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Snelly
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New shineys? God I hate that turn of phrase.
That aside, I have just treated myself to some new irons. This was prompted by two things. First, the thread on how far back would you go when buying new clubs. This reminded me of a couple of sets that I had a while ago and I felt a little nostalgic for them.
Secondly, I played a links course on Sunday evening and a couple of things happened. One was that I took an old Ping 2 iron out with me and hit every single fairway with it and with the run on offer at the moment, it was a pretty long ball too. I had forgotten what a good iron it was. No feel whatsoever but a lovely crunching strike and pretty long. The other point of note was that on a par 3, I hit a lovely 4 iron to the green, right out of the screws. One of my playing partners then stepped up and hit an okay-ish 5 iron about the same distance. I then had a hit with it and hit a nice enough shot that went further than my 4 iron! His irons were called Ping i15.
These things combined to remind me of a golfing truism. Ping clubs are about a club longer than most others that I have played with. So since Sunday, I have been scouring eBay for a set and have just won an auction for a set of irons that match the 2 iron that I played so well with. I am now the owner of Ping Zing 2's and have bought some new grips to spruce them up with too. I have no idea what the shafts are but it should be a bit of fun to play with them again and it will be great to have irons like Spock's ears in the bag once more.
That aside, I have just treated myself to some new irons. This was prompted by two things. First, the thread on how far back would you go when buying new clubs. This reminded me of a couple of sets that I had a while ago and I felt a little nostalgic for them.
Secondly, I played a links course on Sunday evening and a couple of things happened. One was that I took an old Ping 2 iron out with me and hit every single fairway with it and with the run on offer at the moment, it was a pretty long ball too. I had forgotten what a good iron it was. No feel whatsoever but a lovely crunching strike and pretty long. The other point of note was that on a par 3, I hit a lovely 4 iron to the green, right out of the screws. One of my playing partners then stepped up and hit an okay-ish 5 iron about the same distance. I then had a hit with it and hit a nice enough shot that went further than my 4 iron! His irons were called Ping i15.
These things combined to remind me of a golfing truism. Ping clubs are about a club longer than most others that I have played with. So since Sunday, I have been scouring eBay for a set and have just won an auction for a set of irons that match the 2 iron that I played so well with. I am now the owner of Ping Zing 2's and have bought some new grips to spruce them up with too. I have no idea what the shafts are but it should be a bit of fun to play with them again and it will be great to have irons like Spock's ears in the bag once more.
