I play golf with 50 YEAR OLD clubs - SURPRISING RESULTS!
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- I play with VERY RARE 50 YEAR OLD golf clubs!
These clubs are the Ping K1 Karsten 1 irons that were produced in 1969 and are very very rare in this condition!
Thanks to Clitheroe GC for allowing me to us the course for filming.
It was in great condition.
Thanks so much to Richard Travis for allowing me to use these clubs!
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Rick Shiels Golf my dads old Callaway X 60° wedge
I have SEVERAL clubs from the 20's and 30's built in Scotland and elsewhere with hickory shafts, as well as one of those smooth face spoon shaped sand wedges. As for my oldest IN THE BAG, my Dad's Ping Anser 2 putter that I am using this season in his honor. He passed away last November, so I had it re-gripped and put it into play. It's a putter I used 20-25 years ago that I gave to him around that time. It was a few years old then. It still has his magic touch in it.
That’s awesome!
R11 driver, replacing that with m4 this winter
Titleist 907 driver
I am 63 was a golf professional in Phoenix in the 70's-80's was a Ping professional and a friend to the great trick shot artist and long drive champion Wedgy Winchester who was a Ping master fitter at the ping factory. These irons you are using even with the Balata balls of the day would really launch some fliers when you least expected it. What's funny is I was showing another Professional how the original Ping eye irons which came out after the ones your using would also hit extreme fliers. I hit a 9 iron to an up hill par 3 which was 179 yards after setting the ball up on some brushed back grass on the tee and not only flew it onto the green but holed it out for a 1... I knew the Sohlheim family when I was a kid Karsten would come to the course which was in the 60's and would bring stuff to our club pro Jim Moody and have him try them ... At the time no other Golf Pros took him seriously. Boy were they wrong. The golf course at the time which he bought years later was Moon Valley CC in Phx. He was really a fine gentlemen and never changed even when he became extremely successful. I quit playing for numerous reasons 10 years ago and started playing again in Aug of this year...Took me a month and a half to shoot even par again. With your videos which I discovered helped me decide what I pretty much new what I would get for clubs again..Ping G30 irons G30 Driver. My 1959 Wilson Staff pitching wedge as a gap wedge and an 1965 Wilson Sandwedge are still in the bag also. Enjoy you also on D2D. thanks for your work.
Agree, great story and thanks for sharing.
Keep playing great story
Nice story
Former Ping Eye owner here. I do remember they sometimes really flew on me too. :-) Great story, thanks for submitting.
Derek, excellent story. Glad you're back playing and enjoy lying your golf.
I received a 2-SW Karsten 1 set for my b’day in 1970. Great clubs. Still play them today.
Rick maybe you could do a video comparing a cheap set of clubs for around $100-200 to a set that's maybe a little more premium around $500. As someone who doesn't play a whole lot but loves to play I think it would be interesting to see if it's worth spending a little extra.
Love the videos man, always brightens my day!
in all honesty. Its a very good idea to pick up a set of used clubs. You can buy a 2yr old set of irons for 1/3 the cost of new.
I agree, it would be good to see some Donnay's against say Taylormade's
I’m with Vic if you’re an off the rack sized occasional golfer buy 2nd hand brand name clubs. Cheap clubs aren’t worth the metal that they’re made from in scrap
Buy used clubs over cheap clubs, and just have them fitted to you. The quality of the gear is not the alpha omega for golf, getting fitted is, it reduces injuries and doesn't put the same strain on your back. I play 3 times a week in the spring-summer-autum, and having fitted clubs is vital for me, otherwise i start hurting all over.
My favourite irons are old irons - e.g. Slazenger TPMs or Silver Scot "986 TOUR". I've never been able to find more of the TPMs but you can buy the Silver Scots on ebay for $100 and absolutely believe they are as good as any irons ever. Put in good shafts and good grips and you have great irons for a fraction of buying new. Woods and hybrids are a different story - as a general rule the later the better performance.
every golf club manufacturing and marketing company HATES this video!
Except Ping, which now sees an opportunity to relaunch their old designs for twice the price!
Haha true, we should all be hitting 500+ yards according to driver adverts, every year they always say our longest driver or gain 15 yards 😂
Rick is full of it. Ping is paying him.
I have a set if anyone is interested just needs grips.... 2-SW
The ping off the putter is addictive
BRING BACK THE PING!
Thats the reason why I always 4 put??
Its the reason I love my old Ping Anser... that sweet music when you hit the ball.
@@jrfoleyjr What Ping putters make the sound? The 1-A, the N-Ping, Anser has sound slot?
I bought the putter for the "PING". Can't sink anything but my putter "pings".
Those are my clubs! Thanks Rick, it's soo cool seeing them on yt! I played these irons (they were my grandfathers) since my early teens, and I'm about to turn 24. I always felt i wasn't giving much to modern equipment except some forgiveness but i know it made a better player. As my best round with them was a 76 on a 6800 yard course in marine park Brooklyn.
If you gamed that putter and didn't tell your playing partners - they'd all be checking their phones for text messages after you putt.
Lol so true. 😂
I can’t stop laughing
Can’t think of a better weapon in match play, opponent will go mad
Lmao! Nice.
No joke I loved that putter! If I ever see one for sale i'm going to get it. That "ping" was amazing!
Rick is the best! He needs his own show on the Golf Channel. I’d love to spend a day on the course with Rick learning the ropes. As a kid I always wanted to learn how to golf and never out grew that desire. Well two years ago I had the opportunity to finally go out with a friend and found golf was better than I could have ever imagined. I gotta say Rick’s videos have helped guide me along. On a side note, I recently found my biological father through DNA found that golfing is truly in my genes. My father is an excellent golfer, he has 11 hole in ones and his father and uncles were golf pro’s from way back cutting their teeth at Oak Hill. One of his uncles played Walter Hagan and Horton Smith (I have pics) Another uncle was the youngest to qualify for a PGA tournament at the time and I was told my grandfather played a round with a young Jack Nicklaus.
Oak Hill in Rochester?
The putter sound, legendary.
Rick, I own a set of these Ping Karsten I, red-dot (3~SW) irons that my wife's uncle gave me over 25 years ago. They belonged to his father inlaw who bought/played them in Maui for many many years. 3, 4 sets of grips later, now my son is playing them.
I still have a TaylorMade 360 6 iron that I "accidentally" put in my bag from when I played Wailea back in 2005. I wish I could afford to go back
I absolutely love it when you see people pull up to the first tee box with the latest of everything including clothing and go straight into the shit 🤣
Yep for the high handicapper, spending a few grand on lessons would go a lot further than spending that money on the latest and greatest equipment.
Four everyone! Ed Shank Tee'ing off..
Wife has just started playing and is a leftie so I was really struggling to find her some good quality clubs without dropping a fortune (she'll probably quit after 4 or 5 lessons). Went for a set of pristine Ping Zing 2 with Karsten Aldila graphite shafts for £120! Amazing clubs and I'll be going down the classic Ping route myself. Currently playing Honma LB 280 New H&F 4star, so no stranger to how wonderful older clubs can be if you can find the right set up. My Honma cost less than £40 yet they are unused 15 year old clubs which cost around £550 per club when new! My instructor thinks they are the best irons he has ever hit and they would go straight in his bag... every lesson I have to tell him they aren't for sale as I've never hit my irons so far or had so much feedback from a shot. And these are meant to be a mid to high handicapper club!
I'll always go for old classics now
A good lesson learnt,old is gold.
Haha this is great! 😂👌🏼 My dad still plays the same kind of Karsten 1 set. Still got 1,2 hcp and 62 years old. Qualified for the Swedish senior national team last year but these clubs predates all the official listings of approved clubs @St Andrews
Great video! Played these irons shortly after I started playing and never could get used to the lighter swingweights. When the Eye2 came out I tried Pings again and it became a favorite. I have played most of the newer offerings only to return to my Eye2’s. Sadly sold my last set this past winter after falling for advise given to me by well meaning “experts.” My 86 year old body seems to appreciate the softer graphite shafts. But am I playing any better? My advise....if you like them, play them!!
Ping have always been underrated by the masses who are always impressed by the latest shiny things, it was great to see a set of 50 year old clubs playing so well.
Ping’s marketing focus has changed over the years, it’s sometimes hard to figure out what’s what they have such a huge range these days but they are still Ping at the core, similar to how Saab always retained something special even when GM’s accountants were making cuts and dumping GM parts into Sweden.
I don’t think I’ll ever change my G5 Irons or my 30 year old Anser, they are perfect clubs. I might possibly see could I get an old set of Dunlop Maxfli DP30 Australian Blades if I ever got to single figures, they were the nicest clubs I ever played with.
I still use my 1983 Hogan Radials to this day. I have had almost every brand, but these always end up in my bag. Less distance, but it doesn’t matter. Just use one more club.
I liked your video. It shows that new isn’t always needed.
Hogan Radials....one of the best designs ever....I loved those.
I have a set of Hogan Radials as well, they were given to me, free....2 iron thru Sand wedge...like you say they are short, but just go up 1 club
I still play with a set of Hogan radials from the 60s. Don’t use the persimmon woods anymore, scared I’ll break them
“You don’t always need new gear...” well said. OMG those are the SAME (my son who is also a big fan of yours...says mine might...be...a version slightly newer than yours, but look identical?)...Ping Irons I bought at a thrift store for $10 .....with full bag full of golf balls, tees, non-Ping putter,woods and driver for $20. Gentleman running the shop was a retired executive In His 80’s...”u got a good deal,Ping makes good irons!”....I had no idea, I had never golfed before....That was 8 years ago, and I still have them! In fact last week I buffed them to a beautiful finish, and polished, waxed, and put a coat of Turtle Wax Ceramic spray wax on them...no wax on the faces, but cleaned, already regrouped them, now want to recut/sharpen the grooves....they are in pristine condition, and I enjoy them!
First 5 years I rarely played any course but a par 3-4 , never used the irons u til last year, until watching my son use his irons well, decided to use mine....now I use them more than my woods or Rescue or hybrids...just a great set of irons to hit consistently with. Not looking to max out distance...will be using these Ping irons for a long time. I truly enjoyed this video, kind of validates many old clubs till have cachet, charm and solid feel and performance!
I just bought a set of original ping eye irons (cat eye) made between 1978-1982 before the ping eye 2. They look to be a cross between the eye 2 and Karsten’s gamed here. Can’t wait to play them.
From what I can tell Iron, wedge, and putter technology hasn’t changed much the past 50 years. It’s drivers and woods that have made the greatest leaps.
A college roommate had a similar set back in the 1970s and I often borrowed them. The best set of irons I had played with at that time.
I had a set of Ping Eye back in 1982. Then Ping Eye II.... have had about ten different sets since then. Ping Eye II's are still great clubs.
I can’t get that PING out of my head now. Crazy to hear it. Great video rick!
Chris Lum i am exactly the same... ebay time 😂
Will millar I know right??? Would love to see how many heads turn after they hear that on the course.
I just got new grips on the clubs my dad gave me. Ping Eye Blue Dot’s from the 80’s, can’t wait to play my first 9 holes with them tomorrow. Still in great shape and feels good to have something that my dad use to play golf with.
I had a set of Ping Eye2 irons I wish I never sold them they where one of my favourite irons I have used
Same here. Big mistake.
Prices have really dropped on used ones, so now is the perfect time to replace them. flEbay is your friend.
Big mistake they are for life
I love it! I play an old set of Ping Zing 2 irons and love them. I am a LONG way from hitting like Rick does, but I feel confident with these clubs so I stay with them. I am 70 now and definitely do not hit the ball as far as I used to but I still love the game. I even have the really old Ping Anser cast bronze putter with the slot. Still a putting machine with a new superstroke grip. ;)
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I currently play PING S55 irons (3-PW plus a 52 and 56 degree wedges), but I am also the proud owner of a set of PING EYE 2 irons (3-SW) and a PING O-Blade putter (all original shafts, however the irons do have newer PING grips on them). The whole set is in impeccable condition and was acquired new in 1990. I also have a PING Karsten 1 one-iron, also with the original shaft. This club has to be close to 50 years old as well. I love the shape of these old PING irons and still take them out on the odd occasion just for fun.
I really enjoyed that. The combination of the clubs, your upbeat attitude and the music was just nice. Charming video mate, love your stuff!
I have a set of Ping Eye 2's from around 1986. Had Ping reshaft, heads cleaned and relettered a few years ago. Today they reside in a bag in my office. Ping was certainly ahead of its time and still make great clubs.
I started like many with my grandfather's clubs and I feel like it made me a better player
Still love to play with my old Haig Ultra blades. Awesome clubs.
I actually have a friend who still plays regularly with a set of these Ping irons. He is 64 and has playing them since he played competitively in high school!
👍👍👍
I use these irons and I'm 31. They were given to me by my dad a few months ago because they had just been gathering dust for a couple decades in the attic. I absolutely LOVE these irons!
I love buying old wedges and putters and refurbishing them to usable condition again. Something so satisfying about it.
50 yrs of tech and they are only 10 yards behind.................lol
That’s only really down to the weaker lofts to be honest
With an iron like this or a forged one like Rick plays, the length of the shaft and loft of the head are basically going to be all that matters for distance when you hit the sweet spot. I'd wager that this iron probably will lose distance faster on an off center strike than a more modern head.
@@RickShielsPGA what about the peak height compared to today's irons
Just shows the bullshit companys are saying about newer technology
its a little misleading because rick plays forged blades with weaker lofts. If you compared these 50 year old pings with a modern distance iron like a Rogue X or a P790 the distance difference would be MUCH greater. Probably more than 30 yards on centered hits. And the distance gap between the two would be even greater on off-center hits. I do fittings all the time where players gain 20 or so yards by going to one of these clubs and theyre switching from clubs that are 3-10 years old. Let alone 50!
Only bought one new set in my 40 yrs playing, played them for about a month, went back to my old ping eye 2's
Awesome production value and content, Rick! Love those drone sweeps and colours.
I bought a set karsten1's on Ebay and they hit beautifully. You are true to your word. I had them regripped and handed down my Callaway Steelheads to my kid.
You’re awesome!!! Great influence for golf!!!
Thanks very much.
'Like a cowbell, still works though'.
Classic Rick Sheils quote.
Check out his vintage interview with John Solheim in the Ping gold vault.
Amazing!
'I'm hitting it 10 yards less'. Or just a club with a different number on?
200 yd 4-iron sounds alright to me!
That’s about what I got from my ping eye 2 clubs. As long as it’s consistent and the ball goes in the direction you want it to go it’s fine. You can always use a fairway wood it you need to go further.
me who averages 190 carry distance with driver
I have a full set: 1 through 9, W and S. This is my only set of clubs and I've played with them for the last 40 years. The were used when I got them. They are nearly indestructible.
When we play can you use those clubs to give me a fighting chance
Thanks for 50 years old Pings blog. It inspired me to buy Ping Karsten 3 irons......and Taylor made driver and 3 wood bubble shaft clubs.........these were clubs I could not afford back in the day. So, thank you.
Awesome video once again, Rick! Classic PING irons are still the best. I still have a “pristine” set of Beryllium Copper PING Eye 2’s that I pull out on a warm summer day. Love ‘em! 👍
I have a set of these irons from wedge thru 1 iron and putter (the "Zero iron") with a KII sand wedge that I inherited from my father after he passed away. They too are in excellent shape but need new grips as well. I also have the Ping Eye Driver and 3 woods and the KI 4 and 5 woods. I'm almost 54 and played with him from about 1980 thru '85 almost every weekend, with many weekends playing 9 holes on saturday and 18 on Sunday. He went through a phase where he took all of the woods out of his bag because he struggled hitting them striaght. He would just tee up the 1 iron and hit it as far or further than most hit their driver. I remember how amazingly forgiving those irons were and how it felt like butter when you hit it well. They were very confidence inspiring clubs when I hit with them. And just as Rick noted, you take some big divots with them because of the heel shape. It was nice to see him hitting these and enjoying them. Come spring time i think I'll have to at least take them to the range because it's been over 20 years since I hit a ball with any of them. Thanks for the memories Rick!
Right then, no PXG's for me I'm off to the charity shops. Great vlog Rick - oldest club is an Adams Nick Faldo 60 degree.
I have a full set of these Ping irons, plus the Ping black and red wooden ‘woods’ - driver, 2, 3 and 4.
They belonged to my grandfather and he used to hit all of them with a consistent 5 yard draw. A 4 handicapper, he was taught the Leslie King method to golf ( ‘up the line of flight’ and ‘laying the club off at the top’) and he used to hit practice shots speaking his timing (one - and ~ two).
In my bag, I have the sand wedge from this set - It’s a magic wand when chipping around the green. It’s one of 3 sand wedges I use, the other 2 being a beryllium copper Ping Eye 2 (in my bag, I have a full set of Ping Eye 2’s) plus a Ram 60 degree wedge. My game is all about wedge play, chipping and putting as I’m so wayward off the tee and fairways 😂
Arguably the best iron they made, to me the eye 2 was best.
I agree I still use Eye 2 irons I am never tempted to change them I found an Eye 2 1 iron in a junk shop works a treat.
I learned how to play golf with these irons. I have a full set from the 1 iron to the sand wedge, as well as a few woods from the same date/era. Excellent clubs and I'm considering putting a driving iron shaft in the 1 iron
Yes putting a modern shaft in should give you a little extra kick it will make the club feel lighter.
Forget the irons! I want that putter!!!
Ping is producing the putter again.
You can still buy them new. Via Hong Kong distributor. Singapore has them in every golf shop.
@@100davidcote So what web site would I go to to get one? Please and thanks.
@@samiam619 www.singaporefastcashpersonalloan.com/top-golf-equipment-shops-singapore/
I’m rocking some original Ping Eyes from 1978. Got them from a family friend as my first full adult set of clubs
you do always need new gear as it's how guys like me buy really good used gear for dirt cheap.
Gary Bloom, the best strategy is to buy newly discontinued clubs, in which case you get them for about 50% off!
I never buy new 👍
eBay is my friend
Rick, I bought a 100 year old set of clubs at Goodwill for just under $20.00. I played 9 holes with them from the senior tees (I'm 64). I shot 7 over par. I probably could have been 5 over but I wasn't comfortable putting with a putter that looked like a one iron. If I had been playing with a new set of clubs, my score would have still been the same because my only handicap was a mishit here and there caused by a poor swing rather than an old club. I have clubs that are 17 to 100 years old and when I'm swinging good, I play well with all of them. I'll take a good swing and an old club over a new set with a poor swing any day of the week. That being said, I do like the new clubs but it sure felt good to hold those hickory sticks in my hand to experience a part of history and what it was like for those professionals 100 years ago.
Right, Rick, you've got 20k likes now! We getting a review? 😂
Douglas Burns that’s what I’m saying
@@Downsouthfishing04 it didn't happen??
Yeah let’s see you hit those old balls as promised.
I’ve got an identical Ping N Ping putter like that one, it’s in the bag occasionally when the Scotty misbehaves. With that serious amount of offset, it helps me keep the face squarer thru impact.
The oldest club in my bag? LOL! I game Ping Eye 2's and I play off a 7.
I have a ping pal that my father gave me. Love it
I can't believe it. When you said "you'll never guess what I found in the bag..." I said "Dunlop 65's"!!! And then...HEY PRESTO!!! Wasn't expecting a whole box though. BTW Dunlop 65's - used by James Bond. Great video.
My youngest Son plays with a set of McGregor clubs that I used and gave to him 20 years ago. He plays off 14 and still loves them. He has updated the woods but the irons are the originals.
I have to admit, that putter is quite Charming.
I have a full set of Ping Zing's I started golf with, hand me downs from my dad, I still love them, they make you work for your shot a lot of learning can be done with these. I am upgrading to the G425's but the zings will stay in a bag around the house.
Almost a year later and he still doesn't have enough likes to review those 1965 Dunlop balls lol. 5:50
Jared Sabovitch yeah lol
Oh come on! I didn’t mean it like that. Rick seems like a pretty decent dude.
I'd love to see him play these clubs with balls representative of that time. (Faithful replicas should be fine.)
He has 20k now
Partially inspired by this played these 2-W with a 1967 Anser, Ping Eye Woods and Debted Callaway Diablo picked up for shaft.
High Handicapper, no range or practice ever with em, not clue on distance other than lifts I got here, playing ball in hole shot 90 with 29 putts which I’m not sure if I’ve done had less than 30 before. Also lost few strokes hitting right at it that went LONGER than I expectedEye opener (my best round ever is 86!) and such a fun experience.
Thanks Rick! (Think was eye opener for young man I got paired with using new expensive driver vs my whole bag (bag included) that cost $250)
almost 300K views and no 20K likes for Dunlop ball review :(
I've spent thousands of dollars on golf clubs over the past 30 years. Last year, I found a set of original Ping Eye irons in a barrel at Play It Again Sports for $39. Like your Karsten I set, they were pristine with the original shafts and grips. Seriously, they looked as if they'd never been played. By the time Ping marketed the Eye irons (@ 1978, after the Karsten II, III, and IV), they had resolved the digging issues with a rolled leading edge and serious heel and toe sole relief. Long story short, I can't get these irons out of my regular line-up. (The 2i is even easier to hit than my 5w.) If you pay attention to the lofts, rather than the numbers on the bottom, they're equal to or better than any of the dozens of GI sets I've ever owned. I've since added an original Answer 4 putter ($19), and I'm shooting my hdcp. (14.3) for the first time in forever.
A wise move you won't go wrong with Eye 2 irons Seve always used Anser putter look at how good he was.
Geez I would really like to see those old balls in action!
Sexual harassment... he's only like 30 anyways.
Thats what she said
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It's October 2021 and I am watching this video for the first time. There are 29K 'thumbs up' but why are there 205 'thumbs down'!? Great video Rick. Awesome to see a comparison with the old.
So I guess my thrift store clubs aren't too bad haha
ay my friend bought a full set from P-3 for .25 cents a club and they do the job.
Best irons I ever had.
What the heck is a thrift store do you mean a charity shop
Bobby Beasley yes, in America we call them thrift stores. I guess you call them charity shops
Can you buy more old golf clubs?
I have played with these Karsten 1 irons... still have a 1 iron in my locker. I made two course record and won many tournaments between 1975 and 1993 with them. In July 2016 I bought the Psi tour irons dynamic S 300 after seeing a video of your friend Peter. In august of the same year one of my friends, who cannot play golf anymore, sold me his brand new 2013 Ping Anser forged Project X 5.0 for 700$ Canadian dollars. So, I play the stiff Psi tour irons in the summer and the Ping regular in spring and autumn.
The best in the west and the north for sure!
Rick your videos are class lad keep it up. Do cheap clubs against expensive clubs
They look very modern compared to my set of 1974 Max Faulkner Avengers. The Golden Goose bag I bought at the same time, fell apart about fifteen years ago taking them out of the car at a golf day, so had to be replaced by a much lighter and more practical bag from the pro shop. I can see a set of nine irons along with a random 5 wood on eBay at £50, probably not too different to what I bought them for in 74. I'm never going to be a pro, so play to beat my best. That's what the handicap if for. Same as when I rode cycling time trials, I had a decent, but resonably priced bike. I enjoyed riding, often winning handicap events, generally getting faster, but due to improvements in my own performance, nothing to do with spending obscene amounts of money on the latest kit. It's all about enjoying the sport.
Nothing wrong with 50 year olds. I play golf every round with this 50+ old body and I can still handle myself quite well against much younger golfers!! Lol!!
I play a set of 1976 Hogan Apex irons 2-SW with a Ping BeCu B61 putter usually. I have a Hogan Riviera 60 degree lob wedge. I also have a set of 1990 Tommy Armour Silver Scot 845s, 1-SW and a Ping Anser putter. I have had these clubs since the 90s and I keep them in good condition. I am in my 60s now and am about 2 clubs shorter than when I first started hitting these clubs but I can still get around the course off the men's tees in the low 80's. And they do get noticed by my playing partners at times! Spoiler alert...My driver and 3 metal are M2 TaylorMades! Sorry Old Schoolers.
Hi Rick!
Can we killed myth irons getting better new every year?
My favorite set of irons ever were ping eye 2’s black dot
pretty sure the grips are from the 80's
Amazing to see this video! This is the same set of clubs my grandpa handed over to me! ❤️
He gave you quality irons take good care of them never part with them keep the grooves clean keep them polished change the grips when they are worn should last you forever.
I still play ping eye 2 copper irons. 30 years old or so. I see no reason to upgrade. Still some of the finest clubs ever made. Sure, my buddies hit delofted 9 irons the distance I hit a 7. Who cares?
Exactly, the scorecard doesn't have a place for what irons you used.
I used to play with the karsten 3 irons until I upgraded. Only coz my grandad wanted them back.
I have the copper Zings, absolutely love them.
I’m just getting back into golf in my mid-30s, for the first time since high school. I’m playing my late grandfather’s Ping Karsten IIIs and I can’t find an excuse to upgrade to something newer. This video seems to confirm my experience...
I had ping eye 2 with square grooves. Best clubs i have ever owned. My brother wanted them so I traded for hogen apex tour blades. Both iron sets were great. Later I wanted the pings back but he sold them...aaaahhhh. and never asked me if I wanted them back..:(
I still play with ping eye 2. They still rip
Me too.. I've also got a set of the square groove brand new in the closet.
When I started playing in 1987 I bought a really shitty half set of some unknown brand. Played 18 over par on my first ever tournament and they set me from rabbit to hcp 28. Some time later I had a chance of buying a used ping eye 2 set with stiff shafts because I used to get a lot of speed in my swing. I practiced for hours every day after work and a few years later I started teaching. I got tired of teaching and took up my old IT job after 7 years. Ten years later I’m married and my wife wants to play golf… I thought her how to play with blades and then gave her a set of ping zing irons and big bertha drivers before I set her loose on tournaments. She won almost everything that year including a four day all-in golftrip to Portugal. I only played one tournament myself due to bad health, 4bbb no hcp with my wife in her first year of golfing. I still played my ping eye 2’s and Big Bertha’s. After fourteen holes we were 4 under par (my ping zing 2 putter was on fire) when my wife’s back gave out and she had to give up. Worried about her my concentration was gone and I bogeyed three of the last four holes. We finished second to a team of a scratch player and an 8 handicapper who played 2 under par… ( my wife’s handicap was 28) This is 9 years ago and neither of us are playing because of our bad backs (we both suffered broken vertebrae’s) but if we ever start again the ping clubs are still waiting in the hallway of our house. I wouldn’t even switch to another set if they gave me money on top.
Oldest club in my bag is my Odyssey putter at 5yrs old. Not changing it.
Careful when you cut open that Dunlop 65. The middle bit is a grey thick liquid that will spurt out when the rubber band middle core compresses.
Those are nice enough looking to be in a museum. Still look nicer than the P760 irons lol.
I might put them in my own museum. Ha
My brother owns the same set of Pings including a #1 iron. Bought in the U.S. in the 70's. Brings back memories from the early 90's when he first taught me. i still play with a late 90's set of Mizuno TZoid irons.
ping sounding like my microwave finished cooking
My clubs were made by Ping on November 11th 1988. Love them. Won’t play anything else. Great video. Thank you
When I want new clubs I get new grips on my current clubs and they feel like new clubs.
bruh
Yes at a fraction of the cost of buying new clubs there are some good budget grips around you can re-grip your clubs every Spring.
I was 12 years old and bought a set of these but it took me a couple of years as I could only afford 1 club at a time :) Started off with the bronze Anser putter and I kept that until I stopped playing at about 40 years old. A thing of beauty but the Ping sound was a bit quieter on the bronze model I think. Long time ago in a land far away.
Thanks for the memories !
Next time Rick, match it up with a 50 year old golf ball to really play a simulation of golf back then ;)
50 year old woods too
50 year old shoes too.. and film with a 1970's video recorder
What about the course? A 50 year old municiple course probably had fairways closer to todays second cut and greens that rolled at like an 8. Totally diffrent game these days
You gentlemen almost made me spit out my coffee on my screen this morning. Well played.
I still play with my set of Ping Zing originals! Have yet to find a modern set of irons. That I hit as well as my classic Ping's!💯🙌
Only “technology” has been stronger lofts on the irons. But prices have gone up by a million
Great video! This is the first video I have ever commented on. Just for fun this season I pulled out my old 1980s irons, Wilson Bernard Langer blades, to practice with. The sweet spot is much smaller and they really let you know it when you miss the sweet spot. They forced me to put a better swing on them. My game started improving, shooting my best ever score last month. I have had them, 9I thru 4I, in my bag for most of the season. They are my swing improvement clubs. If you really want to improve your swing try practicing with old blades.
“Ping came into the industry making pootahs
I've a set of Ping Eye II's 2-PW with 1,3,4,5,7 woods. They were my dads's. I never cared much for them. Didn't feel as good as my blades, so I never switched. Still playing my old irons and collecting other classic old blade sets. They work if you work 'em.
Players may not NEED the latest gear, but if you gave an 18 hdcp'r a set of 50 year old blades... Well, let's just say he wouldn't be an 18 with the blades and the newer tech certainly helps,
Ray - My first set of clubs were the Wilson Staff Tour Blades. Sweet spot about the size of a dime. They were great teaching clubs ... they taught me never to play golf with them.
@@wallacedavidg Yes, those of us at a 'certain age' learned on blades. In my case the Northwestern "Chi-Chi Rodriguez" model. I played them for 10-12 years and learned how to hit every shot... more or less. When I moved to GI clubs, All that happened was a few extra yards and less loss of distance on mishits. No 'stingers' to speak of. But i would never have a new player learn on blades exclusively. New clubs are easier to hit and make the game less intimidating. IMHO, of course...
1974 Hogan Director blades is what I learned on. I hit them occasionally and it quickly reminds me why they stay in the garage...
Best round I EVER shot 5 under par with 1972 Woollies special clubs. The whole set bag and buggy cost $70 Keith Knox 3, 5, 7 irons. (blades) Plastic (resin) head 2 wood, lefty righty putter. and I added a 1 wood, 4 wood pw, sw, 8i 9i all blades. I chucked them out when I started playing again in the 90s. Wish I hadn't ...
Rubbish
I have this same set. My pops bought em for me when I was 13... (now 22) I've upgraded my woods, driver, putter, etc. Never even had a thought about getting new irons. I love em!
I'd love to golf in the UK in the fall in the early afternoon. See the differences there are sights, smells, feel of the sun. See how different it is from Chicago
Some really cheap courses too do some planning on the net and get a plane ticket and enjoy.
I absolutely love the sound of that putter. I want one!
My dad has a set of old pings like this. They were my grandpa’s back in the early 70’s. I’ve never hit this but they look really cool
I still today play with the clubs I got in high school. Ping Eye 2's. I graduated in 1990. Tried newer clubs over the years and I go back to my Ping. I set I have is 1 iron, 3-9, PW, SW, LW. The grips have been replaced with Ping grips several times and regrooved once.
The loft on that 9 iron is the same as my G25 PW. 45 degrees. I love these old equipment reviews. Thanks Rick.
Hello Rick, great video. I play with a set of Titleist tour model blade irons that were manufactured in 1985. These clubs have an incredible feel. I have had them adjusted to modern day loft angles and wouldn’t trade them for anything. Thanks for your videos keep up the good work
Yes a simple job to get the loft adjusted keep the grips in good condition replace as needed should last you for life as you get older you can change the shafts if you don't swing as fast.