Ping Vault Oslo putter strikes gold again for Tyrrell Hatton at Alfred Dunhill Links
The first time Tyrrell Hatton put the Ping Vault Oslo putter into play was at the Dunhill Links Championship in 2016 which coincided with his first victory on the DP World Tour.
That week he would win by four on 23 under; the following year he would go one shot better and he is now a three-time winner of the event.
And the Oslo putter is still in the bag eight years later.
The Oslo was one of four models released in 2016 and they each came in a lighter platinum finish or a darker slate finish and Ping say that the mallet offering was inspired by their legendary Gold Putter Vault which refers to how the company commemorate each victory by creating two gold-plated replicas of the winning putter.
They would give one to the winner and keep the other at the company’s headquarters in Phoenix.
“This series improves touch and speed control with the patented True-Roll face technology, one of the most significant and measurable innovations in putting performance in recent years. The individually milled face pattern varies in depth and pitch, which speeds up off-centre impacts, ultimately leading to fewer three putts.”
Hatton now has seven wins on the DP World Tour, one on LIV and the Oslo flatstick has been a mainstay for pretty much all of the past eight years.
Tried and trusted
“There have been a few little changes in there just to freshen it up a little bit but I’ve always gone back to it,” Hatton explains.
“The big thing for me would be the sight line. I never use the line on the ball, I always use the line on the putter to make sure that I’m hopefully aiming where I want to be. And I think a slightly thicker sight line just makes it easier to aim.
“For me, using the line on the ball when you’re reading the putt and you’ve got the ball down and you check it, it looks good.
“But there were so many times I stood over the ball and I’d think that’s way too low or that’s way too high. You just can’t trust it so I just eliminated that and that’s why I just went blank side of the ball and trust myself that I’m aiming where I should be.
“It’s 32 and a half inches long which I’ve always preferred a putter that’s shorter in length. It helps me sort of get my eyes over the ball.”
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