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 revolutionary new putter, that was destined to take the golfing world ... Read review
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...golfing revolution was called the Ping Anser.
The “Ping” came from the very distinctive sound it made when it struck the golf ball, and the “Anser” as Solheim swore it would be the answer to all golfer’s prayers.
(By the way, if you just happen to have one of these old putters lying around somewhere then head for the nearest bank vault, as they’re now worth an absolute fortune)
~ ~ It was the 1970’s before Ping manufactured anything other than ... ...league. The Ping Eye 2
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~ ~ The Ping Eye 2 irons first came on the market in the early 1980’s.
Like the Anser putter before them, they were totally different to anything else on the market at the time. Up to then, most irons were blades, and manufactured using an engineering process called forging, which allowed many clubs to be made from the one metal mould.
Instead Solheim decided to make each club individually, using a cast system ...
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Advantages: Solid Irons which will last through the ages Disadvantages: Hard to compete with the new technology
...can stand by the quality of ping and especially this iron. I still do own several of these irons although not in my current bag set up, I would class them in my back-up range and that says a lot for an iron that was produced around two decades ago. ...
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