White Hot Pro V-Line

The 2013 White Hot Pro V-Line is a high MOI mallet built on a modified High Definition alignment system, according to golfshake.com and mygolfway.com, and thehackersparadise.com describes it in similar terms as a perimeter-weighted mallet with a modified Hi-Def alignment system. That publication also traces its shape lineage, calling it a hybrid of 2-Ball V Line and #5, noting elsewhere that it shares a sole with the older 2-Ball V Line and a similar shape to #5. The head carries three bright and distinct alignment lines set into the flat center portion of the mallet, per thehackersparadise.com, and the same source lists it face balanced, at a Gun Metal PVD finish, with a 350g head weight, 3° loft, and 70° lie, offered in 33", 34", and 35" lengths, RH only.

thehackersparadise.com found the V Line's stability a strong suit, writing that as a larger, perimeter weighted mallet, stability is a strong suit of the V Line, and that it performed nicely on off-center strikes, both in retaining enough momentum to get to the hole and in resisting opening or closing of the face. Community opinion on record echoes the stability and balance but pushes back on the insert, with some finding it misses the softer grips of past White Hot putters, and the offset shaft drawing mixed reactions as well.

On pricing and lineup breadth, thehackersparadise.com reports the 2013 White Hot Pro series spanning model_count of 16 different models, with the V-Line itself carried at an msrp of $129.99 for most models, running to $179.99 to $189.99 for some including belly versions. The insert is described by thehackersparadise.com as a White Hot insert, new and improved, with golfavenue.com separately calling it simply the New White Hot insert, milled through what golfavenue.com terms a Laser Milled Insert Cutting Process. Against the White Hot Pro line as a whole, the V-Line's identity here rests on that mallet size and alignment package rather than any change to the insert formula itself.