Heppler (range)

The 2020 Heppler range came to us entirely through outside coverage, golfalot.com and mygolfway.com, rather than any material from Ping's own page. Both outlets describe a nine-model family (mygolfway.com calls it a nine-model family, golfalot.com puts it at nine different models) built around a solid, milled face with no grooves and a choice of construction, aluminium body with a steel face, or steel body with an aluminium face, depending on the model. Golfalot.com traces the name back to Rick Heppler, one of Ping's very first employees, and quotes John K. Solheim, Ping's President, on the naming. The copper and black color scheme, the fang-shaped copper front section with prongs at toe and heel, and the adjustable-length shaft in a black chrome finish are all attributed to golfalot.com's reporting.

Reviewers who spent time with the range came away with a consistent theme around feel. Mygolfway.com found that a high percentage of testers improved their Strokes Gained results with a Heppler model, and read that as a sign golfers prefer the firmer sound and feel of the solid-face design. Golfalot.com's take on the finish was more about presentation, noting the copper and black scheme gives the range a classy and premium finish and that staff were queuing up to try them. Community sentiment gathered elsewhere echoes both threads, praising the firmer sound and feel for confidence and the improved strokes-gained numbers, while also flagging that the firm face might not suit everyone and that the price, listed by golfalot.com at £275 GBP, could be a sticking point.

Within its own family, golfalot.com singled this build out as carrying the highest MOI in the range, with two-thirds of the head weight in steel and a thicker back flange, details that place it toward the more forgiving end of the nine-model Heppler lineup rather than at the center of it.