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  • Next project Ping Eye 2 refurbishing

azgreg

That would be pissa, putting ferrules on those...hahahaha. Steve would go into cardiac arrest.

      limpalong

      I never really noticed actually. I've heard people say that about them.

      I should take my old ss eye2 irons with the zz lites and compare them. I'll have to put some 7 irons in the car. Tonite would have been a good night to hit them on the gc2 since I'm woking. Maybe next week. It should be interesting...I can get all 4 7 irons on the same spreadsheet.

          Played Pine Creek GC with my "new" Eye 2, & eye + irons today. Drop dead gorgeous day . The old Ping irons with zz lite shafts did v well mostly . Accurate distance and good direction control. Went up one iron # on most holes. But i Made a really bad fat hit with #7 iron on 3rd, a short parr 3 hole that made left wrist just go numb. Thought I'd have to quit for the day because I could hardly hold the clubs but kept going , hard headed old fool. Course had a tournament going , so slow had play behind 3 cart group but still finished in little over 4 hrs.

          Tripled 1,3 playing from members tees. Met up with a lone course regular Sr player on #5. He wanted to pair up, so had partner for rest of day which always helps. Managed to still shoot my index after dropping back to Sr tees and wrist quieted down. Jim Seems like nice Ole duffer & He talked me into joining his group for Wed. blind draw scrambles, acronym ROBs aka Retired Old Basterages. Maybe it will be fun, $30 for green fee, cart, lunch, prizes. The course handles heavy rain well so it is good choice during the Monsoon season we're in. Wore my Bama Polo and used Bama bag, so I caught mischief from Mississippi fan's .
          After today , it's asprin & Ben Gay time. May have to grudgingly return to my graphite shafted clubs next round . Mobic is the old geezer's friend.

            Got to do replay #16 hole. 390 yd Parr 4
            Decent low draw with driver just on left side of FW. Blind T shot.
            Pushed 4 hybrid just rt of green , hole high, drops off ~ 15' . 40 yd Decided to chip with eye 2 PW , almost perfect hit to edge of green rolling out to bump flag , flirted with droping , rebounded 2 ft.
            my shot of the day.

            2 putted of course. @#$!?

              rsvman
              Thanks, it doesn't take much to make me happy , but since I got the old irons as a bargain , and who doesn't love a bargain , I wanted to have them perform well . I practice chipping and short pitches on front lawn almost every chance , so it's nice to see that effort rewarded , but the lawn is suffering .
              I enjoyed cleaning & regripping them and somewhere down the road hope to find some affordable graphite shafts that I can install into them. The USA made Star grips have become my favorite , since I personally like a soft rubber midsize grip that wears well and is easy on my arthritis . Like many things in golf , they are a very personal preference .

                I contend that the PW and SW from that set are as good as anything made today. They match up loft-wise as a modern gap/sand wedge combo.

                  sdandrea1

                  I remember looking up the lefts on the Ping site. I forget what the PW was... maybe 51 degrees but I remember there was a bigger gap than I realized between it and the SW at 57.5 degrees. That actually steered me away from buying a 58 degree LW. The Ping LW is 61.

                      Typhoon yes, since getting my eye 2 irons I removed my 60 lob wedge because of sw loft. Looking for 52 u wedge or perhaps pw eye2 since mine is a +.

                        Took mine out for a 5 hole after supper outing with SWMBO. Hit some nice shots with the 5 on down. Caught a digger with the 9 iron on a fairway and peeled up a Bermuda pelt the size of my shoe. Caught the ball first and it flew right at the flag but my ears are still ringing. The sole grind on my Raptures is WAY better for these hardpan Bermuda conditions. The PW is a beautifully performing club for chips, pitches and the like.

                          sdandrea1
                          Description of feel, flight distance , general impression of new Wright Brothers graphite shafts; inquiring minds want to know ? ?? Did you increase graphite shaft lengths over steel shafted ones?
                          Glad to know I'm not only one into ditch digging with those irons.
                          So, she beat you again , eh?

                              Provisional

                              Shafts are def on the heavy side for me at 85g. But feel is good for a stout shaft. Ball flight is typical eye 2....high and straight. I cut them 1/4 inch longer than PING std length. Swingweight came in at D0. Distance-wise, clubs are one club shorter for me.

                                  4 days later

                                  Picked up eye2 + SW 53 for my "set"
                                  Now have in bag:
                                  eye2 sw 57.5                                   (aka lob wedge)
                                  eye2+ sw 53 ( sand wedge)
                                  Eye2+ pw 48.5
                                  Eye2+ 9 44
                                  Eye2 8 40
                                  Eye2 7 36
                                  Eye2+ 6 31
                                  Eye2 5 28.5*

                                  Probably also will use the 2 ping eye SWs with my mp57s as they fit in for lofts , MIZZY PW IS 47#9 is 43, etc