Ping S59 Irons

Pros: Good Looks, Excellent Workability and Control, Some Forgiveness
Cons: ....

There are a number of reasons to like Ping's golf products no matter how good your game is or high or low your handicap is. It seems like Ping's products made for every type of golfer are among the best you can get. I had never really hit any of their ...

Pros: Playability and control
Cons: Cast club that feels a little harder than other blades

The Ping S59 Tour Irons are a blade iron with a slight cavity back that provide a certain level of forgiveness while still providing the playability and feel of a blade. The main difference between the S59 Tour and S59 irons is the fact that the Tour ...

Pros: Great look, great feel, able to work the ball in all directions, fitting
Cons: Only for the better players

I have been kicking around the idea of replacing my Ping i3 irons for a few months and decided that I would give the new Pings a shot when they came out. Hence, when Ping rolled out the S59 irons I was ready and willing to make the change. The S59 iron ...

Pros: Nice and forgiving with a sleek look
Cons: Not for me

I bought these clubs out of envy and nothing other then that. I had always seen the clubs while playing with friends and strangers. A few years back it seemed as if at least one person in our foursome would be playing Ping Eye's. I had never even...

Pros: A blade with some forgiveness! How cool is that? Ultimate custom fitting.
Cons: Pricey, odd looking, painful when hit poorly.

Ping irons are not your usual golf clubs. They look different, they are made different, they feel different. And it should be fair that right from the beginning I confess my deep admiration to Ping, being a former I3+ player for a few years until Mizuno ...

Pros: Easy to hit. Now cheap to buy. Long lasting. Can be customised.
Cons: Not a lot!!

Early History
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~ ~ The Karsten Manufacturing Company, or in more common golfing parlance “Ping”, have been making fine golf clubs since the mid-1960’s.

~ ~ They first came to the attention of golfers with a...

Pros: Quite forgiving.
Cons: Not worth the money

Karsten Solheim founded Ping Golf. His son,John, now runs this innovative company. The Solheims are great innovators in golf club development. I first became familiar with their products when I switched to the Ping Anser putter. This putter...

Pros: Incredibly Forgiving
Cons: Other player's coveting looks

I am a very new player (started just one month ago) and was in no rush to buy my own set of clubs (my local course lets people taking lessons borrow their rental sets for free). After using the rentals for three weeks I decided to start looking into a...

Pros: Relatively cheap, Forgiving. Accurate, Somewhat workable, Ping quality.
Cons: Excessive offset. Hard to find. Not the newest or the prettiest clubs.

What a set of clubs. I have this little problem of always having to try new clubs so when I came across the old babies, but I soon realized that along with New Coke, these might be the only good things to come out of that horrid decade of the eighties....

Pros: Feel, Distance and Control
Cons: none

I don't believe that there has ever been such irons that have withstood the time to become classics such as these.

My father owns the Ping Eye 2's and I have never hit a club that is so pure. I play with Titleist irons and I love them to...

Pros: Forgiveness, workability, value
Cons: Older design, may not have "flash appeal"

While most folks are getting hot and bothered about the latest offerings from Ping, Titleist, Callaway, and others, they tend to overlook a venerable set of irons, the Ping Eye Two.

Probably the most famous is the "square groove"...

Pros: VERY forgiving, affordable, and a name you can trust.
Cons: The grips usually need replacing right off the bat.

I had a set of Ping Eye 2 Orange Dots for roughly 3 years before they were stolen. This set of clubs brought me under 90 for the first time, and under 80 for the first time. I love(d) these clubs. I haven¡¯t been able to play golf for a long time...

Pros: Extremely forgiving, virtually indestructable
Cons: Not much feel

I got my Ping eye 2's from my grandfather who has had them for many years. Despite their age, these clubs hold up very very well. While these irons MAY not be the best for tour pros they seem to work great for everyone else. Let me tell you why.
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Pros: Great for short shots and shots around the greens.
Cons: I don't like the way the longer irons perform.

A good friend of mine loves his Ping Eye2 irons so much that one day I asked him if I could borrow them for a round. I have to say that the irons did not work as well for me as they do for him. Most of my shots did not feel solid. When the club hits...

Pros: Playability, Versatility, SQUARE GROOVES
Cons: Starting to Look its Age

I recently purchased a (used) factory refurbished set of the "square groove" Eye 2 (blue dots) on eBay. I purchased the Eye 2s for various reasons (nice (but dated) look, perimeter weighting, legendary reputation, custom fitting...), but most importantly...