Wyndham Clark is making headlines this season, and much of it is due to his new love for the Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue putter. It was the number 1 putter this month at Fairway Jockey, and they even wrote that many customers ordered a limited build like Clark’s. I actually built my own version of Clark’s putter to test myself, so let’s talk about why it has become such a popular design.
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Clark made me think a little bit about my putter choice. I also had the privilege of stopping by PLD with the Ping team at their headquarters in Phoenix, trying out their eye tracking performance that led to the development of the new Scottsdale TEC series of putters. Funny enough, this is the third time I’ve built this putter.
I ended up building mine 36 inches instead of 38 because I’m a lot shorter than Clark, and installed a BGT Stability Polar shaft to match the build. I had to lead it, because Clark did, but I didn’t get my head weight up to 400+ grams like his. Mine sat somewhere around the 380s mark.
The best thing about a balanced style design like this is the comfortable feel it provides players. It seems easier to keep hitting the putter in a repetitive manner. By having more weight inside and above your hands, it makes the hands feel like they are taken out of the equation a bit, and the putter head itself is given more control.
With Scottsdale TEC specifically, players will also notice quiet focus before hitting the putter thanks to Ping’s “Eye Q” alignment aid developed using the Quiet Eye Theory. If a combined sense of focused focus and increased stability can help slow Clark down while playing for millions, it can probably help us on the weekend as well.
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