Sigma 2 Valor

The Ping Sigma 2 Valor name has appeared in two forms on record: the original Sigma 2 Valor and the Sigma 2 Valor 400. Both share the mallet's face-balanced, high-MOI design lineage within the Sigma 2 family, but the two releases carry distinct identities rather than a simple progression of specs.

The original Sigma 2 Valor is verified at a 365 g head weight, per golfalot.com. Golfalot also described it as face balanced and praised it as having a solid response, not too hollow, calling it the best sound of the three models it tested alongside its siblings, and noted the long alignment line on the back of the putter as something the reviewer liked to use for lining up. Golfmonthly.com characterized it as a super-high MOI mallet, while pluggedingolf.com described a modern style, large mallet shape with long alignment lines enhanced by long, rectangular flanges, and reported that it fits both Straight and Slight Arc strokes. Community opinion on this release was mixed on address appearance, with one note praising its stability on shorter putts and long alignment line as helpful, while criticizing that it wants to fall back on its haunches at address.

The Sigma 2 Valor 400 followed with a heavier build, reported by coloradoavidgolfer.com at 400 g head weight with a 50 g counterbalance weight, a 15 in grip, a stealth finish, a Dual-Durometer Pebax insert, and the patented TR face pattern in which the grooves vary in depth across the face. Coloradoavidgolfer.com quoted Solheim on the model's feel, saying "The Sigma 2 Valor 400 retains that soft yet lively feel from the highly innovative face technology of the Sigma 2 family," and that "It provides a pure, consistent roll and has resonated with golfers of all abilities." That same softness and stability under the counterbalanced heft was echoed in Community notes praising a soft yet lively feel, a pure, consistent roll, and high MOI stability.

Read together, the two releases show the Valor name stretching from a standard-weight, face-balanced mallet praised for sound and alignment into a counterbalanced 400 g variant built around a heavier head, added grip length, and a variable-depth face pattern aimed at a different kind of stroke.