Not all player’s performance irons are built to yield the same kind of performance – not even when they are made from the same manufacturer.Ĭase in point: the Ping i59 and the Pin Blueprint irons. Our take: If you were asked to draw the blueprint of a serious player’s irons, you’d come up with something very much like Ping’s Blueprint.Ping i59 Vs. Both the blade length and offset evoke more of a players-style model than the tech-loaded club might otherwise suggest. It also features an internal sole undercut that Ping says increases flexing and in turn launches shots faster and higher. The details: The i525’s maraging steel face is strong enough to allow for a thinner face structure whose variable face thickness (VFT) increases ball speed for more distance-and more consistent distances. Combined with polymer inserts, these clubs should provide better sound and feel throughout the bag. Yet with this still came high praise for the i59’s forgiveness and high launch from such a small package.īrand new face technology increases speed, distance and control in these new irons. The compact head appealed to the players-club set, as did the warm feel-“You can feel the ball compress,” gushed that tester. “It has a stellar look at address-clean, not too small, but small enough that I can work it, with just the right amount of offset.” Others echoed the best-of-both-worlds theme, praising form and function in equal measure. Our take: Did our testers like the look of the i59s more, or the performance? Yes. Which is to say, they’re irons that offer many of the benefits of the metalwoods from which they in part arose. G425s employ variable face thickness (VFT)-the face is thinner in certain areas, and the weight saved has been added to the hosel and toe, enhancing forgiveness, ball speed and shot trajectory. The details: Rather than stay stuck in their silos, Ping engineers borrowed from the face design of the company’s drivers and fairway woods to get the performance attributes they wanted in these irons.

As such, they now use variable face thickness (VFT), which means the face is thinner in certain areas to increase speed. To improve speed and height on its G425 irons, Ping took notes from the face design of its successful drivers and fairways. “I’m finding the face with regularity,” said one, “and they’re more forgiving than what I’m used to getting.” While game-improvement irons can sometimes fall short on the sensory side of the equation, GOLF testers praised the G425’s feel and sound. Testers gave these tech-packed clubs a happy thumbs-up on both fronts. Our take: For players looking first and foremost for higher launches and more distance from their irons, Ping’s G425s stand front and center. For added forgiveness for those who most need it, the G710s also sport tungsten weights in both the heel and toe, too. The details: To make the longest and most forgiving irons among its wide-ranging lineup-a fact duly noted by our testers-Ping merged maraging steel faces with 17-4 stainless-steel bodies that act as least as much like metalwoods as irons.

By combining a stainless steel body, maraging steel face, and tungsten toe and shaft weights, Ping G710 irons become their longest, most forgiving irons with metalwood-like flexibility, explosive speed, and incredibly stability.

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