Karsten Series CRAZ-E

The Karsten Series CRAZ-E shipped in 2007 as one of the mallet heads in Ping's broader Karsten Series relaunch, the same line that brought the Anser back to a familiar cast-steel, elastomer-insert construction. Our review of the Karsten Series putters that year covered that construction in depth, though the hands-on writing centered on the Anser head rather than the CRAZ-E specifically, so the record here leans on other sources for what makes this particular head distinct.

Golfbluebook.com describes the CRAZ-E as a heel-shafted mallet with a steel face and an elastomer insert set into the cavity, the same insert approach Ping used across the Karsten Series to soften the sound of a steel face without giving up its response. The same source lists a slight bend offset and perimeter weighting aimed at increasing Moment of Inertia, consistent with the series-wide language Ping used at the time about redistributing weight savings from the new cavity shapes to the perimeter for added forgiveness. Golfbluebook.com puts the MSRP at 130.00 USD.

Within the Karsten Series, the CRAZ-E sits alongside the Anser as one of the mallet-style options built on the same cast, insert-backed foundation. Our own review focused its praise on the Anser's return to form and on the line's shared craftsmanship, the headcover, the grip, and the material, all of which apply to the series as a whole. The CRAZ-E's own specifics, as held here, come from golfbluebook.com's reporting rather than from a putter we tested directly.