Love coming back to read this review. The score lines in the cavity also have hints of a TaylorMade RAC OS about them, but enough of the pattern comparisons as I think the i200 looks cleaner and a more serious than the i irons. Performance. I blew up my scorecards for the first 5 rounds and was forced to started focusing on my swing. However, when the preceding model was used to win more than 30 professional events in the past three years and heralded as one of the best irons in company history, coming up with a new version can be, well... challenging. This is gonna sound like an iron-snob comment, but the fact that Pings are cast (even the anser) means I never take them serious. "You want to become a player, hit player irons." The S-series is known to be fairly compact at address, have a tungsten weight out on the toe, contain an insert in the cavity, and are finished with a great looking brushed treatment. Ping S55 Graphite Iron Set. Other shafts from True Temper, Project X, and KBS, among others, are available through custom order. (personal best there previously was 24 over). I'm a 70-year-old 8-handicap who probably shouldn't be playing these clubs, even if I used to be almost scratch. Now a Ping converter. Matt is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Plugged In Golf. That new CG position is what offers the S55s a slightly higher ball flight, again a request from Ping's Tour staff. Compared to the Ping i25 irons, the S55s felt slightly stronger and sharper into the ground, taking a divot more easily. The whole set carries one club longer that my Callaway Razr set I had previously and now I can bend my shots on command (and sometimes on accident). Excuse the price tag and you will be hard pressed to find a low-handicap player that wouldn't fall in love with these irons. Then you can fix them! Catch a long iron sweetly and you're guaranteed to get that same, powerful, high flight, however they are not the most generous long irons. And last year (I'm 70 years old) I shot par for the first round in my life and got my second hole-in-one. Your email address will not be published. These are blade-like irons with superior weighting in the sole. Patrick, you could not have been more right! The PING S55 irons are available for $999 for a 3-PW set. Talking to PING, they confirmed that what I felt is exactly the case - the S55's are a whole different breed. Part-Exchange your old golf clubs. With a typical blade, hitting a thin shot is death because the CoG is fairly high. Returns, money … I've read reports that say that the S55's new design should improve distance by 3-5 yards per club. Iron# on sole. Thanks again. Here’s the side by side of our artist’s rendering (left) and the real PING S55 irons. Andy Roberts. Share: 0. "S55" on back outside cavity. Ping S55 Irons in stock for Next Working Day Delivery. Having played forged irons almost exclusively, past S-Series irons felt too hard, sometimes even harsh. Absolutely love them. Mine are on the way after hitting them at ping demo day. Your heart says “I want the PING S55 irons” but your job and family say, “You don’t have 2 hours a day to perfect your ball striking.” So what do you do? Full details on Srixon's most forgiving iron set yet! Stepped up from Callaway Razr X game improvement set to these player irons in the hopes of being forced to fix what was wrong with me by accentuating my bad shots. To be perfectly honest, I found it hard to gauge if I was gaining in-line with those numbers however I did them extremely consistent and fun to shape and flight up and down. One big plus is the soft 'clicky' sound from every strike. That again speaks to the player these irons are geared towards, i.e. But with practise and perseverance you will become a better ball striker and reap the rewards that blade irons give. Since the S56 irons were so successful, Ping took an extra year to bring these to the market. It seems a lot of irons on the market these days attempt to grab your attention with bright or bold colours, materials and branding, but the S55s' simple looks give you the impression they've come straight from the factory floor and have been designed specifically for better players and golf purists. Seriously, though, by Tour standards, Bubba Watson never changes irons…until now. You certainly need to be a competent ball striker to get the most for the design, but the added height and feel will be a joy to those players. I actually came away from each of my sessions with the S55 impressed with the level of forgiveness that PING has packed into this very small blade. Also, the Ping Tour Gorge wedges supplement the S55s. Sold my mizuno mp4s. As compared with the Titleist AP2, the S55 is better in my opinion. Still get compliments on the way these irons looks in my bag, 7 years after this article. Having received feedback from Tour players, they set about making changes to the head to make it feel and sound softer. They offer all of the ball control that you’d expect from a player’s club, with enough forgiveness that you can still play them on your off days. Bubba still plays them. 1/2″ extra long, blue dot. Because PING has maintained the compact profile that players have come to expect from S-series irons while adding higher launch and more forgiveness. A surprising amount of forgiveness for a club geared towards top-tier ball strikers. The rep also asked my handicap (9.6). I repeat, very compact. Golf News In your Inbox. measures (6 iron): 37.5" length: 0.25" longer than standard . Ping S55 Individual Irons and Wedges. With minimal aesthetic sacrifices but substantial increases in forgiveness, the i25 is a set of irons that you’ll love to look at and still be able to play when your ball striking isn’t tour caliber. Stiff. Designed by WPZOOM. Using Trackman my dispersement is only slightly better with the Callaway's, and the distance is about 5 yards more with the mid irons (with the PING's). S55 are the GOAT for ping irons. I failed to mention I have the light weight graphite shaft. I tried the S57's and the S56's and hated them. I special ordered the 3i, and I have to say that I have hit it good maybe 6 times in 3 years...but that is me. The more I look at these the more I love them. The design on the back of the cavity looks like a larger version of the Ping S55 iron with the semi-muscle back T bar placing more weight behind the main impact points. grip: golf pride … I am prob a 8 handicap (because of putting) these are the best irons I have ever hit easy to hit and works ball amazingly. At more than £800 for a 4-PW set I am disappointed that some players could be ruled out by that price tag and won't be able to enjoy what Ping has created. Playing the Ping S59 Irons Ping is known for a solid club that is easy to hit, and Ping did not disappoint with these irons. Am near 82 years of age and just love my S55. I would love to see a review of the new I-25 irons. The element of forgiveness that surprised me the most was that you can hit a thin shot and still get a playable trajectory. Because PING has maintained the compact profile that players have come to expect from S-series irons while adding higher launch and more forgiveness. The S55 irons are one of the few iron sets that improves on the performance of its predecessor … And if that was the goal Ping had, they passed with flying colours in my opinion. The S55, by contrast, feel solid, but never hard. The offset is minimal and the top line is quite thin. Haven’t been this excited for a set of clubs in a long time, Your email address will not be published. brand: ping model: s55 set make-up: 5-pw (6 clubs) lie: 0.75° flat - red dot. You will love the feel of hitting these, but they will expose your flaws. The look at address is again very clean and smooth, with Ping choosing to add less offset in the S55s than the i25, Anser or previous S56 irons. The feel of the S55 is, in my opinion, the single biggest improvement over previous generations of S-Series irons. Top Rated Plus. Ping return with the smallest G irons we've ever seen, The G425 Fairway goes head-to-head with the Titleist TSi2 fairway, Spinsistency and Face Wrap feature in a seriously impressive new hybrid offering. Well I couldn't be happier after playing several rounds with them. The cavity hints at the multi-material technology without screaming, “Look at me!”  It’s one of the few irons that isn’t going to look dated in 2 or 5 or 10 years. These are absolutely gorgeous. Traditional forged iron player (Mizunos). It can now handle vibrations better, caused when a player strikes the ball. The Ping S55’s have reasonable bag appeal with a minimalistic milled cavity-back design with just enough familiarity from their badging. I’m not sure if it’s reality or just the shaping of the club, but it appears shorter than most other irons. The clubs that made Bubba Watson change irons for the first time since 2004. competent ball strikers. The following two tabs change content below. Message document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "ae0cdd2eecf627f2a1c6f1a7b64c86e0" );document.getElementById("bc09f2d6ac").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Before the S55 irons hit our doorstep for testing, we knew something special had to be going on with them. Ping S55 irons review: A stabilising bar is narrower in the long irons and wider in the short irons. I would tell previous poster Albert he should take these seriously. Thin soles, compact heads and thin toplines certainly challenged my ball-striking prowess. But I tried these and to me there is a world of difference between them and their predecessors. In fact Bubba made the change mid-season during the 2013 FedEx Cup after years with the S59’s. Extended Apex range now has an iron for every golfer! With the popularity of PING’s previous model, the S56, the company was in no hurry to release another version until it could truly be said to increase performance in every facet, and they accomplished that with more workability and added forgiveness in a cavity-blade iron set for 10-and-under handicappers: the S55 irons. When I first spoke with PING about reviewing the S55, I was asked a question I had never encountered from an OEM before, “What’s your handicap?”  This was a fair question; these are not irons for the average double digit handicapper. The S55 irons will be available to consumers starting Nov. 1. Review: PING S55 iron. Everything else about the performance of this club is exactly what you’d expect: it’s a player’s club that’s all about precision and shot-shaping. The stock shaft options are PING’s CFS, Z65, or TFC 189I (graphite). – Golf Myths Unplugged. Despite the new looks on the shelf, the S55s maintain a very distinct, love-them-or-hate-them Ping look. All Rights Reserved.. Can Bigger Grips Give You More Swing Speed? SPOT ON. Mid: $117.00. Watch: Ping iBlade v Ping S55. As golfers, we often think designing new clubs is easy. I put these in my bag with the UST Recoil shafts, replacing the Callaway Apex forged, also with UST Recoil shafts, and the difference (to me) is night and day. $117.00 *Est. Third year with them and my h'cp has dropped from 24 to 15.4. Copyright © 2021 Plugged In Golf. I kick myself allot for ever letting my set go. The new S55 irons have finally replaced his beloved S59’s. For me "softness" in an iron is a funny concept. Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters. Today we look at the Ping S55 irons. they are very compact. I have the CFS Reg shafts and my swing speed averages 93 mph. I went to a ping Demo day and hit both the I25s and the S55. Interestingly the S55 4-iron is now 0.25° weaker than the S56 model, whilst the 6-iron through PW have been strengthened by as much as 1.5°. Performance Make no mistake, the iBlade irons are about precision and control for the better ball striker. Can marginal gains provide the ultimate game improvement package? I got a used set in late 2017 and absolutely love them. The s55 are considered the best ping players iron ever made by most. Sellers with highest buyer ratings. Having made various changes to improve launch and forgiveness, Ping chose to alter the lofts in the S55 set to ensure effective distance gapping. This is exactly why I bought these clubs! Good solid feel in your hands, very forgiving on mishits, easy to work the ball left and right. Available 3-W. Thank you Ping for giving me many more years of fun golf. We all know golf clubs need more than shelf appeal and my dad always taught me not to judge a book by its cover, so what about the performance? Sign up for our weekly newsletter and not only will you get the latest reviews, instruction, and more delivered directly to your inbox, you’ll also be entered into regular giveaways for golf clubs, PGA Tour passes, and more. At address, it’s everything you’d want in a player’s iron. The S55 is an incredible club. Come up with a new technology or a new material, give it a new paint job and a new name and... bingo! Whilst I didn't notice a massive increase in height, I did have to remind myself that these are very much better-player irons and for that reason the height the ball was flying was probably mid-to-high for that range, especially in the 6, 7 and 8 iron. Answer, a new CTP. I like a lot of feedback from my irons on the quality of the strike so I can get better but never complain with some added forgiveness. The preliminary results are fantastic! Solid as a rock. I ordered the S55 and absolutely love them. Handicap now 13 and reducing, would recommend if you want a quality product and can afford the premium price. This set may go to my grandson. High: $135.00. With previous success on the Tour with the S range, my guess is Ping had their Tour players in mind with the S55 design. I'm not a fan of the CFS S shaft, so make sure you get the correct shaft. The aesthetics should please even the pickiest golfer, and the feel is very solid. I don’t know if Bubba actually said that, but PING should make him say it and turn it into a commercial. I purchased the S56 blade irons to replace the 7,8 and 9 irons in my bag keeping the I5 mid irons. Why change? Switch to Steel Shaft Type . Required fields are marked *. I often find the feel and strength of impact on a game-improvement iron to be softer and more comfortable than that of a blade or better-player iron. Skysports.com's David Keywood checks them out At the BMW Championship in September, Bubba Watson switched irons for … Salesman tried to talk me out of these saying "they're hard to hit". I found that the S55 framed the ball really well and the shorter heel-to-toe look reminded me to concentrate. flex: stiff shafts: *no label on shafts* material: steel. Super forgiving but still look like a players iron. I was hoping to get a set of mizuno’s this year but will definitely be trying these out before I do. Viewing Graphite Shaft Type. This sums it up. Like the S56 irons that they replace in Ping’s line, the new S55 irons are designed for accomplished players who prefer a small, blade-style head. When I think of PING, I think “function before form.”  After seeing the S55 irons that may have to change because they’re as good looking as any player’s iron on the market. Thus, the S55 felts strong to me, but not necessarily soft. Callaway's stunning new blade put to the test, Ping CFS, KBS Tour or Dynamic Gold S300, X100 or R300 (Steel), Ping TFC 189i (Graphite), 94g, 99g, 109g, 114g (Steel), 70g, 74g, 86g (Graphite). Looks. Interestingly the S55 4-iron is now 0.25° weaker than the S56 model, whilst the 6-iron through PW have been strengthened by as much as 1.5°. With the S55, however, the CoG is lower, so you can hit it a little thin and get a result that looks very close to your best shot. Pure shots feel absolutely outstanding. At first glance the S55 irons look very similar to previous S-series irons. We have the i25 irons in for review, we’re just waiting for the snow to melt so we can give you in depth information about on course performance and turf interaction. “I don’t often change irons, but when I do, I change to the S55.” –Bubba Watson. Bought these clubs last year after trying out the new G30's, to replace my ageing G5's My handicap was 22, I found that the size of the face made me concentrate more on my swing, the club feels fantastic when hitting the ball off the sweet spot and I gained approx 5 yards more distance per club. The S55s may not be as buttery soft as those old-school blades we all wish we could hit, but they struck a good balance between forgiveness and feel, especially in the mid and short irons, which we all know isn't easy to do. That leads to both more ball speed off the face and more moment of inertia (MOI), a measure of ball speed retention in mishits. Having made various changes to improve launch and forgiveness, Ping chose to alter the lofts in the S55 set to ensure effective distance gapping. That said, they are not nearly as punishing as the looks would suggest. These irons have converted me into a Ping follower. One other thing I need to get out onto paper here is that after hitting these irons - or any modern Ping irons for that matter - they are addictive. Trade Online ($117.00) Trade-In Value* Resale Value* Low: $94.00. The lack of offset is more noticeable in the longer irons, but certainly gives the entire set a sharp, better-player look. I've been playing golf for over 70 years, carry a single digit handy and ping has designed a club that is what a club should look and feel like. When the new design had two-time Masters Champion, Bubba Watson switching irons for the first time in nine years, as well as the likes of Hunter Mahan and Miguel Angel Jimenez, I know it was certainly worthy of my attention. Tungsten toe weight under Ping logo on back.Dampener inside for feel and sound. Overall, a solid club. Arccos Caddie Smart Grips come standard. Copyright © 2021 Plugged In Golf. I’d expect retail price to be around $1000. Can’t wait. My previous club was the S56. Look and feel great, OK they have a small sweet spot and narrow sole. All Rights Reserved.. The CTP or Custom Tuning Port, located in the back of the clubhead, is larger and made from a new thermoplastic elastomer. So how exactly did they do it? Matt Rollins, Ping’s senior PGA Tour manager, said, “Size-wise, the new clubs are very, very similar [to the S56]. PING's longest, most forgiving iron. That was precisely the challenge Ping faced as they set about designing and testing the new S55 irons to take over from the successful Ping S56 irons. Despite enjoying the shots I strike cleanly, I have to say the 3, 4 and 5 irons were a little too much club for my game/swing. 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