Karsten 1959 series

Ping's Karsten 1959 series takes some of the brand's most familiar head shapes and runs them back through an updated build. Golf Monthly describes it as a new Karsten 1959 series by upgrading some of its iconic designs, with the lineup pulling together the Anser 2, B60, Zing, Craz-E, My Day and Anser X under one banner. That's a wide spread of shapes for a single release, covering the blade, the mallet, and the more unconventional profiles Ping has put its name on over the years.

On spec, Golf Monthly's reporting has these built with a traditional steel face and an elastomer insert set behind it, a satin-finish top line, and availability for both right and lefthanders, with the option to be custom fitted to suit individual putting strokes. None of that is verified independently here, but it's consistent with a series pitched as an accessible, broadly fitted lineup rather than a single specialist head.

Where the series sits against its own stablemates comes down to price and feel. Putterzone.com called it a screaming deal at $89, per its reporting, while also noting it may not be as beautiful or as pure in the feel department as the Redwood Anser. That's the tension worth sitting with: the Karsten 1959 series reads as the value end of Ping's putter shelf, built to cover a lot of stroke types and price points, while the Redwood Anser occupies the more refined, milled tier above it. Reviewers pointed to that gap directly rather than papering over it, and it's a fair place for a buyer to start their own comparison.