While some inexperienced golf custom fitters only measure the first two factors of your height and the length of your wrists to the floor, it is most important to measure your lie angle. The other important factor is the lie angle of your iron set. Getting custom fit for a set of irons requires several different factors, but for the sake of keeping things simple regarding Ping Iron Set Dot Colors, the main factors in getting fit correctly are your height, and more importantly the length of your wrist to the floor. Keep in mind this does not mean that the lie angles have changed but it’s just that Ping has found that their blue or yellow dot lie angles fit more golfers’ swings than black dot iron sets. However, sometime between mid-20, after doing further research Ping has discovered that more golfers fit into a bit more of an upright lie angle and now blue dot or yellow dot iron sets have become the new Ping standard dot color, and are typically what more golf retailers keep in stock as opposed to only black dot Ping iron sets. For decades Ping has deemed the black dot iron set at being the standard lie angle that most golfers fit into and if you purchased a Ping iron set off the rack from any golf retailer several years ago, in most cases it would’ve been a black dot iron set. Please refer to the chart below for more exact specifications regarding each dot color’s lie and shaft length. So each specific set of Ping iron has 12 different dot colors.įrom flat to upright the dot colors go in the following order with gold being the flattest lie angle at 3.75 degrees to brown, orange, purple, red, black, blue, yellow, green, white, silver, and maroon being the most upright at 4.5 degrees. Each set of irons is stamped with a dot color that signifies its lie angle and shaft length and while this doesn’t have anything to do with the specific iron set model, it only has to do with each model of irons that Ping brings to the market. Lie angles range from 3.75 degrees flat to 4.5 degrees upright in 0.75 degree increments. Ping has a total of 12 dot colors and each one is different based on each golfer’s necessary lie angle of their irons as well as the shaft length. So what exactly do these Ping dot colors mean and how will they matter to me if I were to get custom fit for a new set of Ping irons?
If you’re somewhat familiar with Ping irons you’ll notice each iron set has its own Ping Dot Color stamped on the hosel or cavity of the iron. Ping has been the long-standing leader and a huge advocate of getting custom fit for your next set of golf clubs, especially with a new Ping iron set. Updated July 11th, 2017.Ĭlick Here To Read our 2020 Article Revisiting PING’s Dot Colors>
The putter comes with a commemorative display case, leather head cover, and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by PING CEO John Solheim and is priced at $1175.Ping Golf has made some changes in 2017 along with their G400 line of golf clubs release so please see the update at the bottom of this post. While the design remains virtually the same as the original, tungsten weights have been added to the face to produce a more modern weighting.
The putters feature the same PING PP58 grip (produced by Golf Pride) and True Temper high-step shafts that were found in the originals. The soles of the putters were each hand ground by current PING CEO (and son of Karsten) John Solheim who also ground the original putters in the family’s garage. 775 right-handed putters were produced from each mold and the hosels were stamped with a “K” or an “A” to differentiate the two along with a serial number. The two original molds were built by PING founder Karsten Solheim and his son Allan. We are excited to offer one of these collectible putters at Ted & Dave Custom Golf. Commemorating 50 years since the release of the Anser putter PING has produced a limited run of 1550 Ansers cast from the original molds at the same foundry that first built the classic putter in 1966.