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...

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

Typhoon

fatshot Rickochet Wnen I google for Ping specs, I'm often referred to 2nd Swing Golf's website. They seem
to show the specs for every set they happen to be selling at the time.

2nd swing is the dumping ground when you go to the “trade in” section of the Ping Website

fatshot

Typhoon Yeah, I've never bought or traded in anything to them.....just refer to their site if I can't
find specs anywhere else.

Typhoon

Phew, I’m over the Raptures. Have other things on my wish list that would serve a purpose.

Bravopilot

Typhoon Good for you having a purpose with club selection, I simply just want other clubs than what I have now. Need to be purposeful, but if I do may have to get rid of some.🤣

Rickochet

What is the diff between the ISI's and the Eye 2 +?

Typhoon

Rickochet

The ISI is a totally different iron. IMHO... even uglier than an Eye2. The “+ no +” version of the the Eye2 is the Eye2+ model but with square grooves like the old eye 2

fatshot

Rickochet
Here's a picture of the Ping ISI. IIRC, it was a slightly bigger head than the Eye 2, and was supposedly
Karsten's favorite model....

darpar

I have a set of i5's that manage to wind up in the bag from time to time.
A pretty forgiving iron, just not the best looking.
Hit some BeCu's at a demo day once, those were some sweet sticks!

sdandrea1

fatshot

That is the IsI K model, which is slightly larger than the IsI. More forgiveness was the claim for the K model.

braveheart

Bigborgel
I made the switch to graphite. 😀👍

Rickochet

sdandrea1 That is the IsI K model, which is slightly larger than the IsI. More forgiveness was the claim for the K model.

Did the ISI precede the Eye2 or was is s supposed improvement?

sdandrea1

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.

CPFitness

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

Rickochet

Good info. Thanks, Steve and CP.

sdandrea1

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.

Rickochet

sdandrea1

Wow, this old thread lives. FWIW I have a set of nice Ping Eye 2+ 3 thru SW orange dot that need a new home. Reamed for .370 shafts.

Eguller

sdandrea1 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.

What's the tab on doing that per club ? Curious....

johnnydoom

The only I’ve tried are Raptures. They are great. Like others, I’ve lusted for Beryllium Copper, but have never hit them.

Typhoon

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.

bigshank

The longest I played a set of pings about 3 years was the g10s. Also liked g25s

MartinD

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.

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