Piper

The Piper name has run across four editions on record: the original Piper, the Sigma G Piper, the 2018 Vault 2.0 Piper, and the Heppler Piper. Across that arc, the mid-mallet has stayed a fixed point in Ping's lineup while the material and finish around it changed with each generation.

Feel is where the line's identity shows up most in reviewer notes. pluggedingolf.com described the original Piper as less firm than the Doon, and separately noted that the Doon plays firmer than either the Anser or the Piper, a comparison repeated across several of their write-ups. The Sigma G Piper turns up in that same publication's notes as the firmer reference point against the Doon, which puts these two Piper editions on opposite ends of the same feel comparison depending on which release is being discussed.

By 2018, the conversation around the Piper shifted toward looks. essential.golf called the Vault 2.0 Piper a beautiful-looking putter with a curved back, and their reporting also placed it in Stealth finish with Platinum and Copper alternatives. pluggedingolf.com's coverage of that same release added a True-Roll face and a 360 gram head weight, and judged it usable by straight path players. None of these figures are on the Record as verified specs, only as what those two outlets reported.

The Heppler edition, meanwhile, is characterized in pluggedingolf.com's notes simply as a timeless design, a description offered without the added technical detail that accompanied the Vault 2.0 release. Taken together, the four editions on file show a shape that has held steady in name while reviewers have found different things worth mentioning at each stop: feel and firmness in the earlier Pipers, finish and face tech in the Vault 2.0 version, and a plainer design note attached to the Heppler.