Equipment
Spotted: Ping i200 irons
PGA Tour winner Ted Purdy hasn’t finished in the top-10 of a PGA Tour event since 2009, but he’s a favorite with golf equipment fans tonight.
Now these are sweet! The NEW @PingTour i200 pic.twitter.com/ysoRXVwVyL
— Ted Purdy (@TedPurdy) January 5, 2017
The 43-year-old posted a photo on social media of a set of Ping irons marked “i200” that the company is yet to announce. “Now these are sweet,” he said. “The NEW @PingTour i200.”
What’s new about the i200 irons? What makes them “sweet?” It appears that Ping may be spilling the beans sooner rather than later.
See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the irons in our forum.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Michael
Jan 12, 2017 at 8:14 am
Also see link: http://clubping.jp/product/. From there you can get to i200 specs, new putter line the Sigma G and Ping Glide 2.0 specs
Michael
Jan 12, 2017 at 8:17 am
and also the new G Le ladies club line
DevilDog18
Jan 8, 2017 at 10:08 pm
Mizuno T-Zoids! Yet cast….
Big lefty
Jan 8, 2017 at 5:14 am
Most likely these are miura / shaped by / or custom shaped for x player by ping clubmaker then stamped with “ping” for the tour pro. The masses will get something that looks similar and plays very different. Wake up folks the stuff the big boys are playing is not at all the same so don’t let the marketing fool you. Get fit for something that suits your game and stick with it. I played on small tours and saw this first hand when moving up to the big tour for Monday’s believe me this was over fifteen years ago and this is the way it was and it has never changed.
Chunkiebuck
Jan 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm
Sure looks familiar, didn’t TM do the ribbed look back in 2001?
Dave R
Jan 6, 2017 at 8:59 pm
Ping has not made a good iron since the eye2. I have hit them all when they came out. Will stick to my mizuno …… thanks.
The Stallion
Jan 7, 2017 at 11:32 am
No …… thank you for that incredible comment! Enjoy your mizuno!
Guia
Jan 6, 2017 at 8:32 pm
Basically, just another deep cavity iron, low back weighting, etc. I am sure it will work because all the others work also. Nothing to get excited about.
I have a number of sets of pings, Eye2 BeCu, ISI Nickel, ISI BeCu, G30, G30 Max, and any number of drivers and putters. They all work well, but dependent on the lofts they all play the same.
Tom
Jan 7, 2017 at 11:19 am
or the person playing them. I played with a member who had the same set I have, His results are vastly different than mine
Brian
Jan 6, 2017 at 6:50 pm
Finally, Ping has made a club I may actually put in my bag since the 1990s. Last Ping I played were Eye2s.
GolfBum
Jan 5, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Hope they offer decent shafts on this model. I am looking at this release to see if they might go that direction. If other manufacturers like Mizuno can offer decent shafts at no upcharge for irons, why can it not be done by PING?
No upcharge shafts by some manufacturers is classified as upcharge by PING, where I am from it is a very expensive to go outside the normal offerings, especially if you play regular shafts.
Currently play PING clubs but might venture elsewhere if the shaft selections does not improve.
bob
Jan 6, 2017 at 1:54 pm
look at the base price of mizuno irons and you can understand why there is no upcharge.
The Stallion
Jan 7, 2017 at 11:35 am
There are 6 no charge steel shafts available. Most golfers can be well-fit into one of those. The I200 will retail for $125/club. Most Mizuno irons retail for $150/clubs. Would you rather Ping up the price across the board like that? I wouldn’t.
Mat
Jan 5, 2017 at 4:18 pm
At an equipment website, you see a leaked photo, and you’re meowing about not seeing it top-down? What, are you going to be “that guy” that yells FINALLY when it is officially released? Ugh.
Brian
Jan 5, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Agreed…I’d really like to see the topline and the sole.
bogeypro
Jan 5, 2017 at 11:27 am
They look like TaylorMade RAC LT2 irons from 2005ish. I like them!
RAT
Jan 5, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Amen,
Exactly a TM do-over.
dave
Jan 6, 2017 at 9:57 am
my 1st thought exactly
Jack Nash
Jan 6, 2017 at 2:47 pm
Or, T-Zoids.
knoofah
Jan 7, 2017 at 12:38 pm
“T-Zoids” was the first word that came to my mind too. Everything old is new again.
TexasSnowman
Jan 5, 2017 at 10:56 am
Look VERY GOOD. Note to OEMs; lose the large logos, bright colored badges, etc and give us more options like this.
This goes for everything in my opinion; for example, as a recreational golfer why does my golf bag need a giant manufacturer logo painted on the it?
Brian
Jan 5, 2017 at 10:12 am
Decent looking Ping irons, for a change. I would consider those if they were forged and the production models looked like that. Knowing Ping, they’ll slap a colored badge on and Ugly them up.
JR
Jan 5, 2017 at 9:26 am
Look like some 20 year old Taylor Made clubs!!
Excited
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:32 am
I saw these in person and at address they look similar to the iblade iron (AWESOME). I was also told from someone I consider a highly reliable source that the MOI on this iron is BETTER than the wide soled G15 from a few years back. With the great looks, if it is truly that forgiving…. THEY WILL HAVE A WINNER!
CARSON
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:30 am
these Irons are awesome on of my tour players were telling me about them and he said that there the best iron they have some out with in 10 years. the top line is super thin and the PW to the 4 iron look great the offset is perfect and the performance is great yall are going to love these most of the tour players will switch other then the guys playing the Iblades
Excited
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:33 am
They look flat awesome! I was unable to hit one though 🙁
Jim
Jan 5, 2017 at 7:59 am
Look like a TM iron with a Ping CTP weight. After the elegance of the Ping I series this is a major disappointment at visually. And what’s with the name, shouldn’t it be Ping I-e2 to keep with the simpler names they were loud about with the recent releases, saying that the name would remain the same for each new release? They might still be a very good iron but they’re off to a poor start in my opinion.
Prut
Jan 5, 2017 at 7:05 am
Ping RACs?
Johnnylongballz
Jan 5, 2017 at 3:07 am
Sweet! Looks like the I25 and S55 made a beautiful baby.
Jack
Jan 5, 2017 at 4:08 am
Agree! Whoever designed these clubs, S55, iBlade should definitely get a raise. These are beautiful clubs.
Excited
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:34 am
TOTALLY AGREE!
Nu
Jan 5, 2017 at 2:44 am
Wow. Talk about a straight up TM rip. With just the Ping CTP.
Neil Cameron
Jan 5, 2017 at 1:15 am
look like miura cb57
rymail00
Jan 5, 2017 at 12:31 am
Wow, they look great from the pics.
Johnny Wells
Jan 4, 2017 at 10:24 pm
this looks reminds me of TM’s 360 irons a little bit
NolanMBA
Jan 4, 2017 at 10:05 pm
Love the simplicity.
coolhandbirdman
Jan 4, 2017 at 9:59 pm
Hope they stay this way, I don’t like badges on the iE1’s.
Andrew
Jan 4, 2017 at 9:06 pm
Sexy. Looks like the i25 with a cleaner cavity.