What Are Your Favorite Ping Irons?

Rickochet · 2017-12-15T13:59:12+00:00

I will go ahead and post for Steve - All of them. How about the rest of youse guys? Another question is are the newer Ping irons still taper tip or hav...

Rickochet

sdandrea1 Still the Eye 2 or Eye 2+

Dang, Steve how did you run across this old thread? FWIW since I posted this I tried some Ping G400 irons and sent them back. I like the old fugly Eyes also. I reamed out a set of Eyes last summer and really liked them with the FST shafts. Distance was a bit short but so was most everything else I tried but I hit them well. At the end of the summer I picked up a set of Eye 2 + orange dots and will ream them out this winter (with a reamer - private joke). I hope to get a bit more distance than with the Eye 2. I have weeded out most other iron sets I had and now have only some Hireko thick topline shovels and two sets of Ping fugly shovels. Me likey. 😁

bigshank

I second the G25s and when they were new I really liked the I5s

Rickochet

bigshank I second the G25s and when they were new I really liked the I5s

I always thought Ping had a very distinctive look that carried over from one model to another. The G400 set I had I thought that they had totally gotten away from their signature look and more like everything else.

fatshot

bigshank when they were new I really liked the I5s

I had a set of I5's that I ordered myself when I retired. Loved those clubs until the R shafts got too strong for me in
my old age. Foolishly, I sold them instead of re-shafting. Wish I had that set back!

Typhoon

Rickochet

As Steve would say, and I agree, their signature look was “no ferrules”. Now their irons look like everyone else’s but they are very easy to hit... that part remains.

And Johnnydoom... I’ve always secretly wanted a set of Rapture V2 irons... I think those are the Japan version with low offset right?

johnnydoom

Typhoon I think those are the Japan version with low offset right?

I know they exist and I saw some of those on eBay when looking for a sand wedge for the set. But I really don't know a lot about Raptures or their lore. I bought these used from meagain when I was looking for irons with regular flex graphite shafts to try and didn't care too much which brand or model. These are the original version irons and are more accurate than any other irons I've ever played when I'm swinging well. The graphite has seemed to alleviate the joint pain I was having in my fingers and wrists after rounds too. But there is supposed to be a Japan version like you referenced with lower offsets.

Rickochet

Typhoon As Steve would say, and I agree, their signature look was “no ferrules”. Now their irons look like everyone else’s but they are very easy to hit... that part remains.

My experience with the G400 was quite different. It wasn't about ferrules. The thinner topline look at address for me was a disappointment. They didn't have that Ping look to me. And I didn't find them as forgiving as some of the older models.

Typhoon

johnnydoom
The Japan model says V2j in the cavity. Now I want to start looking... damm it!!!

Typhoon

Rickochet

A few years back I had a set of Ping G irons as rentals and they were just so easy to hit. I think they are getting away from the Game improvement look with a thinner top line. I don’t know about the G400 but maybe they aren’t as forgiving as pings from a couple years ago. Trying to appeal to people with a thinner top line might take away forgiveness.

raggmann54

The Eye2 - Still have the original set I purchased around 1989-90. I just purchased some taper tip graphite shafts in geezer flex to re-shaft them and bring out of moth balls for next season...

sdandrea1

raggmann54 The Eye2 - Still have the original set I purchased around 1989-90. I just purchased some taper tip graphite shafts in geezer flex to re-shaft them and bring out of moth balls for next season...

I'm gaming mine again with Matrix Ozik Red Tie 65g Lite flex graphites. I hand taper the parallel shaft to fit. What shafts did you get?

sdandrea1

There's a Japan Eye 2 model lurking out there as well. You can spot them by the serial number on the hosel. It wraps around the hosel horizontally instead of along the hosel. Got this intel from The PING rep when I found a SW in a PIAS store. They told me they were not cast any differently, just made for Japan distribution.

raggmann54

sdandrea1 The ping TFC 419...Plan to try them out... If not pleased will definitely give your choice a go...

Typhoon

Found a nice set... damm it!!!! If the wife was spending so much money I’d pull the trigger.

Weirfan

fatshot

love the i5. Had a set here and shouldn't have sold them ....still have a set in my bag that stays in Phoenix though.

recently hit the isiK, and hit them great

bigshank

fatshot I had a set of I5's that I ordered myself when I retired. Loved those clubs until the R shafts got too strong for me in
my old age. Foolishly, I sold them instead of re-shafting. Wish I had that set back!

I hear ya I had that set twice. Played them for years til I started chasing the distance irons. I now have the pxg 0211 which is surprisingly similar in head shape/ size. I remember thinking ping built the perfect set when those came out

bad9

Mine would be the I25 or IE1. Prefer the looks of the I25 but probably hit the IE1 marginally better.

Spuzz

My favs are the ones Ping haven't made yet.

Rickochet

Spuzz My favs are the ones Ping hasn't made yet.

"If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you" - Jimmy Soul

ode

Have only hit the g5 and i200. Meh. Ping=FUGLY

Weirfan

ode Ping=FUGLY

People can comment all they want on the looks as I take their money using them 😉

Spuzz

Rickochet
Said every fugly guy everywhere
LOL
if Ping was my only choice in golf clubs, I would play hockey only.

Rickochet

Spuzz if Ping was my only choice in golf clubs, I would play hockey onl

There is always Integra. 😜

Spuzz

Rickochet There is always Integra.

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