The first Ansers were manufactured in Scottsdale, Arizona for about a year and a half. This week I found one of the original Ping Anser 4 putters in my garage from 1982, with quite an interesting story behind it. To watch in a smaller size, scroll down while your video is playing.Did you know you can save your preferences across all your digital devices and platforms simply by creating a profile? The Anser went on to become the winningest putter in golf history, with more than 500 Tour wins, including 19 men’s major championships.Today, the innovations introduced in the Anser putter can be found in just about every putter on the market, making it not only the most popular design, but the most copied. Manage Profile
BOX 1945, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ."Look at it," Gore said of his original Anser. We wanted to bring that hand-crafted approach back as part of the Anser’s 50-year celebration and its remarkable contribution to golf.”This site stores cookies on your computer to improve your browsing experience. Initially designed by Karsten Solheim in 1966 — the putter was sketched on a record sleeve, using the hole as a reference — the Anser style head would go on to become one of the most iconic putter designs in golf history.What separates Gore's Anser putter from most of the others versions on TOUR, and around the world, is the stamping in the back cavity: PING GOLF CLUBS, P.O. Manage Profile He recently put it back in the bag last month at the Canadian Open and has stuck with it ever since. It's no exaggeration to say that Karsten Solheim and his Anser putter changed putting forever.To mark the 50th anniversary of the Anser putter, in 2016 PING introduced a limited-edition version of the iconic model made from the original molds, assembled with components made in the U.S.A., and supplied by the vendors used in 1966.
Each putter’s sole was also hand ground by Karsten’s son, PING Chairman & CEO John Solheim, just as he did some 50 years ago in his family’s garage.“It brought back a lot of great memories from the days in our garage near Scottsdale,” Solheim said.
(More on that in the video) Anyway, I wanted to know how it would perform against a modern day model so I put it to the test against the 2020 Ping Heppler Anser 2.
Since it was the answer to a particularly vexing problem – putting -- his wife Louise suggested they name it "Answer." He sketched the design on the dust jacket of a 78 rpm record.The putter’s design was the first of its kind, featuring an offset hosel that provided golfers a clean view of the face.
“Most people don’t realize the amount of hand work that went into the original Anser putters. "It has soul and character. PING says the putter is still an original, which, depending on condition, means Gore's putter could worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,500-plus on the open market.
Do you need more persuading to give this putter a try? The cavity-back putter also featured a low center of gravity and lines parallel to the face to help golfers in squaring the putter.Clearly, Karsten had designed a revolutionary putter.All he needed now was a name. That is the canvas Karsten Solheim, a Norwegian-born engineer who worked on jet fighters and missile guidance systems after World War II, used to sketch the Ping Anser putter in January 1966.
I love the feel.”Gore has been using the putter on and off since he acquired it 1 1/2 years ago on his own.
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