Ping (Golf)
PING is a brand name for golf equipment. Manufacturer, the U.S. company, Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (KMC ), headquartered in Phoenix (Arizona ). It was founded by Karsten Solheim the Norwegians. In addition to Titleist, Callaway Golf, Nike, TaylorMade, Cleveland Golf and Cobra Golf PING is one of the most recognized brands in racquets and other equipment.
Starting point Putter
End of the 1950s was Karsten Solheim, then still an engineer at General Electric, dissatisfied with the existing range of putters. Consequently, in 1959 he constructed a separate putter that he built by hand in the garage at home. He was given the name "PING 1A ". PING stand for the sound that was created when hitting the ball. " In the beginning, many felt the wrinkled thug who looked more like a metal brush, as" ugly ", but with his new weight distribution in the club head (" " mentioned was the 1A for his time absolutely revolutionary heel -toe balance) ". As early as 1962 John Barnum won the first professional tournament in the PGA. With models like the " Anser " PING is still one of the leading manufacturers in putters. Overall 2300 Tournament victories ( including 47 success in the majors ) have been achieved since 1962 with PING putters.
Improvement in production and custom fitting
Was one of the world's leading golf equipment from the manual operation in the garage of founder. This was due innovations in production. The engineer Karsten Solheim took advantage of the technological innovations of his time as techniques of mold - metal foundry or heat treatment of metal. Solheim acquired, among others, shares in foundries and specialist companies. PING was a pioneer in personal adjustment of thugs to the Player, the so-called custom fitting. Already in the 1970s it was allowing customers to leave their rackets tailoring.
There are also default settings according to the Ping color code: Black, Blue, Green or White. The dot on the ping irons describes the change of the angle ( Lie) of the club head to the shaft, which is reflected in a change in the angle to the ground. Ideally, of course, at the moment of the meeting of the ball the club head parallel to the ground. Information can be found on the ping website http://www.ping.com/fitting/videos.aspx when you get there, the video " fitting for the Lie Angle" out looking up. The default setting of the Lie is black, so a black dot on the ping irons.
In 1989, the PING " Bag Stand ", a golf bag with folding, three-legged stand, which provided a safe location for your pocket.
Player
A number of successful professional golfers are endowed by PING. These include, for men, the major winner Angel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia and Lee Westwood, Miguel Angel Jimenez, the Rydercup player Hunter Mahan and Chris DiMarco and hitters Bubba Watson. Among the top professionals of women include the world number one in women and Major winner Lorena Ochoa and Sherri Steinhauer.