Then, there is the fact that the Ping Anser iron is forged. That’s how Karsten Solheim made his first irons back in the 1960s. But then he got into investment casting, with the K1 iron in 1969, and ...

Between the G-20 series, the S-56 irons and the i20 driver and fairway woods (not to mention the red-hot Nome putter), things have been going pretty good for the Phoenix-based company.

The original Ping Anser was designed in 1966 by Karsten Solheim. (Ping Golf) In 2003, Golfweek’s associate editor, Jim Achenback, wrote, “The Ping Anser has been the most copied club in golf.

Tim Herron is a recent convert. Lumpy has played cast Ping irons almost his entire career but was using the company's new Anser forged irons during the Heritage at Harbour Town GL. Although ...

Conners led the field in strokes gained: approach-the-green for the tournament with Ping’s iBlade irons and a mixed set of Glide 2.0 Stealth and Glide Forged wedges, but it was his PLD Anser 2 ...

The Ping Anser irons were on display at the Japan Golf Fair this year. Our Innovation Issue addresses numerous aspects surrounding golf club technology. Among the talking points: constraints on ...

Ping plans to release two more versions of the PLD Anser 55 in the coming months, with a machined copper version dropping on September 26th, followed by a gold-plated putter (milled from stainless ...

To celebrate Ballesteros’ accomplishment, Ping plans to release a PLD Limited Anser that’s limited to 88 pieces ($990 per putter) and will be available for purchase on pingpld.com, beginning ...

In time, Ping became famous for its investment cast irons, and forging seemed to be something other club manufacturers did. Of course, all the nostalgia in the world doesn’t mean a thing if the new ...