PING is a brand of golf equipment, based in
Phoenix, Arizona, founded by
Karsten Solheim, who was an engineer at the
General Electric company. In 1959, he started making his own putters in his garage in
Redwood City,
California.
In 1967, because of increasing demand for his putters, he resigned his
job at General Electric in order to fully develop the PING company.
Currently, PING produces clubs in every equipment category: drivers,
fairway woods, hybrids, irons and putters.
Today the Ping innovations and technologies are the cornerstones of most modern golf designs. Solheim's permiter weighting idea is still used today in almost every iron set on the market.
What Ping says about Custom Fitting:
Custom club fitting was born in the 1960's
when Karsten Solheim helped PGA Tour professional improve their games by adjusting their equipment to fit their swings.
The results were amazing. On several occasions, players went on to win soon after their visit with Karsten, validating the
importance of properly fitted equipment.
Since golfers come in all shapes and sizes,
Karsten began work on his famous PING Color Code System to bring the benefits of custom fitting to the average golfer.
Today, PING is the undisputed fitting leader, with thousands of fitting systems at golf shops and courses around the world,
a fleet of fitting vehicles that travel to demo days around the country, and a comprehensive, PGA-certified training program
designed to instruct golf professionals to properly fit PING equipment to every golfer's swing.
Regardless of your ability, properly fit
clubs can help you hit straighter, more consistent shots.
By matching the proper club specifications to your swing, a fitter can help reduce or eliminate undesirable shots
patterns, like hooks and slices, allowing you to play closer to your full potential and making the game more enjoyable.
Surprisingly, custom fit PING clubs
don't cost any more or take any longer to build.
Once an order has been placed through an authorized PING retailer, our streamlined production process allows us
to ship your clubs, built to your exact specifications, usually in just 48 hours.