Equipment
Spotted: Ping i210 irons and Glide Forged wedges
Last week, Bubba Watson was spotted with Ping Glide Forged wedges in his bag. Now, Ping i210 irons have been spotted as per our forums.
We haven’t seen a new iron from Ping since its release of the G700 irons back in January, and we haven’t seen players irons from Ping since the i200. Obviously, based on nomenclature and looks, the i210 seems to be a replacement for the i200 irons, which blended cavity back forgiveness with the sleekness of a blade.
Check out more photos of the Ping i210 irons here.
Ping i210 irons
See more photos and join the discussion about Ping’s new irons here.
Ping Glide Forged wedges
See more photos and join the discussion about Ping’s new wedges here.
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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@LivenearPar_Golf
Jul 15, 2018 at 11:15 pm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Scroll up to see clowns complaining about how a PING is cast not forged….
SMH same dudes think Vokeys are forged.
Travis
Jun 9, 2018 at 10:16 pm
Tungsten in the toe of the forged wedges?
ogo
Jun 10, 2018 at 4:10 pm
The wedges are not truly “forged”…. they are “coin” or stamp forged to achieve the milled look … because you can’t “mill” the back of the wedges…. the face yes, the back no.
ogo
Jun 10, 2018 at 4:12 pm
p.s. … coin forged is “cold” forged…. not “hot” forged”. Colf forging only changes the surface metallurgy while hot forging affect the entire club body. I call cold forged “fake-forged”.
Mr Muira
Jun 8, 2018 at 4:45 pm
…. and I bet the ping eye 2s from the 80s will show better numbers on trackman.
ogo
Jun 10, 2018 at 4:04 pm
… even the ping zing2’s are better for most rec golfers…
Eric
Jun 8, 2018 at 12:14 pm
Those wedges look amazing. i210 looks like an older Mizuno.
Richard Douglas
Jun 8, 2018 at 11:53 am
Waiting for single-length. I guess Bryson will have to win next week….
shawn
Jun 6, 2018 at 10:09 pm
Looks like they got a hatch door on the back of the irons for the elastomer jello-filled cavity… following PXG and TM …. 😮
Ray Charles
Jun 7, 2018 at 5:49 am
Even I can see that that is simply a weight. Not no hatch door.
bruce
Jun 7, 2018 at 3:46 pm
no jello no playo …. 😀
Tyler
Jun 7, 2018 at 9:09 am
That is clearly a weight and it nothing new to Ping irons. That weight allows Ping to change swing weights unlike any other brand in golf. Without that weight the swing weight on my set up would be D9, with it Ping easily brought my iBlades down to a D4.
lance
Jun 8, 2018 at 1:57 pm
nooooo… it’s a port for jelloooooo
Matt
Jun 6, 2018 at 4:14 pm
That’s kind of a weird rough finish on that wedge in the cavity; hopefully they change that.
Josh
Jun 6, 2018 at 6:13 pm
Milling is in and they aren’t going to change it. I think these are the best looking Ping wedges ever.
shawn
Jun 7, 2018 at 1:16 am
It’s not ‘milled’…. it’s cast and then coin (punched) forged and then called ‘forged’ for gullible golfers in love with Ping.
Jwells
Jun 8, 2018 at 2:25 pm
The design he is speaking of is absolutely milled, he’s not talking about the whole thing being milled. They look fantastic but will have to see how they feel because that’s everything
bob
Jun 9, 2018 at 9:27 am
you mean like taylormade, callaway and mizuno?
Bill
Jun 10, 2018 at 3:10 pm
I’ve seen the wedges. They are beautiful.
ogo
Jun 10, 2018 at 4:03 pm
Bill… girls are ‘beautiful’…. clubs are ‘powerful’…!
Thomas A
Jun 13, 2018 at 10:25 am
You don’t hit the ball with the cavity. They can finish it any way they want. I’m sure they are awesome.
Nolanski
Jun 6, 2018 at 2:20 pm
Ohhhh I like them! The last iron set I truly liked were Ping G25s. I’m on my 3rd set since and I learned a valuable lesson… Quit tinkering. But tinkering is fun and I’m stupid.