Ping Doc 12.5 Putter Golf Club

I just received the PING Doc 12.5 putter that I purchased on EBAY today and I have not been able to put it down. I only hope I feel this way about The Doc months from now when I am on the greens here in Masaachusetts. This putter just feels really great in my hands! It is so well balanced. I putted with it all afternoon on my office carpet and I was continually impressed with it. The PING Doc 12.5 provides great feel and accuracy. As all PING putters are, the Doc 12.5 is a well made putter of high quality materials.

It really doesn't look that bad - in fact, I really like the way The Doc looks. To me when looking down over it at address The Doc reminds me of the rim of the cup. And this made it easier for me to line up the putt. If you have ever putted with the 2 ball putter just think of the crim of the cup and not the 2 balls and putting with it becomes easy. Strange - Yes - but it is workinbg for me.

Wanted Ping Doc Putter,because a great friend of mine,we call Dr. Golf. I did not want the Doc 18-or Doc 15 because you need a seperate bag to carry them. The seller of the 12.5 was great to deal with.The putter was like new. Nothing to say about the seller but great person to buy from. Honest man.

It is great putter, face balanced with a great soft sound on contact. For a mallet putter, it has a great weight.

I am a Ping fan. I carry Ping Eye 2 BeCu irons in all of my sets of clubs, as does my son. I have owned a Ping 1-a since I purchased it new in about 1969. I tried this club, and liked it a great deal. I purchased it from my local pro, and paid full retail for it. It has a nice and heavy feel, and I do think it is a good club with enough weight to keep you on line on short putts, and makes it a bit hard to pull or push it. It helps keep your wrists out of the putting action.
Why would I say that the putter will not stand the test of time? I will suggest looking closely at the putter faces of clubs on Ebay. You will see signs of corrosion on the surfaces of frequently used clubs. My club had significant evidence of corrosion in less than a season, and after 3 months I had my pro send the club back to Ping for replacement. He asked if I had the head cover on at all times, and I did. It never was in contact with other clubs. The replaced club arrived, and within a year the same thing happened to that club. I have given my Ping Doc club to my son, and he loves using it. It a great club when it is new. The corrosion may be due to salts from fertilization on the course, I am not sure. Maybe if I rinsed off my putter after each round it would not corrode. I suspect Ping would replace the club again, but I have not sent it off. As you might guess, my Ping 1-a remains in close to perfect shape after 40 years. Buy a Doc putter if you will be content with an excellent weighting and feel, but one that will not only not be here in 40 years, and might corrode shortly after you purchase it. Try a Tayor Made mallet, they're not bad.

Putter has good balance swing. Tried my brothers and liked it. You can really feel the ball when you putt to control distance. The size of the putter head is a little large for my taste, but it works.