There’s certainly more forged iron options that appeal to club players compared to past years. There seems to be lots of forged club golfer irons on the market, are more golfers switching to using forged irons? The decision to forge the iron was secondary, to making an iron that’s more forgiving and versatile.
Our focus was working with elite tour players to recognize aspects of the iron design such as heel-toe length, sole width, and offset that allow these golfers to maximize their shot making abilities.
The emphasis of Blueprint is understanding the characteristics of a smaller, more workable iron. Why is now the right time to produce a new Ping forged iron? It allows us to make the iron more durable and longer lasting than other forged irons. 8620-carbon steel is an ideal forging material as it’s stronger than most forging alloys. The iron starts life as an 8620-carbon steel billet, it goes through a four-step forging process to achieve a very precise finished iron. Is the Blueprint iron one-piece forged? Which material is it made out of? Why are these important for performance?
The overall shape and sizing work well with traditional forging capabilities, it also allows us to hold very tight dimensional tolerances. We decided to forge Blueprint irons as the head shape and muscleback geometry goes hand in hand with this type of manufacturing method. Ping irons have traditionally been cast, how have the Blueprint come to be forged? 90% of PGA tour events are won with forged irons, so we asked Ping’s engineers, why now’s the right time for Ping to offer a forged model?
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