Golf had just captured the full attention of the most innovative mind the game had ever seen. With Karsten Solheim Smitten by the fickle temptress that is golf, the sport would never be the same again.
Despite being a novice, he blamed the club. Unlike other golfers, he did not simply purchase a new putter, instead the mechanical engineer in him began to devise a remedy, and the first perimeter weighted putter was born. In Karsten designed a putter that he went on to call the 1-A.
This was probably the first putter ever designed by a professional engineer. It looked nothing like the golf world had ever seen. The head was made from a material never used before in clubmaking, the face was floating, attached only at the heel and toe.
Karsten invented perimeter weighting. He knew by moving the weight around the perimeter of the putter head, it would drastically minimise twisting on off centred struck putts. The stable head produced a level of forgiveness and accuracy that made the game easier.
With his first prototype design of the 1-A putter, he drilled a hole in the head and put a shaft in it. Karsten immediately recognised the significance of the sound. Not only was his new putter a step forward in putter design, it had a unique musical marketing angle, and subsequently provided a distinctive name for the business. Ping Man is a robot that is used for product and prototype testing. Even though it launched in , Ping had worked on these technologies as far back as After the improvements, this set of irons became one of the best-selling in the game.
Ping ISI Irons were the first clubs that used Nickel which helped improve their durability without losing the soft feel. Ping S59 were used by Bubba Watson for over a decade on Tour. The irons were one of the smallest, lowest-launching, and workable the company made at the time. The design produced a solid feel and gave high-handicappers better distance control. Ping Rapture Irons were popular because they were the first Ping irons to utilize a multi-material construction with the stainless steel body, thin titanium face, and tungsten toe weight.
This technology sparked other club designs down the line. G15 irons, the successor of the G2 series, featured a custom tuning port that allowed for movement of greater weight at the perimeter and resulted in a very forgiving clubhead. Ping launched the S55 irons which were the next set of irons Bubba Watson used. The irons were loved by amateurs as well because of their forgiveness.
Recently, the Irons released by Ping have become favorites across the golf world. The Ping Blueprint, G, i and i are some of Ping's most popular irons. The irons produce high ball flight with good distance and are great for players looking to improve their game. The Ping i irons give players a nice blend of control and forgiveness. We break down the fundamentals of the golf swing to help you knit together a movement that takes a mere second in real time.
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