Sigma 2 Valor

The Ping Sigma 2 Valor sits in the Sigma 2 line as a large mallet, one that Golf Monthly describes as a super-high MOI mallet design. Golfalot.com calls it face balanced and fits it to a Straight Arc stroke, while Plugged In Golf takes a broader view, noting the head suits both Straight and Slight Arc strokes. Head weight is recorded at 365 grams, per golfalot.com.

The alignment aid draws attention from Plugged In Golf, which points to long alignment lines enhanced by long, rectangular flanges. Golfalot.com's reviewer singled this out as well, writing that they do like a face balanced mallet and the long alignment line on the back of the putter is something I like to use to help me line up.

On sound and feel, golfalot.com rated the Valor as having a solid response, not too hollow, and called it the best of the three models under review there. That same read on sound turns up again in the broader Community opinion held on file: praised for best sound of the three, with great stability on shorter putts and a long alignment line called out as helpful. The same notes flag a knock against the address look, that it wants to fall back on its haunches at address, a criticism that sits alongside the otherwise favorable marks on sound and stability.

Coloradoavidgolfer.com reported that the Valor, among Ping's putters, won twice on the PGA Tour this spring, tying results to the model without further detail on the events or players involved.