Ping PLD Prime Tyne 4 Putter

Mallet Putter

The PLD Prime Tyne 4 is Ping's answer for the player who wants a fang mallet but doesn't putt with a dead-straight, up-and-down stroke. It has mid toe hang, which is the giveaway. Full mallets usually come face-balanced for people who move the putter straight back and through. Ping built arc into this one, so if your stroke opens and closes even a little, the head wants to work with you instead of fighting it.

This comes out of Ping's PLD shop, the same milling operation behind their tour putters. The Prime designation is the finish and build tier, cleaner lines, a premium roll surface, the kind of putter you buy once and keep. The Tyne shape itself is a two-prong fang, with weight pushed back and out toward the wings. That's what gives you the forgiveness and the high MOI without going to a big blob of a head.

So you get two things that don't usually live together. The stability of a mallet, and a hang profile that suits a real, slightly arced stroke. If you've ever tried a face-balanced mallet and felt like you were pushing everything right, this is the mallet built for the other kind of golfer.

Design

The head is a wide fang mallet, milled rather than cast, with two rear prongs that frame the ball and pull mass to the back corners. That rearward, heel-toe weighting is where the stability comes from, mishits off the toe or heel lose less speed and hold their line better than a blade would allow. Mid toe hang means the face isn't balanced flat to the sky, it hangs at a moderate angle, matching a stroke with a slight inside path. There's a single sightline running front to back over the top of the head for alignment, clean and uncluttered so it reads fast at address. The Prime build gets Ping's premium milled face and finish, so the roll is consistent and the look is understated instead of flashy. It sits square and quiet behind the ball, no busy graphics competing with the line.

Who It's For

• You want the forgiveness of a mallet but putt with a slight arc, not a straight-back-straight-through stroke.
• Face-balanced mallets have felt off to you, like you're steering putts or pushing them right of the hole.
• A single, simple sightline is all the alignment help you need, and busy multi-line mallets are distracting.
• You're willing to pay up for a fully milled Ping PLD putter you'll keep for years rather than a cast model.
• Speed control on longer putts matters to you, and the high-MOI head holds pace on off-center strikes.

Technology

About Ping

Ping invented the heel-toe weighted blade (the original Anser) and continues to innovate in weight distribution and forgiveness. Their PLD line offers tour-level milled putters with Ping's signature engineering.

Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the PLD Prime Tyne 4 face-balanced or toe hang?

It has mid toe hang, not face balance. That makes it a better fit for a stroke with a moderate arc. If you putt truly straight back and straight through, a face-balanced mallet will suit you better, but most golfers have at least some arc, and mid hang covers that middle ground well.

What kind of stroke works best with mid toe hang?

A slight to moderate arc, where the face opens a touch on the backswing and closes back through impact. Mid toe hang lets the toe rotate naturally through the stroke instead of resisting it. Strong-arc putters sometimes go to full toe hang, but for a mallet, mid hang is a sensible match for that motion.

How is the Tyne 4 different from other Ping mallets like the Tyne C or DS 72?

The Tyne 4 is the two-prong fang shape, more open at the back with weight in the wings, versus the fuller, closed body of a DS 72 or the compact Tyne C. All of them are milled in the PLD line, but the Tyne 4 gives you a mallet footprint with an unobstructed sightline and that mid toe hang profile.

Does the Prime version roll or feel different from the standard PLD Tyne 4?

Prime is Ping's premium build and finish tier. You get the fully milled face and a cleaner, higher-end finish, which most players describe as a soft but solid feel off the face with a consistent roll. It's less about a dramatic performance jump and more about the milling quality and the look.

Should I get fitted for the Tyne 4 or just buy a standard length?

Get fitted if you can. Length, lie, and loft all affect how a mid-hang mallet releases, and Ping's PLD program is built around fitting. A putter that's too long or the wrong lie will throw off the very arc match that makes this head work. At minimum, check that the length lets your eyes sit over or just inside the ball.

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