iN ZB2

The 2009 iN ZB2 is a softail mallet in Ping's iN series, and putterzone.com's reporting ties its shape directly to the rest of the Redwood line and beyond it: the outlet writes that it "echoes the shape of the ZB model in PING's Redwood line and borrows from the classic T.P. Mills softail design." The head is built around a center cutout and additional voids in the flange, which putterzone.com and golfavenue.com both describe as a weight redistribution scheme aimed at raising MOI, cutting holes through the center region to push mass to the perimeter.

On spec, putterzone.com reports a head weight of 340 grams and a lie angle of 71 degrees, adjustable through Ping's online fitting program, while golfavenue.com separately notes the putter can be custom fitted to a golfer's stroke. Both outlets describe a Nano Nickel face insert, a soft polymer plated with the Nano Nickel technology, sitting in a stainless steel head finished in red and black. There's no sightline or face markings by design; putterzone.com notes the spine running between the two cutouts is meant to serve as a natural aiming reference instead, alongside a simple black Ping logo in the cavity. putterzone.com lists an MSRP of 139 USD.

Community opinion on the putter is mixed on feel specifically. One reviewer called it a putter with "great feel" that's "popey but stright," modern in design, while adding it's "Not as soft as a nebu anser but a modern design not bad for an old fart 10 handy cap, my new gamer." That same tension, praised for feel and straightness but marked down against the softness of a classic Anser, shows up elsewhere in reviewer notes as well, suggesting the ZB2's Nano Nickel face reads as a different sensation than Ping's more traditional milled offerings, for better or worse depending on who's testing it.