1992 Ping Zing Irons - The Vintage Golfer Episode 15
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- 1992-1994 Ping Zing Irons
My first set of golf clubs was a second set of mismatched clubs. I bought them while I lived in Michigan from a thrift store called The Mission. When one of my friends lent me a Ping Zing 9 iron.... ZING!!!!!
Let me know your thoughts about these irons in the comments below.
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I'm with you all the way. I've had a set of Ping Zings for years, and still use them. They mean so much to me that I do preventive maintenance on them each year. They're like an old friend you just don't want to be without. Greatest golf clubs ever made.
Loved this review! I have a 30-year old set of Ping Zing irons I inherited from my father-in-law and playing with them makes me love golf a little more. Not just because they're great clubs but because I really loved him.
Laugh all you want. I still use them and can hang with anyone.
Zingers are great clubs .
Mine still look amazing .
I still have a set of ping eye 2 s too..
Today's iron prices are just outrageous, insane.
I play with a bunch of old heads that play with these since they came out. Ping was on the cutting edge of tech in those days.
Just ordered a set of Ping Zings. I am really excited to give them a try. I am a cheapskate, and getting a set for under $200 bucks was awesome.
I bought my set almost a year ago, too. £100. How's your experience been?
Get Sandvik Titanium shafts for these. It was the standard titanium supplier to Ping back then. You'll have a feel on ball impact superior to both steel or graphite + an EXTREMELY rare set of important equipment! Hong Kong, Singapore & Japanese customers offer me +$15,000.00c USD minimum for these when they meet me at Golf courses. Aldila brand titanium can be found also (they supplied Cobra Golf back then).
My Ping Zings were a gift from my wife in 1993 purchased new at the time - 2 - PW with matching serial numbers. To this day, even with "new technology" out there, I gravitate back to them. They are like old shoes, a comfortable and familiar fit. I have been a consistent 12 handicap, but as I approach my 7th decade on earth, I find that while my swing is slower, I just need to compensate by moving up a club length. Soon, I will be eligible for the senior tee box but will still be swinging my Ping Zings. P.S. I am not going to kid you, the 2 iron is mainly for show now or to punch out.
My Dad punches out with his Beryllium Copper (green dot) Zing iron too. He's got 1-iron to lob-wedge! Cleveland "VAS" irons tried to capture market share from Zing in the early '90s, as did McGregor "doctor" irons. Both failed! I'll inherit Eye-2 "Plus Square Groove" irons, the Zings & steel Zing 2 irons (all green dot) from Dad. Steel wool + a standard file buffs away his scratches on these irons. As for my Honma set, one scratch & they're RUINED!
I played my best golf in 1996 with a set of Ping Zing 2's Excellent clubs !
The "winglets" have nothing to do with how the club moves through the air. They wanted more weight on the toe without having to add it on the sole because the ball would go too high, so they added that weight high on the toe.
I just bought a full set of ping zing orange dots last week at a yard sale for $10. I cleaned them up and they look great I can't wait to get out and see how they hit.
I got ripped off. I paid $70 for a full set of green dot 3-pw. They were asking $20 but I felt bad only paying that. PGA value guide is still at $116 on the low end.
Someone locally is selling red dot for 80 bucks for the set. Should I buy them?
@@kimakashi I haven't checked the red dots online but I'm sure for $80 that's not a bad price for pings
@That Guy Andy I actually only had to use some Dawn dish liquid and a sponge with a non abrasive scraper surface on the other side of it. And just some water and good scrubbing.
@That Guy Andy 👍 hope it works for ya
The winglet is a weighted toe to help keep the clip face straight and not fly open if u hit some dirt or heavy grass
I play Ping Zing white dots. My all-time favorite clubs. Will never give them up.
I have a full set of Ping Zing black dots 3-SW. Bought them at a golf trade show in MI for $250 cash in 1994. Been using them ever since! They are in mint condition, cuz well I take care of my stuff! Haha. Was looking to buy a new set of irons this year, but decided to just re-grip the Zing's and keep 'em! Classic irons! My dad still uses his Ping Eye 2's to this day as well! Love Ping!
The ping zing 9 iron is my first iron I connected with also. I’m only 4 months into golfing but it’s been an addiction ever since. Highly recommend this iron!
The first set of decent irons I bought was a set of Ping Zings,I always loved them.I have many great memories of nice shots made with them. I just bought a new set of Apex 19's...wow,what a jump in technology! Thanks nice review..
@Newman Fertig Yeah after all thats all it is, is a jump in loft angles as you say...LOL
Im still using these. RIP my golf bag
Just bought these and played today! 👌
The Ping Zing was the first club that I loved in my college days (mid ‘90s). A friend had a set and I hit the 7 iron, and became intrigued.
I can close my eyes & imagine you back then in Reebok Pump golf shoes, hitting Maxfli balls & listening to Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" in the Clubhouse! 📢
@@lukespector5550 If only I could go back!
Yeah well........ That's the BEST thing about our generation (I was born September 1979). We're the last of the TRULY tough. Original music, Original movies, appreciation of Internet's development, etc.......
I love this channel. I'm of an age that has played with a lot of the clubs you review. So it brings back some fond memories. I played the Ping Eye 2's for years and years. Still have them. Never liked the Zings though. Couldn't get past the looks but the Ping ISI was a sweet club though. Keep up the good work
Bought a set of zing becu's when thry came out. Sold them, 20 years later they found their way back to me and have been golfing them since and will never let them go again. In the interim used callaways and blades and whatever. I feel they are the best ever....eye2's second and also love the ISI irons.
I have a set of ping zings my grandpa gave me. He has always been an avid golfer, and plays around 3 days a week. He has multiple sets of clubs, and I believe mine were given to him by a friend. He didn’t have much use for them since they were too long, he’s 5’1 and I’m 5’9.
Towards the end of middle school I was beginning to outgrow my junior set of maxflis. He took a few shots with those clubs one time we played together and he seemed to like them, and he essentially called dibs on them. Once they were too small for me, he gave me the pings in exchange. His friend had put new golf pride grips on them, except for the 3 iron which is quite slippery & i am meaning to regrip it. My favorite club of the set is the pitching wedge. For whatever reason it’s on a carbon shaft and this gives it such a unique balance of weight.
Because of covid, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen my grandparents and even longer since I’ve golfed with my dad and grandpa. I’m hoping to get a chance this summer.
I wish all of you the best!
I have a set of red dot ping zing. Love them. Have several sets of vintage clubs I use
Whats a set of red dots worth
Stand slightly closed & point to the target.
Now re address and smoothly swing to that position.
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I've just been bought a set as a gift and can't wait to get out there to prove that in fact it's nothing to do with the tools...the problem is with the workman !
Great clubs! I had a friend who played them and he loved them. I was playing the Armour 845s then
I was also playing the 845’s
I have that exact Ping Anser2 putter from 1992 and it’s still in my bag. It’s been to Ping for refurb and it’s better than ever.
How much do they charge to refurb?
Got a set of copper heads like this. They are big and heavy which makes them long with a lower swing speed after a lay off or you are not playing so well. I will never get rid of them.
Those BeCu's are gorgeous.
i just got some ping eyes, ping eye twos, and ping zings (on order). while absolutely enamored of older 60's and 70's blades and their derivatives, the pings are now available for a song and speak to my better (younger) years as a rabid golfer and thrash-a-bout. i can't see playing with persimmon anymore-well maybe the fairway woods, but the ping sci-fi look has bitten me...
I grew up learning Golf from my Grandpa who had been a founding member of a local golf club. My grandpa always was die hard ping and he used Ping Zings as his irons when I knew him. I have a set of Ping Zing BeCu irons that I use a lot in honor of him! Honestly they compete with new irons really well still and I dont consider it a downgrade to use them.
I still have my 1994 Ping Zing Irons. I played with them for 25 years.
My 1st set of clubs were cheap Wilson MBTs I got when I was a teen. I also got a few random clubs from my Grandpa thrown in my bag, like a nice Taylor Made driver I use, and one of them a Ping Zing 1 iron black dot. I found it to be a really useful fairway club, having a similar experience you describe "connecting with the club." Later, I was curious about stepping up my game with fitted set of irons, my fitting proposed standard length with 1 degree flatter lie. I shopped brand new clubs for a bit, putting off such a big investment with indecision on what to get. Then searching ebay, I found a set of red dot Ping Zing irons 1-9 + 3 wedges, clean, with brand new grips, $150. I went for it! I couldn't be happier. They hit really well and really have improved my game. I know there is new tech out there, but most of it seems to boast more distance, which I don't understand- aside from gaining distance in a new driver and fairway wood, for the rest, it doesn't matter! Just choose the club you know YOU consistently hit a particular distance accurately, and play!
4:51 has to be the best hit ever, nice sound, nice ball flight!
My buddy has a set and he loves them!
Ping Zing, a jet fighter, yes agree!
Playing a ping zing set and love it
I still play Ping ISI irons to this day. They were the evolutionary third generation of the Zing I believe. Great Irons and Ping's finest in my opinion. You should give them a look.
I just picked up a clean set of ISI irons. 3-PW. They look horrendously ugly, BUT they are very easy to hit with a great ball flight. This weekend will be the true test at the course.
@@gilgarza2903 Yep. I switched from my graphite shafted black dots to a set of steel shafted blue dots that I got for a song on ebay and I am loving them so far after three rounds.
I get you on the connecting with this club. I remember using my dad's 7 2ron ping zing. It was amazing. Almost like the ball wasn't there! Glad I wasn't the only person with a similar experience.
I bought some that were next to some new eye 2 at the pro shop back in the day. I couldn’t stand them after a while. That little wing deal on top bothered me on address. I could not stop looking at it and not liking it. Eventually had to sell them. I have to have a straight top edge.
I have a set of the Zings. I like them ALOT! Previously, I was hitting with the original Ping Eye, and the Zings feel like I can hit anything compared to that smaller Eye head. I got mine second hand for $40 and had the 1 iron included......I'm very pleased. These are great irons! These, and the Lynx Parallax irons are my absolute favorite irons to play (and they are both from the late 80's into the early 90's). I love your channel......keep up the great work!
I remember when they launched the Zing and that winglet was responsible for the shafts on some clubs breaking so they removed fit for the Zing 2. I love the old Ping clubs - they were so iconic and always stood out with their space age, futuristic design. I think Ping club design lost its way hen they released the i3. I recently bought a set of ISI irons on eBay for less than $150 and they are gorgeous.
"JZ" shafts were the replacement ones.
Have you Reviewed the Ping Zing 2 Irons? I would love to hear your take on their design and overall playability. Thanks ;-)
I started playing last year with a set of Ping Zing yellow dots. I like them a lot. I don't get great distance with them, but I do hit them very straight. I plan to hang on to them for a while.
I tried a set of these with factory graphite shafts, nope. But I still have a Zing SW bought off the old golf club exchange auction site, in 2001. Reason was it had the very rare Sandvik Titanium shaft that was a shaft option for years and years. It is regular flex, one of my favorite wedges.
I play ping zings red dot and a zebra putter. Went to G10’s for the driver and wood. I retired my zing putter and went back to my zebra. 2 to Lop irons. My friends tell me I need to switch to graphite shafts. We’ll see. I’m not sure that’s my issue.
Still use mine today, great clubs wouldn’t trade them for another
Have had and still use Ping Zing Black dot set from about 1994. Have had a few grip changes but they are fine irons. For solid iron strikers, they still stand up I'm sure.
Before Ping started the color dot customization (different degrees of upright or flat), I believe. I bought a pair of Ping I-3's around 2009, not knowing what the green dot on them signified. upright.
Wow just found your channel. Love it.
Daisy the best actress? You must be kidding right?
Love your story of the 9 iron, like getting your first ever.......... love. I have always loved Ping irons and when I started golfing back in the late 80's I had a crappy box set. Got me hooked though.
Saw these irons on display in the early 90's and I was like, my lord they are beautiful like a super model. I have to have them but they were like 350 bucks and back then that was a ton of cash. Heck, Golfsmith irons were sexy also but at 200 to 250 it was just too much for a new college graduate to afford. All my money was tied up with women.
No matter, I just ordered a used set yesterday. I will have my super model after all, even though she is 30-+ years out of date.
back when the Ping Zing 2's came out went on a tour of the Ping factory (Ping cast their own iron heads back then) ask guide why they came out with the Zing 2 so close to the Ping Zing release...he said they found work ability was not enough in the Zing for top golfers??? I have had Zing 2's since they came out and have gone through 7 different iron sets over the last 20 years always keeping the Zing 2's as my back up set and they still work well, I use the Ping 425 irons as my normal playing irons...they look better and the lofts do make them 5 yards or so longer....
Just bought some for £50, they're just insanely good to hit. Just brilliant irons, 30 years old and still going strong
i have a complete full set of ping zings from my grandpa i have 3 persimmon ping zing woods a 5 a 3 and a 1 all wood blondies. I have white dot 3-pw irons from ping zing and a BECU ping pal 2 putter in a custom black leather/ gold staff bag with Rumple Minze embroided on the bag in thick white stitching also his name was Michael Scott like the office and his name is on the bag as well, all around i hate using it cause it so nice i have used the woods 1 time in a game and not only do they just feel and sound so so good, they rock the ball a good distance id say anywhere fromm 200-275 wood is pretty hard but boy they are great great clubs only the 5 woody is a bit damaged the face is a bit chipped i think his bag is a show bag so nice
i got a set of ping zing 2, for me i did not like the shape and they hit the ball really high but they were solid irons, ideal for beginner to mid handicap players out there
I’m going to get a set of these next year. Goodwill has whole sets.
I have a full set 1 iron 3 to sand wedge love them so much
Got that set, 4-W green dot. I’m keeping them.
Ping made some great irons in the late 80s early 90s
Honestly when you hold it up to that Callaway, it really shows that Ping made their clubs with some personality
The "Big Bertha" irons of 1995 killed Callaways high retail price argument. Quality went downhill since their "Warbird" woods of that year.
I always hit these fat. I never liked the way they looked standing over the ball which lowered my confidence. That winglet off the toe bothered me. I love the Ping Eye 2+’s.
My dad has some ping zing and I use the 4 iron cause my set doesn’t have one and moving to the three iron and I really like them
Have these too 😎
I'm considering trading my ben hogan apex ftx's (graphite) 4-9 to a set of Ping Zing becu 3-sw ... Should I or should I not? The BHs is my backup set anyway
Huh, I don't think that question has ever been asked before. Let me know what you decide. I like both of those sets, something special about BeCu ping products but Ben Hogan irons are some of the prettiest ever made.
The Vintage Golfer I have a complete set of Ping Zing Black Dot in mint condition love them.
The Vintage Golfer I’m about to pick up a iron I bought on offer up it’s one club that adjust to every degree lol have you ever see one before ?
I LOVE MY PING ZINGS!
I found some rip off of these lol. Tour force irons
Just found your channel and love your vids, keep it up!
I own a set of Ping Zing irons. What's the difference between them and the Ping Zing 2 irons? Great video, thanks! 👍🏿👍🏿🇯🇲
I own the Zing irons. What is the difference between them and Zing 2 irons? Great video, thanks! 👌🏿👌🏿🇯🇲
Lee Westwood won a whoooooole lot of tournaments during the height of his career with Ping Zings... i think he may have flirted with #1 on the Worls Sony Rankings with these. If these clubs are good enough technology to do that with with his ball striking then... on those world best courses against Tiger & and many of the best of all time... they can still do that today. All this old tech is outdated and new tech coming out every year is BS. Maybe big improvements on driver heads and shafts making it waaaay easier for tour players to hit it off center, or a bit thin, or cluface a bit open, or clubface a bit closed and still hit the fairway today than it was in previous decades. No one on tour hits more fairways, more greens, makes makes more sand saves et al than the best in those areas 20 or 30 years ago. Only thing that gotten better is distance... not control of the golfball, not short gnme, not putting. For amateurs all this incredible new score lowering tech every year.. and all the new teaching methods with ever beteer computer ball flight analysers.. yet average amateur golf cores never get better, Haha!
I saw Lee Trevino in a clinic one day at about 55yrs old hitting many types of the purest control golf shots that Tiger has never had in his bag (I've been within 20ft of him on the range for long sessions). It was in credible. Unbelievable wing shots, hitting pure 3 woods and drivers after he step on the ball stuck tighty in its own divot. Somebody asked him it was his new design Top-Flite woods that enable him to do that, and whether he could do it with his old persimmon woods he won all those majors with. He looks at the guy and said... "I'm gonna give you the greatest secret in the history of golf to become a good or great player.... It ain't the arrow, it's the indian".
Waffle iron on a stick!
I think the Zings came with the KT shaft and then went to the JZ shaft.
How about 15 bucks for a set, 1 Iron thru wedge? Probably my best thrift store find.
What? That's an amazing find!
My Ping Zing Redwood is my putter for life, until someone buys me a putter fitting anyway
Yep my play it again irons are a clone of those . Well at least now i know
i play these
Loved John Candy. Have the Ping Zing L wedge which I still use.
Had a set of ping zing 2 they may be butt ugly but they worked similar looking to ping isi irons now my favourite set which I game is ping Eye 2 + full set 1-lw they maybe cast steel not forged but functional as most ping clubs are.
I have the ping zing orange dot set
Ping ISI-K Irons review please
I’ve got the copy of these tour z 11 lively irons . Use ping zing 1-3-5 wood . Bz karsten putter
You are full of it!
this video is about 5 minutes longer than it needs to be ...why do utube posters insist on rambling on with useless., worthless info in their video's ?
Don't be like Sam. ☝️
Sad Sam LOL.
Who names their child Sam lmao