The arrival of Karsten Solheim to the golf industry was ringing, to say the least.

His first putter, the 1A, was created in his garage after his frustration with putting led him to design his own club. The putter not only improved his putting, but it was the source of the name. As the General Electric mechanical engineer stroked putt after putt with a radical looking putter (some called it "ugly"), it rang out - PINNGGG. "He came running into the kitchen," remembers his wife, Louise," and said, 'I've got a name for my putter.' I said 'That’s nice, honey,' and we ate our hamburgers and vegetables without any particular celebration." Of course, there was no cause for celebration at the time as they couldn't foresee what that sound would come to represent in the golf industry. Karsten's persistence resulted in new designs, including the Anser putter in 1966, which proved to be the most successful putter design in history.