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Ping S57 Iron Buyers Guide

Posted by Big G under Buyers Guide, Golf Irons

PING, one of the world’s leading golf equipment manufacturers, announced the new S57 iron are now available in golf stores throughout Europe.

Manufactured from Multi Material Technology and a featuring a 17-4 stainless steel body, the S57 is a true blade in appearance and features a host of benefits that will provide golfers who prefer a tour-inspired design the ideal blend of feel, forgiveness and distance control.

The S57 iron elevates the feel and performance of the traditional smaller-headed iron and has fast become the iron of choice for PING staff players with Miguel Angel Jimenez, Hunter Mahan, Angel Cabrera and Daniel Chopra amongst others instantly putting them into play.

The S57 looks like a traditional blade but has the added benefit of being crammed full of features that make it immensely user-friendly and easy to hit.

They include:

- a 17-4 Stainless Steel Head and Tungsten Toe Weight

PING engineers have utilized a 17-4 stainless steel body and tungsten toe weight to provide a relatively high moment of inertia for a players iron, creating a better energy transfer on miss hits. This touch of added forgiveness provides exceptional performance that low-handicap golfers will appreciate.

- Dual Vertical Stabilising Bars:
Dual vertical bars stabilise the face leading to enhanced feel and control. The cavity and the optimized CG location produce the solid feel and distance control expected from a blade design.

- Vertical Tuning Pocket:
The design features a vertical tuning pocket that helps provide greater weight distribution for better performance and also helps enhance the feel and sound of the club.

- Tour Inspired Design:
A small compact head design with tour-preferred offset offers a more pleasing look to the advanced player. The centre of gravity is also positioned closer to the shaft axis which creates greater shot workability, more control, forgiveness, a more penetrating ball flight and enhanced distance control.

- Brushed Silver Chrome Finish:
An enhanced chrome finish produces the classic look elite golfers prefer. The finish is also extremely durable and wears very little over time.

- Machined Face and Grooves:
Precisely machined face and grooves add to the overall quality that golfers demand.

- Patented Hosel Notch:
The Hosel Notch controls the bend point for precise loft and lie adjustments.

The new S57 irons are available from 2-PW in both right-hand and left-hand models and come with a recommended retail price of £90 per club with Steel Shaft and £105 per club with Graphite Shaft

They offer a choice of three steel shafts, AWT (Soft-Reg, Reg, Stiff & X-stiff), Dynamic Gold (S300 & X100) and Z-Z65 and PING’s TFC 129i graphite shaft (Soft-Reg, Reg & Stiff)