke Tour 1.0P 17″
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