Results of PING custom fitting

[amoline]

Hello everybody! 

I had the opportunity while on vacation to get custom fit for PING clubs at Karsten HQ in Phoenix. 

Ever since I was young it was a dream to own a set of ping clubs so needless to say I was like a kid in a candy store.  

However being the techy mind that I am I had a few questions offhand after looking at some of the results. 

Anyway, here are those results from the fitting:

You can ignore the driver somewhat because relative to the rest of the clubs I was just not hitting driver well whatsoever. I have serious swing speed issues with driver vs irons, lol. Anyway, before I get too far into it, the dot color code should be from what the fitter told me a yellow dot (1.5 upright), so I'm not sure why it says blue. Still waiting to hear back from the fitter on that for sure. 

My question first off is on a lie board what would indicate a 1.5 upright lie angle change? Off the lie board (when I finally contacted as opposed to picking, lol), there was a mark on the club fairly heel side. The fitter adjusted to a yellow dot and had me hit off a lie board again; the strike was still heel side but the flight was much, much better. I'm now confused because a heel strike on a lie board would seem to indicate flat bending -- at least I think. I'm not arguing with the results, as I'm sure if anywhere in the world to get knowledgeable ping fitting, PING, itself, is the place! However, I'm just curious. Any comments from the club fitters out there? 

Forgot the other thing I was going to comment on, but I'm sure it'll come to me.  

Thanks for all the help, everyone!

Andrew. 

[dave s]

Not a clubfitter but was recently fitted for ping clubs.  I believe 'yellow dot' is 1.5* upright.  The fitter told me that this is becoming the Ping 'standard' for irons, anymore.

The blue is only .75* upright, IIRC.

Anyway, as a recent convert to Ping clubs all the way around, I couldn't be happier with the choice this year.  I'm sure you'll love yours. As an FYI, I went with Ping G irons.

dave

 

 

[amoline]

8 hours ago, dave s said:

Not a clubfitter but was recently fitted for ping clubs.  I believe 'yellow dot' is 1.5* upright.  The fitter told me that this is becoming the Ping 'standard' for irons, anymore.

The blue is only .75* upright, IIRC.

Anyway, as a recent convert to Ping clubs all the way around, I couldn't be happier with the choice this year.  I'm sure you'll love yours. As an FYI, I went with Ping G irons.

dave

 

 

Thanks Dave! So awesome you love your G irons. I'm looking forward to a set of ping irons. 

I'd like to become a ping convert, too  but financially it can't happen all at once here. Perhaps the irons and 3w first, and adding a putter and driver as I sort out my driving swing! 

Still not heard back if I'm actually supposed to be in yellow or blue dot. Or either. But still interested in knowing what's up with upright lie for a heel strike. 

Thanks for your thoughts Dave  

 

[Hardspoon]

5 minutes ago, amoline said:

Perhaps the irons and 3w first, and adding a putter and driver as I sort out my driving swing! 

What did the putter fitting consist of? I just did a fitting last weekend, and it was intense. I'm curious whether Ping has a similar process.

[amoline]

Truth be told despite how cool everything was the putter fitting was a little lackluster. For as high tech as everything else seemed the putter didn't seem as much. Granted ping is fitting only within their own product line. The fitter used the ping fitting app on his iPhone -- attaches to the putter and measures the stroke. 

I didn't get to personally see any of the data but I was put into a slight arc stroke. The fitter also took into account some feedback I had based on feel and the look I like compared to my current putter. 

Honestly the putter was the only part I felt I could've done myself with the same. 

I'll caveat this with saying we didn't have tons of time before we went on a tour so perhaps I didn't receive the full gamut for putters. PING has a LOT of putter lines and models. 

By the way, what did your fitting entail? I'd love to go to something like a sam putt lab but don't think there's anything like that around my area. What did your fitting use?

 

[amoline]

Ordered my set of iBlades -- super stoked .

[RFKFREAK]

12 hours ago, amoline said:

Ordered my set of iBlades -- super stoked .

Mark Crossfield really likes them.

Good luck and hope you enjoy them!

[dennyjones]

I was fitted for a Ping putter several years ago using the Ping app on an iPhone.   I ended up with a 34" 0º loft blade that soon found its way into the basement.     I am not using a 4º 2 ball and works better for me.

[amoline]

On 8/14/2016 at 5:14 PM, dennyjones said:

I was fitted for a Ping putter several years ago using the Ping app on an iPhone.   I ended up with a 34" 0º loft blade that soon found its way into the basement.     I am not using a 4º 2 ball and works better for me.

Thanks for the info -- I actually got to stop by the well known clubfitter in the area here yesterday and he suggested a 35" putter with a 3 degree, maybe 4 degree loft. However, I did find a different brand of putter so I think I am going to pass on the PING this time, even though the new milled ones look awesome!

[colin007]

Just wanted to say that marks towards the heel would indicate needing to bend them flatter, AFAIK. Try the Sharpie test if you get a chance.

[Sticky]

I'm anxiously awaiting my Ping G yellow dots that I ordered on Monday, I played with a demo set after being fitted and they were great.  Really long, off-center were very close to in distance to good shots and the long irons were confidence inspiring.