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Ping Putters

Ping Putters

However you play your game or how high or low your golf handicap is there is certain to be a Ping Putter that will enhance your short game.

As far back as 1959, when the first putter was created in engineer, Karsten Solheim’s garage for his own personal use, Ping Putters have been assisting golfers to make the money shots. Named after the distinctive sound or ping on impact, Ping putters hit the right tone with golfers who insist on a satisfying resonance when the golf ball is struck.

Ping Putters are custom fitted to suit each golfer’s own golf game and Ping are considered to present a fitting service, which is second to none within the golfing industry and because your game is played differently to your neighbours, partners or best friends, then so will your Ping Putter be different to the one other golf’s may be matched with.

The i-Series® Ping Putters:

Ping Putters within the i-series® are available in conventional, mid and long lengths, so that a golfer may have the option of removing excessive wrist and hand actions by opting for a longer shaft. The putters feature inserts, which achieve the soft feel golfers prefer, coupled with greater alignment, for ease of shot, and varying balances, from the i-series® Craz-E face balance to the ½ Craz-E heel-toe balance.

The Redwood ® series of Ping Putters:

The Redwood® series of putters are milled from superior (303) stainless steel and feature a traditional putter look. Named Redwood after Redwood City, California, where Karsten created his first putter and is Ping’s tribute to what Karsten Solheim had achieved all those years ago. Redwood® putters are available in two finishes: Black satin or black nickel.

The Karsten® Series:

Ping has paid tribute to their founder and creator of the first Ping putter by naming this series after Karsten Solheim, himself. Models within this range benefit from increased sound and feel, a higher MOI (moment of inertia), as well as, greater forgiveness and alignment aids that will help all levels of golfer sink the shot.

When Karsten Solheim created the first Ping Putter (to improve his own game) he could have hardly conceived how influential Ping Putters would one day be in the game of golf, to all golfers at every level of play.

Ping Putters are available in traditional clubhead styles and lengths, as well as, in untraditional styles and lengths, too. Ping Putters are available from Golfbuyitonline, who offer a Ping custom fit to ensure that your Ping Putter is matched and fitted to enhance how you play the game.

The Ping iN Putter Series

The Ping iN Putter Series

For golfers preferring the performance of a steel face with an insert feel. An elastomer insert in the cavity provides enhanced feel while maintaining the solid response of a steel-faced putter. Weight savings from the new cavity shapes were redistributed to the perimeter to increase each putter’s moment-of-inertia for added forgiveness.

For over 40 years now the Ping Anser has been going strong not only because of its traditional look and solid feel but its incredible affordable price often attracts many golfers. An absolute classic putter that has performed well. A true legend of the game and with stylish looks to match no wonder it finds itself in an increasing number of golfer’s bags.

The golf putter is by far the most used club in golfing and really the only club no golfer can do without. This is why it’s so important you get the right ones.

 

There is also the g5i CRAZ-E Putter The Durometer face, It sets the G5i putter series apart from the rest.

High-tech polyurethane materials are used to produce this advanced dual durometer insert. The combination of the soft back insert and firm impact surface provides optimal sound and feel for ultimate performance.

And there is also the Ping Red Wood Putter this putter’s 303 stainless steel clubhead is 100% precision-milled to exact specifications, creating clean, flowing lines and superior feel for greater confidence .The Redwood Series pays tribute to the home of the original PING putter—Redwood City, California. It was in Karsten Solheim’s garage that his equipment revolution was born and with it came the commitment to quality and innovation found in this 100% milled putter series. 

Made from 303 stainless steel, the three-putter series offers classic model shapes designed for players seeking the very best. The black nickel chrome finish made popular in the PING Tour Wedges is the final touch.These ping putters are used all around the world by   professional players on those challenging golf courses. More and more regular people are turning to ping golf clubs because they see and hear it  from friends how much better their games are getting, and it gives them the courage to invest money into a better club.

Most Famous Putters Part One

Most Famous Putters Part One

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Most Famous Putters Part One

They say you drive for show and putt for dough, so that would make the putter many player’s “money club,” right? This week, we’re going to look at famous money clubs.

Putters, as we all know, come in many shapes and sizes. Putters (cheap golf clubs)can be shaped like Futura Phantoms or the Ping Docs and look perfectly normal sitting next to a Ping Answer or a Bullseye. Putters may be the most personal instrument in a player’s bag, with everything from the lie angle, face angle, grip, shaft length, and weight coming into play and combining to give that magical sensation – feel – to the player.

When the tournament is on the line, what famous putters (Ping Golf Clubs)stroked some famous putts? Find out in this week’s edition of Trap Five.

Number Five: PING

Karsten Solheim was a General Electric engineer and a golf nut. His engineering background and his passion for golf combined in his Phoenix garage where he began working on his putting game not by practicing his stroke, but by creating a new putter. Though he made several playable prototypes, only one made it out of his garage in the end: the original PING putter, so named because of the sound the putter made when it struck a golf ball.

Solheim’s Anser putter – a revision of the original PING – was used by Julius Boros to win the Phoenix Open in 1967, and sparked a trend that’s continued to this day: heel-toe weighting in putters (and perimeter weighting in all other clubs). Solheim’s PING putters spread the weight towards the heel and toe to minimize distance loss on off-center hits, effectively enlarging the sweet spot. Almost every putter today uses heel-toe weighting.

Number Four: Wilson 8802

Arnold Palmer made it famous, but one of the best putters of all time – Ben Crenshaw – elevated the Wilson 8802 to a special place in golf’s history. Nicknamed “Little Ben,” Crenshaw’s 8802 was with him through thick and thin, but a replica was used to win the improbable one in 1995 (see comments below). Said Crenshaw’s dad of Ben’s original 8802, “It was just a putter in Harvey Penick’s shop. Ben felt it and waggled it around for a while. ‘Dad, I’d like to have it,’ he said, so I bought it for him. That club’s been the best provider in the family.” The putter cost Crenshaw’s dad .

The 8802 is a simple putter with no heel-toe weighting to speak of and a very clean, simple look. Its design may have been inspired by Calamity Jane (see below), and it won nearly as many majors. Arnold Palmer used the 8802 (and a small revision, the 8813) to win several of his majors, and Phil Mickelson has always seemed to putt best with his remake (currently made by his sponsor Callaway – i.e. Odyssey) of the venerable 8802.

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PING G15 Irons Golf Sets

PING G15 Irons Golf Sets

Article by Presila







When you are setting up to a “classic” iron, what kinds of thoughts run through your mind? For me, I imagine the silky smooth feel of the sweet spot. I visualize the ball curving through the air at will. I can almost see the ball falling to the green with just enough spin to bounce twice and then stop. However, put a blade in another player’s hands and the reaction could be entirely different. They might look down desperately searching for that microscopic sweet spot, trembling at the thought of the painful reverberations of a mis-hit.

Karsten Solheim may not have been one of those golfers who feared the sweet spot but he certainly empathized with them. In fact, PING’s innovations were so significant that in 1966 the USGA outlawed all PING irons claiming that they provided golfers with an unfair advantage (due to a bend in the shaft beneath the grip). Nearly 40 years later, the USGA may want to reopen that claim.

Design and TechnologyLike its predecessor, the G15 is an oversized iron designed for players seeking maximum forgiveness. However, several changes have been made which PING believes should make the club even more forgiving.

The G15 CTP is designed to increase MOI and improve forgiveness.

The epicenter of the G15’s technological advances is the new Custom Tuning Port (“CTP”). While the G10 had a CTP, PING engineers reshaped and repositioned the CTP to save seven grams. The weight savings of a thinner face allowed the engineers move weight to the perimeter – particularly the toe – to improve forgiveness for off-center hits as well as increase MOI. PING believes that these changes provide the proper structure and support to ensure distance control and solid feel.

A second change from the G10 is the sole design. A wider sole positions the center of gravity lower and farther back to increase launch angle as well as “ensure a smooth transition through the turf.” To offset the higher trajectories, PING strengthened the lofts of every iron by 1 degree.

The last semi-major change from the G10 is that the G15s conform to the new USGA groove rule.

EstheticsThe majority of the G15’s features should be familiar. The groves are painted the same with one final grove painted in white to help with alignment. The hosel has the same characteristic gouge all PING irons have had in recent years. The sole of the club utilizes the same font as it has in the past. Essentially, besides the cavity of the club, the G15 could be mistaken for the G10. However, the redesigned cavity pushes the club from plain to pleasing.

PING clubs have been called ugly for years. Honestly, I believe PING almost took pride in that statement claiming that they chose brains over beauty. However, the G15s are not ugly. As if the engineers collaborated with an artist to design the club’s cavity, the new red, black, and silver color scheme highlights the new Custom Tuning Port. The colors are both subtle and attractive.

For someone that has not played a PING iron in quite a while, setting up to the G15s can be quite a shock to the system. Literally, no matter what angle you look at the club, the wide sole – which is even wider than before – was unavoidable. For some players this is like seeing a mustache on the Mona Lisa. For others, the bulge may be the finishing touch necessary to inspire confidence. This is likely going to be the feature that will determine your disdain or devotion to the G15s.

Overall, traditional or classic were never words that entered my head but the combination of the new color scheme and Custom Tuning Port make the club quite striking and a huge improvement over the G10.

PerformanceYou can call me skeptical but rather than blindly follow PING’s claims that the new Custom Tuning Port creates a better sound and feel, increases distance, and maximizes forgiveness, I borrowed a set of the G10 irons from a friend and put them head to head for over two weeks.

First, I was relatively surprised to find that the feel and sound of the two irons is noticeably different. I would describe the G10 irons amongst the firmest clubs on the market – so firm in fact that I have complained that they would make a balata feel like an ultra distance golf ball. Obviously, the G15s do not have the silky smooth feeling of a forged blade but I did find that they have a softer, crisper sound and feel.

Second, I had thought at first that PING was trying to pull a fast one when it claimed that the irons had more distance. If you look at the specs for the G15 irons and the G10 irons you should notice that PING decreased the loft of every club by one degree. When I went to the range, I was expecting to gain approximately three to five yards of distance with every club. I was pretty satisfied with myself when I literally hit almost every club in my bag three to five yards farther with the G15 than the G10.

Fortunately, I hit the clubs using a launch monitor later on in the day and found out that I was hitting the ball about three to five yards farther but was completely wrong about why. If the distance could be attributed purely to the loft decrease, I should have seen a slight decrease in trajectory as well. According to the launch monitor, my launch angle was actually higher with the G15s than the G10s. Honestly, I thought I was losing it. I thought perhaps that my swing was changing and I was biased. After randomly grabbing three other golfers to hit each of the clubs using the launch monitor I found that they were having the same results. In fact, the highest handicap player had nearly a three-degree increase in trajectory with the G15s.

So far, PING had kept its promise: there was a better feel and there was an increase in distance. But how can you dramatically improve a club that you had just a few years back claimed was the “maximum” forgiveness iron? Well, PING did.

The G15 irons are comically forgiving. I tried hitting the ball out of the center of the fairway, the rough, fairway bunkers, pine straw, and mud. The result seemed to be almost the same feel and same trajectory with every shot. There was actually a point where I became so frustrated with the consistency of the clubs that I started dropping balls into a shallow puddle and seeing what the results would be.

So on course, the club seemed to strike the ball very well but then again, the clubface is so big how could you miss the sweet spot? Well, like the G15 driver, I took a nice long roll of impact tape, grabbed a few hundred golf balls, and parked myself in front of a launch monitor for an afternoon. Head to head, the G15 are more forgiving than the G10 irons. In particular:

Within a dime of the sweet spot both the G10 and G15 had a minimal loss of distance. On the toe of the G10 there was a loss of 4-6 yards. On the toe of the G15 there was a loss of 2-5 yards. On the heel of the G10 there was a loss of 5-7 yards. On the heel of the G15 there was a loss of 3-6 yards. Shots hit thin with the G10 had a loss of 4-10 yards. Shots hit thin with the G15 had a loss of 0-8 yards. Shots hit thick with the G10 had a loss of 6-15 yards. Shots hit thick with the G15 had a loss of 4-14 yards. These might seem like minor changes but I find them to be pretty significant improvements. The one improvement that I found most significant was a shot hit thin. It seemed as if so long as the G15 hit any part of the underside of the golf ball that the ball would go almost exactly the same distance.

Despite my praise for the G15s, I will not be putting them in my own bag. The G15s have a thick sole that caused me to consciously change my swing to sweep the ball rather than attack the ball. Moreover, when I tried to hit a slight draw or a slight fade the ball stayed almost dead straight. Last, the large offset of the clubhead lead to a few untimely hooks with my long irons.

With all that said, PING has no intention of me putting the clubs in my bag. The G15 is targeted at golfers that dig into the ground when they shouldn’t; golfers that probably can’t hit a feather draw or fade; golfers that could benefit from the offset. Ultimately, the G15 is a perfect fit for a mid- to high-handicap golfer.

Specs and ExtrasLike all PING golf clubs, they are meant to be custom ordered to your specifications including shaft, grip texture, grip size, lie, and loft. If you were to get a set of G15s off the rack, they come standard with either the PING AWT steel (Soft R, R, S, and X flexes) or TFC 149i graphite shaft (L, Soft R, R and S flexes). MSRP is 7.50 per club with steel shafts and 5.00 per club with graphite shafts.

Standard specs for the irons are as follows:

Club Length Loft Lie Offset Bounce————————————————— 3 38.75″ 20° 59.25° .32″ -2° 4 38.25″ 23° 60.00° .30″ 0° 5 37.75″ 26° 60.75° .28″ 2° 6 37.25″ 29° 61.50° .26″ 4° 7 26.75″ 32° 62.25° .24″ 6° 8 36.25″ 36° 63.00° .22″ 8° 9 35.75″ 40° 63.75° .20″ 9° PW 35.50″ 45° 64.00° .18″ 10°OverallFor nearly a decade my disdain for the appearance of PING irons has kept me from giving them a closer look. Given the G15’s new and improved appearance though I was finally I was finally willing to give the irons a chance. After three weeks of experiencing the ridiculous forgiveness of the G15s, I believe that these irons will attract a lot of converts. While you will not see the G15 irons in the bags of any tour professionals or many lower handicappers, this is a club that any player seeking maximum forgiveness should seriously consider.

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Ping Red Wood Putter Review

Ping Red Wood Putter Review

When I heard that Ping was getting into the milled market, I was quite excited, yet apprehensive. It seems with the popularity of the milled putter, everyone thinks they can just throw an old design on the table, and end up with a winner. NOT the case in May attempts that I’ve seen. More often than not, the mill marks are too harsh, the material quality is poor, and the overall feel of the putter is weak. When you pull a putter out of your bag, you want the confidence of a seasoned trial attorney…not the 14 year old that hopes he gets to kiss his dance partner- Ping Red Wood Putter

When Karsten Solheim introduced us to his “Anser” putter in 1966, I don’t think that he had any idea how far reaching his design would stretch. From its meager beginnings scratched into the dust on an old 78rpm record cover in Red wood City CA, the Anser is without a doubt the most solid advancement in putters of our time. Every modern putter manufacturer has one homage or another to the Anser. Whether it’s a Never Compromise Milled Series 1, a Bettinardi BB-1, or the acclaimed Scotty Cameron Newport…the Anser is the grandfather of them all.

The Redwood line is Ping‘s first crack at a series of 100% milled steel putters. This is an interesting turn of events, because it’s the other innovators that have taken Solheim’s design ideas from casting putters in “Manganese Bronze” to the CNC machine. There are three heads in the Redwood line. The Anser, Piper, and Zing. This review concentrates on the Anser head. I was also given a Piper and Zing to play with, so I can speak to the quality of the rest of the line, but the Anser started it all for a lot of people, so I’ll concentrate my efforts there.

This is also exciting for other Ping enthusiasts because it marks the return of a “non-insert” version of the Anser. The G2 and G5 versions were as far from the original design as any other modern ‘spaceship’ mallet is. There have also been several variations on the Anser head over the years. This is one of the best in my opinion, as it gets back to the roots of the original design. Other Ansers have tried to re-invent the brand, but this one says in a very calm voice, “I’m a putter, now sink this one.”

 

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