Equipment
Spotted: Ping iE1 irons
A new iron from Ping called the iE1 has been added to the USGA’s Conforming Club List in both right-handed and left-handed models.
Ping “i” irons were also spotted on the range at the Greenbrier Classic on Tuesday.
.@PingTour‘s “i” iron spotted at @GbrClassic. Details on the company’s latest creation. http://t.co/VU9xJdroEs pic.twitter.com/FQOSIYjDKq
— Jonathan Wall (@jonathanrwall) June 30, 2015
Are these irons the replacement for Ping’s i25 irons, or part of a new line? We’ll continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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Click here to see what GolfWRX Members are saying about the iE1 irons in our forums.
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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Jack Manheimer
Aug 31, 2015 at 9:12 pm
Unbelievable playability. Tremendous control in any type of shot I want to hit, extremely solid.
Love the look, better then my i-25’s! Hitting a little higher percentage of greens and that breeds more confidence. Thank You Ping!
JP
Jul 10, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Hit a fitting demo (7)today with the new Modus Pro105 shaft that will be offered as an option. They WILL be my next set. Most buttery cast heads I’ve ever felt and the shaft is wonderful. The pictures do no justice. they have a subtle beauty to them. They are thinner on top than the i25, with a little less and more blended offset. They aren’t 17-4 like the i25, g30… The guy at the LGS said they were 425, which is a carpenter steel. The undercut cavity makes a fast face, as I picked up 10+ on the monitor over both Srixons and Cobra flyZ pro. Could also be the shaft or a combo, but it felt great. Now to sell my Titleist AP2’s and Adams CB1’s…… This will be my first set of Pings ever.
jc
Jul 7, 2015 at 7:36 pm
I just got a set of the G30s which look a lot like the I25 and I think these are close to both of them. Straightest clubs I have ever hit. Talked a friend into buying the g30 instead of callcway or tm or titlist….second week out…hold in one, straight into the hole…
Tyler
Jul 7, 2015 at 9:56 am
Is that a yes to getting them in September mulliganboy? If so I’m gonna need to start selling crap on Ebay right now:)
Vin
Jul 4, 2015 at 6:02 pm
I bought my Ping i10s as soon as they were released. Minimal offset, small head, medium top line and foregiving. I loved them (3 – 7 handicap). I looked at updating them to the i20 and then i25 but just to much offset. Gave up and bought Mizuno JPX850 forged last year. Good clubs but the Ping iE1 look fantastic. I miss my Ping i10s. If you don’t tell my wife I’m in!
Fabio Montana
Oct 28, 2018 at 12:23 pm
Why is this site loaded with giant pu ssys that are afraid of their wives? Be a man, buy the clubs and then give her a spanking. She will respect you more for not acting like a c uck.
MBglf-lvr13
Jul 3, 2015 at 12:57 pm
They look like updated packet cavity versions of PING ZINGs.
Scooter McGavin
Jul 3, 2015 at 7:21 pm
…. wut?
May be typos
Jul 5, 2015 at 2:05 pm
He sawi
T-MAC
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:28 am
Decent looking, but I’ll stick with my forged Ansers. Best feeling irons Ping has ever made IMO.
David
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:23 am
I was told at my fitting last weekend that these are replacing the I and S series.
Jake Anderson
Jul 2, 2015 at 7:50 am
they look amazing! will give it a try!
May be typos
Jul 1, 2015 at 6:51 pm
Can’t wait to try some nail drills with these babies, right Adam
NevinW
Jul 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm
I loved my i5’s. not sure why I got rid of them. These really look good to me and I have always been happy with Ping quality and service. I’ll definitely give these a try when they come out.
ApproachShot
Jun 30, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Apparently naming creativity for golf clubs has gone out the window. We have entered into some kind of weird R2D2 era.
Offset lover
Jul 1, 2015 at 11:39 am
Better than big Bertha or rocketbladez
gwillis7
Jul 1, 2015 at 12:27 pm
+1
Golfraven
Jun 30, 2015 at 6:56 am
Looks interesting and relatively classic but I will keep my i20 irons for now.
Neil
Jun 29, 2015 at 10:09 pm
I saw the 7 iron in person and it looks beautiful. Finish like the Glides and a deep cavity with weight port at the bottom of the slot. Topline is a bit thinner than i25 and a bit less offset. I play the i25s currently and can’t wait to get these in the bag. Should have access to a demo soon. Will keep you posted
Sean
Jun 29, 2015 at 11:12 pm
Also saw them from my ping rep where i work at and they feel great as well
KK
Jun 29, 2015 at 8:09 pm
Weird mix of the curve near the sole and angles everywhere else.
Gordon
Jun 29, 2015 at 7:48 pm
Looks like Ping is giving in more to the fancy look so many of the OEMs are putting on their irons….Wish they would just update the Eye2 with modern Groves and shafts and be done with it…after all these years Ping Eye2s are still as game improvement as they come.
Teaj
Jun 29, 2015 at 4:33 pm
“Crosses Fingers” less offset, less offset
Offset lover
Jun 29, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Any reason why?
KK
Jun 29, 2015 at 8:07 pm
LOL
Chuck
Jun 29, 2015 at 10:39 pm
Yeah, I know a lot of players who simply will not hit a ball with a Ping iron because of the offset. I personally don’t mind a bit of offset, if only in the longer irons, but for me that basically means that the S55 is the only set for me, 5-PW.
Ping does so many things right with their irons; and they offer so many models. It’s weird how devoted Ping iron designers have been to lots of offset.
gwillis7
Jun 29, 2015 at 4:01 pm
the graphics on the back look ‘Speedbladesish’, but I like the colors and like all things Ping…interested to see them when they come out.
eric
Jun 29, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Clearly, they are responding to the market pressures for more distance out of their irons, even though they’ve never been about distance in their irons. If these replace the i25’s, looks like users will pick up a little extra ball speed with the forgiveness of a game improvement iron. Spin and lack of distance compared to it’s competitors have been the only knocks on the i25 (see the last golfwrx review). I trust Ping though. Typically, when they release a product it does what it says it’s going to do. This will probably be another quality release for them.
Jacob Nelson
Jul 3, 2015 at 12:54 pm
” even though they’ve never been about distance in their irons.” Really the entire G line is about distance. Having a 30.5 degree 7 iron seems a lot like distance to me. Just saying
Sherwin
Jun 29, 2015 at 1:21 pm
Looks like an under cut cavity design with a tungsten toe weight. Pretty standard today in the game improvement category. i25 irons fell in between GI and Player Cavity Back. I see this as the same. Comparable to the Nike Pro Combo long irons.
Eric
Jun 29, 2015 at 12:48 pm
I think they look pretty nice, but I’m shocked at the lack of tech. An open cavity back? That’s it, or am I missing something. My Covert Forged 2.0’s might be safe.
nolanski
Jun 29, 2015 at 12:05 pm
I dont care for Ping metal woods(feel, sound) but I love their G25 irons. I am used to the “clicky” cast iron feel but would love to try a forged cavity back some day. These appear to be cast iron though but I’m not a metalologist(made up word I know).
Bernard
Jun 29, 2015 at 1:13 pm
Metallurgist.
Nolanski
Jun 29, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Thank you. I’m an accountant so science isn’t my forte.
Scooter McGavin
Jun 30, 2015 at 11:08 am
I actually don’t find Ping irons to feel very clicky at all. Sure, maybe the G series have a bit more thump to them, but especially the S55 irons feel really soft. Without knowing what they were hitting, I’d wager that an average golfer couldn’t tell an S55 vs a forged iron.
Christosterone
Jun 29, 2015 at 11:52 am
If Ping made an entire set that looked like the glide wedges then I would buy them in a second.
May be typos
Jun 29, 2015 at 11:50 am
Can I get em in sept.
chad ryan
Jun 29, 2015 at 11:28 am
meh
mulliganboy
Jun 29, 2015 at 11:26 am
Seen them in hand. Yes.