Two years ago at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, a week before the world changed and the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, I snapped a photograph of Viktor Hovland’s putter. In fact, I photographed all his clubs while he worked with one of Ping’s PGA Tour reps on the range, but that putter is unique because, unlike nearly all Ping clubs, it was covered in rust.
Over time and with exposure to air and water, Hovland’s DS 72 putter slowly developed a patina of brown pocked with orange, and gearheads on social media loved it.
