Ping Zing 2 irons???

I am currently playing some Wilson d100 irons but have ran across a set of ping zing 2 irons and I’ve always heard great things about them and was wondering what would be the benefits or downfalls of switching to such a older set? Thanks in advance!

Move to the Classic forum and you’ll get more responses. Most likely prolly notice that going by the numbers on bottom of club, comparably, you’ll be shorter distance wise. Some rave at the forgiveness though.

Buy'em and play.... Only answer you, me or anyone else can say

I'm partial to red-heads....maybe you like Burnettes

Great set of sticks! If the price was right, can't hurt to give them a whirl?! ;)

Ping shovels! GREAT irons, but I hit them SO high it was crazy. Not good for a windy state, but they're super irons. Still use the 2 iron as my fairway finder......

I never hit the 2’s but I can tell you the original zings were a disaster. My dad had a set in berillium copper and they were some of the worst feeling, most difficult to elevate pings ever. Yuck. Hopefully the 2’s were better.

zing and zing 2 are fairly different in the way they play

Nice high flight and very forgiving but as boggyman said, probably a little shorter club/club. I liked them much better than the original Zings.

Echo the other comments and add that they're pretty extreme looking. Computer designed with crazy lumps, bumps, points, and cutouts.

I played them for about a year and had the Zing2 BeCu wedges. Those things were sweet.

Buy'em and play.... Only answer you, me or anyone else can say

 

I'm partial to red-heads....maybe you like Burnettes

??? married to a redhead myself?

I bought a set 2 years ago. It was soggy wintertime and I was having trouble hitting my regular irons.

Bought the set for $100.

Wearing bulky clothing and playing in 30 something degree weather is hard.

These made it a lot easier. Easy to get in the air and lots if carry.

Due to the lofts, they are a lot shorter than my reg clubs.

Mine have the stiff shaft. The shaft labels were red and blue. Red is the stiff version.

Someone had put new Winn Dri Tack grips on all of them.

The grips were worth $100.

My set. Love them - as good as anything I've ever owned. My PING G400 irons are on the sidelines right now,

They are huge and actually unforgiving. They have an off the charts amount of bounce. The toe is HUGE, and it delivers a "wonderful" snap hook effect as it digs or bounces or whatever it's doing. The lofts are weak compared to today's clubs. The Zing models and the G2 models were disaster clubs for Ping in my opinion. The Zing 2 irons will confound you and make you question your faith. Don't go there. You might as well grab a set of butter knives from the 70's.

They are huge and actually unforgiving. They have an off the charts amount of bounce. The toe is HUGE, and it delivers a "wonderful" snap hook effect as it digs or bounces or whatever it's doing. The lofts are weak compared to today's clubs. The Zing models and the G2 models were disaster clubs for Ping in my opinion. The Zing 2 irons will confound you and make you question your faith. Don't go there. You might as well grab a set of butter knives from the 70's.

Lee Westwood played ZING2 irons on TOUR for 12 years. Fun fact. I guess he was able to overcome the snap hooks, terrible bounce, weak lofts and managed to not question his faith. I find them to be so easy to hit solid, high and straight, it's almost like cheating.

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They are huge and actually unforgiving. They have an off the charts amount of bounce. The toe is HUGE, and it delivers a "wonderful" snap hook effect as it digs or bounces or whatever it's doing. The lofts are weak compared to today's clubs. The Zing models and the G2 models were disaster clubs for Ping in my opinion. The Zing 2 irons will confound you and make you question your faith. Don't go there. You might as well grab a set of butter knives from the 70's.

 

Lee Westwood played ZING2 irons on TOUR for 12 years. Fun fact. I guess he was able to overcome the snap hooks, terrible bounce, weak lofts and managed to not question his faith. I find them to be so easy to hit solid, high and straight, it's almost like cheating.

 

http://www.gorillago...golf-equipment/

Yep nothing wrong with the Zing 2's, I played a set I found at a garage sale in the early 2000's. After a couple of rounds I sold them however, and bought a set of i/3's from my buddy that I played until, I started playing Bridgestones.

On a side note I have a buddy that is still a + handicap and has two sets of the I-10's. One set has been retired, second set has been in play for about two years. He had been on the lookout for another set, but said that he has tried the i200 and i210 and thinks he will move to one of those in the next couple of years.

Paid $499 off a rack in the Poconos around 1993 for me. Played them a long time, with the TM Bubble driver. :-)

Paid $499 off a rack in the Poconos around 1993 for me. Played them a long time, with the TM Bubble driver. :-)

Friend bought a set at Goodwill for 10 bucks this year only wanted 5 but he felt guilty.

Funny this topic came up.

Bought a set recently and did a mini "retro review" of them

They are huge and actually unforgiving. They have an off the charts amount of bounce. The toe is HUGE, and it delivers a "wonderful" snap hook effect as it digs or bounces or whatever it's doing. The lofts are weak compared to today's clubs. The Zing models and the G2 models were disaster clubs for Ping in my opinion. The Zing 2 irons will confound you and make you question your faith. Don't go there. You might as well grab a set of butter knives from the 70's.

The only part of this post that is accurate is the part about the lofts being weaker than today's irons. That's true with any irons that are 20 years old.

I have a set ... love em ... just not as much as my s55's

Funny this topic came up.

 

Bought a set recently and did a mini "retro review" of them

 

Nice looking set, condition-wise. Very clean! I'm thinking of having my heads refurbished and then installing some Recoils. Thanks for the review!

I have a set ... love em ... just not as much as my s55's

I will add I picked up a rare-ish orange dot set last winter ... with JZ-s in them, 4-sw, added 1/2" to them for the 5-SW, tossed on iomic sticky 2.3's ... and really like them

They are a little more solid off the tee than off the turf as some have said in old posts

I've also picked up the S3 and LW in BeCu. The S3 is incredible from the sand and from inside 100 yards

These are great irons off of bermuda grass for us northerners that aren't used to it