Ping Zing 2 3 Wood vs Recent Ping 3 woods

[pingman_24]

Looking into getting a cheap 3 wood for off the tee. Seen a Ping Zing 2 3 wood with 16.5 degree loft and a Ping Q51 shaft. This loft is perfect for me.

 

Question is how far behind a modern 3/4 wood would this club be if any? The club after this would be a G400 7 wood in ++ setting. Would the 7 wood go as far because of the new tech?

 

I would re shaft it with a Aldila NVS.

 

Any thoughts?

[Golf64]

I have hit the G400 woods and they are sweet. Better feeling vs. Gs.

[Sweet-Lou]

An old 3 wood would most likely still go further than a new 7 wood thanks to the loft difference.

But, If you're looking for an "off the tee" three wood, I'd recommend a newer model 3w. You don't need something super modern if you're considering the Zing2...but they've made leaps and bounds in forgiveness in 3woods since then.

[LaymanM]

If your stuck on PING I wouldn't go any older than G5. 30 bux globalgolf for 3 wood. Much better choice imo

[RogerinNewZealand]

G5 G10 era is a great suggestion.

I had the metal shafted Zing 2 and they were light years behind the TISI Tec.....

Not like a timeless Anser 2 Putter comparison Cheers !!

[super20dan]

the ping first attempt at metal woods was a total bust. even back then .

[herdman]

I would at least recommend finding a G2 or G5 over the Zing woods. That being said, the G15 is great but is sort of shallow for off the tee. I think you could find better options that one of the old Zing woods. I have a G2 3 wood, but it is 14 degrees. Long as all get out when you connect, but it is not the most forgiving 3 wood as compared to newer models. I still use a G15 3 wood, but I don't use it off the tee a lot as it is shallow for me.

[cgasucks]

the ping first attempt at metal woods was a total bust. even back then .

 

Really? Forgive me for my limited product knowledge of Ping metalwoods but I always thought the Ping Tisi driver was the first metalwood they ever made and for a while it was quite the rage back then since people claimed it was 20-30 yards longer than other metal woods during that time period.

[cgasucks]

With regards to metal vs. persimmon/laminated woods the distance is very similar to each other (assuming the lofts are the same), but the forgiveness is a huge between the two. My old Macgregor laminated 3 wood is way harder to hit on the button than my gamer 3 wood Vsteel, even though the Macgregor is a little shorter (but the feel is pretty good).

[pingman_24]

With regards to metal vs. persimmon/laminated woods the distance is very similar to each other (assuming the lofts are the same), but the forgiveness is a huge between the two. My old Macgregor laminated 3 wood is way harder to hit on the button than my gamer 3 wood Vsteel, even though the Macgregor is a little shorter (but the feel is pretty good).

 

So when you hit the persimmon against the v-steel you didn't see much difference in distance?

 

If that's the case I may give the Zing 2 a try. I know loft is the key thing when it comes to distance but I wasn't sure how much to factor in for the new thin springy faces.

 

I would change the shaft something like a NVS.

[bluedot]

the ping first attempt at metal woods was a total bust. even back then .

 

Really? Forgive me for my limited product knowledge of Ping metalwoods but I always thought the Ping Tisi driver was the first metalwood they ever made and for a while it was quite the rage back then since people claimed it was 20-30 yards longer than other metal woods during that time period.

 

He's both right and wrong. The Zing2's were, in fact Ping's first metal woods, and Ping was surprisingly late to the dance at that. BUT the Zing2's were a bust only in the sense that they didn't sell, not because they were bad clubs. And the reason they didn't sell was quite simply that they were plug ugly, even by Ping standards. Unusual shape, very plain head, no alignment marks; just not very attractive to the eye. But they were good clubs, especially the fairways; I used the 5 and 7 woods for a long, long time after other stuff was out.

 

The other factor with the Zing2's was that they were pretty much concurrent with the original Big Bertha woods, and those absolutely dominated the market, along with TM. At that time, it wasn't unusual at all to see three or four players in a Saturday morning foursome at any club in the country all with Ping Eye 2 irons, a Callaway Big Bertha driver, and either Callaway or TM fairway woods.

 

No question that the TiSi woods were Ping's big breakthrough in the metal wood market, though. Some of those fairway woods were still being used on Tour just a few years ago.

[super20dan]

the tisi 3 wood in the large head version is a rocket from the tee. I still have a golf mag from the mid 90,s where they test the new ping zing 2 driver. every one was disappointed in its performance. big bertha was king back then and hard to beat. original king cobra metal wood was popular also. yes ping was late to the metal wood party.

[pingman_24]

the tisi 3 wood in the large head version is a rocket from the tee. I still have a golf mag from the mid 90,s where they test the new ping zing 2 driver. every one was disappointed in its performance. big bertha was king back then and hard to beat. original king cobra metal wood was popular also. yes ping was late to the metal wood party.

 

What is the large head version of the Tisi Tec? I've only seen one version.

[drn92]

With regards to metal vs. persimmon/laminated woods the distance is very similar to each other (assuming the lofts are the same), but the forgiveness is a huge between the two. My old Macgregor laminated 3 wood is way harder to hit on the button than my gamer 3 wood Vsteel, even though the Macgregor is a little shorter (but the feel is pretty good).

 

So when you hit the persimmon against the v-steel you didn't see much difference in distance?

 

If that's the case I may give the Zing 2 a try. I know loft is the key thing when it comes to distance but I wasn't sure how much to factor in for the new thin springy faces.

 

I would change the shaft something like a NVS.

 

You might want to check with Ping before you reshaft. If my memory is correct the Zing metal woods have a smaller hosel than standard and you will have to shave down the shaft to make it fit.

 

drn92

[bluedot]

the tisi 3 wood in the large head version is a rocket from the tee. I still have a golf mag from the mid 90,s where they test the new ping zing 2 driver. every one was disappointed in its performance. big bertha was king back then and hard to beat. original king cobra metal wood was popular also. yes ping was late to the metal wood party.

 

Because Ping had been effectively been making oversized woods for a long time with the laminated maple heads, and because they took so long to get a metal wood on the market, I think we all expected the Zing2's to be off the charts; I know I did. And they weren't bad; they just weren't anything at all special AND they were really, really ugly. And the Big Berthas were so good and so dominant that Ping never really had a chance.

 

It's hard to remember now, or for younger people to understand, how dominant the Big Berthas were at that time. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, who was serious about their game had anything else in the bag, especially when the titanium Great Big Bertha with the Warbird sole came out. SOP was to buy that driver and put the red Graffaloy shaft in it before you even hit it; that shaft was literally made for that club, and the pros were reportedly playing the shaft with it painted to look like a Callaway stock shaft. Relative to the market at the time, the GBB might have been the single best golf club in golf equipment history. I know that's a big statement, but I think it may be true.

[RogerinNewZealand]

Bought the Cally GBB Driver 1994 ish 11 degrees regular ezy off the fairway.

Bought the TM Burner 3 wood and almost bought the Cobra 3 wood. They were both great back then.

May have bought the Zing metal 3 and 5 around then or a few years after.

Just nothing compared to the TISI Tec 3 and 5.

My 5 was a Magic club......

 

Interesting i now have lots of easy to reshaft TM 200/V Steel/Burners ....... Cheers !!

[super20dan]

if I had to name one single club that had the most impact on golf-I would pick the ping anser putter and big bertha driver second

[Night train]

the ping first attempt at metal woods was a total bust. even back then .

 

Really? Forgive me for my limited product knowledge of Ping metalwoods but I always thought the Ping Tisi driver was the first metalwood they ever made and for a while it was quite the rage back then since people claimed it was 20-30 yards longer than other metal woods during that time period.

 

He's both right and wrong. The Zing2's were, in fact Ping's first metal woods, and Ping was surprisingly late to the dance at that. BUT the Zing2's were a bust only in the sense that they didn't sell, not because they were bad clubs. And the reason they didn't sell was quite simply that they were plug ugly, even by Ping standards. Unusual shape, very plain head, no alignment marks; just not very attractive to the eye. But they were good clubs, especially the fairways; I used the 5 and 7 woods for a long, long time after other stuff was out.

 

The other factor with the Zing2's was that they were pretty much concurrent with the original Big Bertha woods, and those absolutely dominated the market, along with TM. At that time, it wasn't unusual at all to see three or four players in a Saturday morning foursome at any club in the country all with Ping Eye 2 irons, a Callaway Big Bertha driver, and either Callaway or TM fairway woods.

 

No question that the TiSi woods were Ping's big breakthrough in the metal wood market, though. Some of those fairway woods were still being used on Tour just a few years ago.

 

The Zing 2 metal woods were a hit that never made it. I still have a set with Ping GL 382 Loomis graphite shafts......they were great clubs. My oldest son played D1 college golf and used the 3 wood all thru college, it was a cannon for him.

 

The looks, size, and glass like sound took some getting used to, but there was a lot of performance in them.

[Night train]

Actually have a 9* driver and a 5 wood also........all with the same shaft, found them all used in the same shop

[bluedot]

if I had to name one single club that had the most impact on golf-I would pick the ping anser putter and big bertha driver second

 

I think you throw in the Eye 2 irons, and you have the definitive list. Not a bad resume for Karsten Solheim, right?

[hoganben]

some comments/questions/observations...

...are modern fairway woods forgiving...only thing I notice is that they all seem to copied adams/orlimar trimetals low profile (for instance my titleist 906 f4 fairway woods). Karsten Solheim was late to the metal wood party because he thought that his wooden fairway woods were better than metal woods...makes sense otherwise he would have made metal woods sooner.

 

ps..After trying another fairway wood..my new titleist 906 fw 15.5 with a stiff proto by you shaft I began to think that I was longer and more accurate with my old ping eye 2 woods. Sure enough I hit the eye 2 3, 4 and 5 woods vs various newer 3 and 5 woods and 19 rescue mid over the new college parking lot down the street (grass hill on the other side). I think it's the stiff zz lite shafts. I know I love smashing my rescue mid hybrids with their lite stiff steel shafts or my callaway x hybrids with their lite steel shafts. Don't need a club anymore forgiving than the eye 2 wooden woods-go dead straight and long...nuff said (bit more..will bag the ping eye 2 4 wood next practice round...only issue might be face height on tight lies vs newer clubs as mentioned earlier). I do have a 16 degree tailormade rescue mid 2 with a lite stiff steel shaft in the mail already so I will be giving that a try when it gets here.