Never bought new clubs - using 30 year old clubs

[onthehunt526]

On November 27, 2016 at 0:40 PM, shanksalot said:

I think the groove rule makes them non conforming, but I am not sure about that. 

Technically, yes. But technically, no. It's a weird situation. When the groove rule was introduced the Eye2's were grandfathered in to remain conforming, due to a 1990 lawsuit filed by PING. In 2010 when the groove rule put was in place... A few pros scoured EBay for old Ping Eye2 wedges with square grooves. The tour in March made them illegal again. 

@Nutsmacker The groove rule only applies to professionals and elite level amateurs as a condition of competition. Furthermore if your Eye 2s were made before 1985 they are legal as PING did not introduce square grooves until 1985.

as far as your topic goes, good luck with the G's. 1 club longer sounds about right because your eye2 7-iron has a loft of 36 degrees I think your G 8-iron is around there. I'm not a PING guy, however I would play eye2's.

[TheGolfClubDoc]

I have just started playing golf. I have a set of Ping Eye 2 irons 3-SW and Ping Zing driver, 3, 5, and 7 woods. So far I really like them. When I bought them from Play it Again Sports the salesperson told me that they are his most popular iron set. 

[onthehunt526]

1 hour ago, doctordwayne said:

I have just started playing golf. I have a set of Ping Eye 2 irons 3-SW and Ping Zing driver, 3, 5, and 7 woods. So far I really like them. When I bought them from Play it Again Sports the salesperson told me that they are his most popular iron set. 

Makes sense because Ping Eye2's were the highest selling iron set of the 1980s and maybe ever. They made them from 1982-2001. I believe they are the most re-sold iron set on eBay 35 years after their initial release.

[TheGolfClubDoc]

I really liked them, but decided to sell them and bought the ISIs in green dot. 

[Jack Watson]

whoops clubs already purchased!

 

Edited March 20, 2017 by Jack Watson
Clubs already bought!

[HitAndGiggle]

Ping, with those clubs, was really a pioneer in the use of perimeter weighting of irons - right? Neat clubs, for sure.

[Tim S]

On 11/27/2016 at 0:30 PM, gregsandiego said:

It's too bad there is a ban on these - why?
I see a ton of them on ebay.  One "almost new" just sold for $510.

Not all Eye2s have nonconforming square grooves. In fact, the ones in the picture are Eye2 Plus (+) irons, which are a different version than the Eye2 clubs and they are conforming as part of the agreement between Ping and the USGA.

Just today, I bought a set of the earliest Eye2 irons from 1984, and they have V grooves, not square grooves or U grooves. All of these clubs still hold their own against today's clubs. My set has a PW with a loft of 50.5 degrees. The new Callaway Apex irons have a PW of 45 degrees. Hitting the new clubs longer?  Well, it's no surprise. I'm putting my Eye2s in the bag for a big try. My regular set are Hogan Apex Edge irons from 2001--forged irons with a ton of feel and forgiveness.