Golf, right? It’s not like a 100-meter dash. Nope, it’s more like… running a 26.2-mile marathon, if we’re keeping the running theme going here. You mess up that first hole with a bogey, and it’s not the end of the world. Nah, you’ve got so many holes left to redeem yourself. Like that three-putt disaster on hole two? Totally forgotten once you hit that birdie on eighteen—magic, right?
Honestly, it’s all about the finish, not the start. Feels a bit life-advice-y, doesn’t it? Speaking of running marathons, let’s drag this analogy a bit further down the lane. So, golf needs gear. Good gear. Try golfing with a wobbly putter or some toy-store ball—it’s like running a marathon in, say, flip-flops. Yikes, right?
So, gear is key. That’s PING’s whole jam with their Scottsdale putters. Makes you wonder, does the right putter really matter that much? Like the difference between brag-worthy scores and, well, slinking home in shame?
Remember those super-fast marathon shoes from NIKE? Alphafly, I think? Some speedy person (Kelvin Kiptum) ran the world’s fastest marathon in those, and — connect the dots here — PING’s got something similar happening. Enter Pebax… honestly sounds like some sci-fi material, right? But no, it’s real, and sneakily clever too.
Pebax, or PEBA—choose your fighter—it’s everywhere in fast shoes for its cushiony, bouncy goodness, including those blazing fast Alphafly kicks. “NIKE got there first with this foam tech,” Drew Whitcomb from WearTesters tells me. Now it’s in non-race shoes too. Because who doesn’t want a bit of that speed magic?
Oh, and surprise! PING slipped this tech into their putters as a face insert—pretty smart, huh? Pebax not only helps marathoners break records, but might just help shave your strokes in golf. Imagine that! My brain’s a bit scrambled thinking Pebax can do both but hey, science, right?
Okay, okay, here’s the kicker. Pebax has this bouncy thing going for it which means it gives the golf ball a real boost. Launch it straight to the hole! Whitcomb told me the Pebax feel is light, springy, just what a runner craves, so why not in golf too? Fun fact: I tried this PING putter, and wow, the ball takes off fast yet feels soft. Contradictory? Totally.
What’s extra neat? This Pebax insert lightens the putter, boosting what the pros call MOI, or less club twisting on bad hits, for us regular humans. So in layman’s terms, it’s like an insurance policy against your amateur swing ruining your day.
PING’s borrowing from the fastest shoes out there—who’d have thought?—to make killer putters. If only they could guarantee no more than 26.2 putts per round…then we’re really talking. But until then, the Scottsdale line is open for business!
