PLD Limited Anser (1988 Ping Slam)

The PLD Limited Anser released in 2023 under the name "1988 Ping Slam," a nod to golf.com's reporting that this is the putter model Seve Ballesteros used to win his third Claret Jug at the 1988 Open Championship. Golf.com reported the run at 88 pieces, each serialized for authenticity, with an antique finish designed to look like the manganese bronze used to make the original Ansers. The outlet also reported that Karsten's original designs remained intact, alongside a fully milled head, an aluminum/bronze alloy face, a sound slot cut into the sole just behind the face, and a head weight of 310 grams. Golf.com listed the putter at $990 USD, available for purchase on pingpld.com beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 18, and noted a custom headcover made to commemorate the '1988 Ping Slam.'

Golf.com's own review called the Anser, without qualification, the most impactful putter design in the history of the sport, and the Community notes on file echo that sentiment, with praise for the model as the most winningest putter of all time. Golf.com's reporting also credited the Anser line generally with more than 700 Tour wins, including 19 major titles, since it was first introduced, a figure attached to the line's history rather than to this specific release.

Set against the rest of the Anser line, the PLD Limited sits as a commemorative, historically framed edition rather than a working-tour update: the finish, the sound slot, and the serialized run all point backward toward the 1988 original rather than forward toward new geometry or material. The record holds golf.com's account of the piece in detail, from pricing to production count, but the maker's own page prose on this release is not part of what we hold here.