Really Disappointed

[anthonykim3]

i am really dissapointed me handicap is still a 5 !!!!!!
thats dissapointing not the fact that ur brand new really nice irons are made in china

[patriot07]

Buying Japanese typically means you're paying for quality. Buying Chinese means you're paying less. Buying American (nowadays anyway) means you're paying Japanese prices for Chinese quality.

And I heard that Ping makes almost none of their clubs in America anymore. I heard that 5-10 years ago, almost all of them were still made in Phoenix, but that has pretty much completely reversed, where almost all of them are made abroad now.

[Shanks A Million]

PING manufactures and assembles every irons, wedges, and putters in their Phoenix facility. The drivers, woods, and hybrids are made in China, I believe, due to US restricions on alloys and metals in the country. Something like that. However they are assembled in their Phoenix facility as well.

Ah, nope. Ping finally stopped making their clubs in the U.S.

But you can still buy clubs made in the U.S. Integra makes clubs right here. It says "Forged in the USA" right on the clubhead. http://www.integra••••••••••••••/Inte...ad41_p_66.html http://www.golfreview.com/cat/irons/...9_2940crx.aspx I have one of these, and it's the sweetest iron ever made IMO.

[steve8820]

I'm really disappointed that my new irons, AP1. Are made in china, and the shaft is made in japan. It would been be nice to see the sticker say made in USA.

I am surprised that this seems to be a shock to you. The US doesn't make anything anymore. I can't blame the US companies for manufacturing elsewhere. It boils down to the roll up of costs associated with paying an employees with benefits such as health care, retirement, pensions, etc. Roll all those costs up and it ends up costing you $200 per hr to pay a guy to turn a bolt on the assembly line. You'll start to see US companies manufacturing clubs here when the US assembly worker decides he is willing to work for much less pay, no benefits, no pension, etc.............

[Chief Broom]

Acushnet (parent company of Titleist, Cobra and Footjoy) is based in Fairhaven, Mass.

I stand corrected. Seves me right for jumping to conclusions. Acushnet, Mass. who knew!