What Are Your Favorite Ping Irons?
Rickochet
This is from memory, so I could be off a bit..
- Karsten I, II, III were first
- Eye
- Eye 2
- Eye 2 +no+
- Eye 2 +
- IsI
- IsI K
- ZING
- ZING 2
- Then they started the heads with the oval cavity weight, i3, i3 blade, i3 OS, i3+, i5.....the G series started sometime in there as well. I think the G2 replaced the ZING 2.
This was from WRX back in 2008.
i5 2007
G5 2006-07
G2 2003-06
G2 HL 2003-06
S59 Tour (w/ferrule) 2003
i3+ 2002-03
I3+ BLADE 2002-03
S59 (no ferrule) 2002
i3 Blade 1999-01
i3 O-Size 1999-01
ISI 1996-99
ISI BeCu 1996-99
ISI Nickel 1996-99
ISI-K 1996-99
Zing 2 1994-96
Zing 2 BeCu 1994-96
Zing 1992-94
Zing BeCu 1992-94
Eye2+ 1990-98
Eye2+ BeCu 1990-98
Eye (Patented) 1985-89
Eye2 (Pat. No.) 1984-90
Eye2 BeCu 1983-90
Eye2 (Pat. Pending) 1982-84
Eye (Pat. No.) 1980-85
Karsten I (Made in USA & nbr on sole) 1977-84
Karsten II 1977-84
Karsten III 1977-84
Karsten IV 1977-80
Karsten I (US.Pat. & iron nbr on sole) 1977
Karsten I (Patent No. with dot) 1974-77
Karsten I (Patent pending with dot) 1972-74
Karsten I (Patent pending/no dot) 1968-71
Good info. Thanks, Steve and CP.
Sending my black dot Eye 2+ set back to PING for a bend up to blue and a retumbled/paint fill. Pics when they get back.
The only I’ve tried are Raptures. They are great. Like others, I’ve lusted for Beryllium Copper, but have never hit them.
The longest I played a set of pings about 3 years was the g10s. Also liked g25s
I've been using Ping irons for quite a few years - had a set of S56s (from new) that I used for something like 10 years, and replaced them last year with i210s.
Have G2's that I played a lot this year. Have the G irons that I just got shortened and lie adjusted. Now everyone is doing it. Also had Raptures.
I've never hit a PING iron.
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Quoted me $118 to shorten, re grip, and alter to Orange Dot for 8 clubs. That's $14.75 per. Don't know if is because I am the registered owner or not. That includes new grips.
johnnydoom The only I’ve tried are Raptures. They are great. Like others, I’ve lusted for Beryllium Copper, but have never hit them.
The Rapture J-Spec is something I used to look for. A little more players look then the standard one. Coppers… back when we had balata they really enhanced the soft feel. Now… I had a set and with todays balls they didn’t feel more soft than anything else.