Scottsdale DS72

The 2025 Scottsdale DS72 is a mid mallet built around a ball-width PEBAX face insert set into a matching ball-width cavity, with a 360 g head, 3° loft (±2° adjustability, corroborated at both golfworx.co.uk and ping.com with slightly different phrasing of the range), full shaft offset, and a chrome stepless steel shaft. It ships with a DB, double-bend hosel and a stock 35 in length according to mortongolfsales.com, though the maker's page as reported by 2ndswing.com lists 36.0 in with a fitting range of 28 to 39 inches, worth noting as two different figures rather than resolving them here. The finish is black nickel, and the head carries a single back cavity line for alignment, per the maker's page.

Within the line, the DS72 is positioned as the straight-stroke option, a designation golf.com and thegolfshoponline.co.uk both echo, with tgw.com specifying it's matched to a straight arc stroke type. 2ndswing.com's writeup frames it plainly as built for golfers who prioritize precise alignment and forgiveness in a mallet, citing enhanced MOI and consistent ball speeds off center hits, while thegolfshoponline.co.uk goes further and calls it a starting point for beginners. golf.com's description ties the model to Viktor Hovland, calling it his choice and praising its ball-width cavity and top-tier stability, though that's the publication's framing rather than a maker claim.

The insert itself draws repeated attention across sources: tgw.com describes it as creating discretionary weight to raise MOI while delivering soft feel, pleasing sound, and consistent ball speeds, and golfworx.co.uk calls the feel smooth and real soft. Pricing is reported by golfworx.co.uk at 279.00 GBP list against a sale price of 219.00 GBP, both editorial figures rather than a verified retail number. Against the rest of the Scottsdale line, the DS72 reads as the forgiveness-and-alignment play, a mid mallet aimed squarely at players who putt on a straighter line and want the miss-hit protection that comes with it.