5
Share:
PING Manganese Bronze 1A Putter Limited Release
RM2,120.00
RM2,650.00
20% OFF| Installment Option(s) | |
| ATOME INSTALMENT PAYMENT | RM706.67 for 3 months |
|---|---|
| MAYBANK INSTALMENT PLAN | RM706.67 for 3 months / RM353.33 for 6 months / RM235.56 for 9 months / RM176.67 for 12 months / RM88.33 for 24 months |
| PUBLIC BANK INSTALMENT PLAN | RM706.67 for 3 months / RM353.33 for 6 months / RM235.56 for 9 months / RM176.67 for 12 months / RM88.33 for 24 months |
Quantity: 100
Specifications
SKU: 1a111
Weight(grams): 156
Dimension: 154 cm (Length) x 151 cm (Width) x 147 cm (Height)
PING Manganese Bronze 1A Putter
The material Karsten Solheim chose for his earliest models - Manganese Bronze - helped define the PING putter. Chosen for its feel and quality attributes, it tarnishes with age to create a distinctive look that symbolizes confidence and trust. These putters are offered with a durable 'baked' satin finish that is resistant to the scratches that occur with normal use. The stock grip on this putter is the PP58 PingMan.- Available in Hand: Right
Ping 1A Putter: One of the most collectible putters around
Take yourself back to 1959, the birth of the Ping 1A. The scene: a garage beside a family house in Redwood City, California. It's late at night, but the lights are still burning. A young Norwegian-born engineer called Karsten Solheim has just put the finishing touches to a masterpiece.
Not the Mona Lisa or the Lincoln Memorial. No, this little gem will turn out to be worth far more than either of those.
Can You Still Buy a 1A?
Ping 1A putters are still being produced, mainly as a demonstration of the company's heritage.
In fact it was the pinging sound the ball made off the face of the 1A putter that gives the Ping company its name.
The Ping 1A putter was the springboard which would launch Solheim to fame and fortune. The Ping corporation has been a family-run powerhouse in golf ever since - their putters alone have won more than 2,000 professional events.
Even though it was by no means as elegant as the putters it competed against in its heyday, the 1A had a technological advantage over them, which was its unique selling point.
With more weight distributed towards the heel and toe of the putter, it twisted less if you struck the ball away from the sweetspot. Another way of putting this is that it had a larger sweetspot.
What's it like to use a Ping 1A?
The first word that springs to mind is "LOUD!"
With all that area hollowed out, it's like having a xylophone key for a putter head. The resounding PING sound gave Karsten the name for his company.
According to the advertising blurb available at the time, putting with a 1A was a very different experience to putting with other putters on the market.
Back in the 1950s almost all putters were bullseye or blade designs. These have very small sweetspots and twist dramatically when you miss-hit them. When this happens your putts miss the hole either left or right, and almost always come up short.
Because the 1A had a far greater amount of weight in the heel and toe areas, the sweetspot grew and the effect of missing the sweetspot was greatly reduced.
Why was the Ping 1A Revolutionary?
Ping founder, Karsten Solheim's brainwave was to hollow out the centre of the putter and cut two slots in the bottom of the putter head.
This effectively redistributed the weight in the putter head away from the centre of the block and towards the heel and toe areas. It gave birth to almost all modern putters which are heel and toe weighte
Inquiry - PING Manganese Bronze 1A Putter Limited Release
