2021 Anser

This is the 2021 edition of the Anser, part of Ping's Dual-Durometer range. Everything on record for this release comes from golfalot.com, so treat the specs as one publication's reporting rather than a verified sheet.

Golfalot describes it as a blade with a Dual-Durometer insert combining softer front Pebax layer and firmer back layer, paired with shallower, more uniformed grooves to aid roll and consistency of strike. The finish is matte black with red flash, fitted with a PP58 pistol grip, and available in 33, 34, 35 inch, with golfalot testing the 34 inch. Weighting is described as tungsten and aluminium weights visible in toe and heel, which fits with what reviewers noticed on the course.

On feel, opinion here holds that the heel and toe weighting helps face stability and gives less face rotation than older Ansers, with a soft feel and positive roll on long putts. The same body of opinion flags the blade as not as forgiving on short putts, and harder to line up short putts than mallet. Golfalot's own account is more pointed on this: I struggled with strike and the face opening and closing, meaning that I missed short putts on both sides of the hole, while conceding this was me rather than the putter, and using it to make the broader point that even with the added heel and toe weighting, a blade is not as forgiving.

So within its own edition, the 2021 Anser reads as an attempt to modernize the blade's forgiveness through insert and weighting changes, with the record split between reviewers who felt that show up in long putt roll and stability, and at least one who found the blade's demands on short putts unchanged.