Sigma 2 Fetch

The Sigma 2 Fetch arrived in 2018 as part of Ping's Sigma 2 line, and it carries a design quirk right there in the name. The maker's page lists a golf-ball sized center hole in the putter that allows players to retrieve the ball from the cup or pick it up on the green without having to bend over, a feature no other entry in the line advertises. Everything else about the Fetch places it squarely in the high-MOI mallet camp: the maker's page lists a rounded, high-MOI mallet design at a head weight of 365 grams, face-balanced, with True-Roll technology, milling pattern on the face that varies by depth and pitch.

The face itself uses the Sigma 2 line's Dual-Durometer face insert, and the maker's page lists the construction in some detail: the front layer of the insert is softer to promote precision on short putts, while the back layer is firmer to provide enhanced feedback, as well as improved distance control on longer putts. The Fetch ships with shaft adjustability, which allows players to change their putter to any length between 32 and 36 inches, a steel shaft, a PING Pistol grip, and a Platinum finish, and the maker's page lists it as available in right- and left-handed models with a head cover included.

Within the Sigma 2 line, the Fetch reads as a convenience-driven variant on the mallet side of the family, built for the straight-stroke, face-balanced player, with its retrieval hole as the one detail that sets it apart from its stablemates on paper.