PING Zing

[GatorNate11]

I have a PING Zing wood headed driver I picked up on a whim at goodwill one day, and decided to regrip it and hit a few balls with it just for laughs I guess. The thing I realized, is that I have absolutely no earthly idea what any of the specs are. Does anyone know what the standard loft and shaft on these things were? I searched google and here to no avail. The shaft just says PING KT-M, no loft marked and I can't find where anyone has stated what it is. Were driver lofts and shaft flex just....not a thing at that time? 

[scomac2002]

6 hours ago, GatorNate11 said:

Were driver lofts and shaft flex just....not a thing at that time? 

 

They were definitely a thing back then just as they are now.  To the best of my knowledge the KT-M was a medium flex shaft versus a stiff that was most typically played at the time.  There will be a colour dot on the sole of the club indicating what the loft of the head is.  I believe that the progression went green, black, red , orange from lowest loft to highest.  Hopefully someone else will chime in with the exact specs.

[Gsea]

ping zing woods

#1 = 12.5

#3 = 16.5

#4 = 19

#5 = 22

#6 = 25

#7 = 29

 

KT & KT-M (Stiff): Weight: 106g Torque: 1.9 Description: A mid weight shaft with a high flex point and stiff tip section. These shafts are most commonly found in Eye2, and Zing irons. Ball Flight: Mid, similar to ZZ-Lite

 

 

 

KT & KT-M (Stiff): Weight: 106g Torque: 1.9 Description: A mid weight shaft with a high flex point and stiff tip section.

[cardoustie]

Amazing the old 7w at 29* .. 10 weaker than today

[deejaid]

From Ping’s website circa 1998.

 

 

[GatorNate11]

Thanks, guys, a lot of good info. Unfortunately, the sole of the club has seen better days and whatever mark might have been there is long gone now. Still fun to pull it out and hit it, makes you appreciate the modern driver a little more! 

[weakputt]

On 4/26/2021 at 10:51 PM, GatorNate11 said:

I have a PING Zing wood headed driver I picked up on a whim at goodwill one day, and decided to regrip it and hit a few balls with it just for laughs I guess. The thing I realized, is that I have absolutely no earthly idea what any of the specs are. Does anyone know what the standard loft and shaft on these things were? I searched google and here to no avail. The shaft just says PING KT-M, no loft marked and I can't find where anyone has stated what it is. Were driver lofts and shaft flex just....not a thing at that time? 

Love my set of PING Zing blonde laminated woods with KT-M steel shafts. I have the red number 13.5* driver that I can get me 235 to 250 fairway seaking yards from time to time even though I know the shafts are two stiffnesses more than idea. Kind of cool when I take them out from time to time with the stock Plush Fur head covers.

[ezgoer]

Always learning on here. I didn’t know the colors represented loft on the woods. These are relatively new to me. Black dot so 12 degrees loft driver. Is the 3,5,7 still 16.5,22&29 degrees? 
Also this set has ZZ lite shafts with a blue stripe on the chrome shaft label. There’s 2 small R’s that looks more like a trademark symbol to me but I don’t see stiffness. Are they regular flex? Does that blue band represent anything? I also have another 3 wood with a KT shaft so you can see the drastic difference in stepping. ZZ lite steps get much closer to the club head. They don’t feel whippy but guess with steel shafts it seems much harder to tell until you get to the senior or ladies just bye feel 

Been hitting the driver and 7 wood on the range. LCG and 12 degrees equals a pretty easy hitting club. Hit the driver almost as high as a modern. 7 could be interesting. Won’t know how far it actually plays till I get it on the course 

Edited October 12, 2023 by ezgoer

[golfunderpar18]

Older ping shafts never denoted a stiffness.  Not sure why they wanted to be different.   Zz lites are stiff flex.   The circle R’s denote a registered trademark.   Below is a breakdown of most of pings more vintage line of shafts.  I created a Short list of graphite shafts too but didn’t include below.  
 

CS-LITE (Regular & Stiff): Weight: 93.9 ®, 107.3 (S) Torque: 1.8 ®, 1.7 (S) Description: Lightweight steel shaft that has a mid flex point and a mid to soft tip section. A very common shaft found in the G2 and G5 series. Ball Flight: This shaft is designed to hit the ball the highest of all of the shafts offered at this flex.

 

Z-Z65 (Stiff): Weight: 108.8g Torque: 1.6 Description: An updated version of the ZZ-Lite. Lightweight steel shaft that has a high flex point and stiff tip section. This shaft is only offered in stiff. The Z-Z65 is similar in flex to a Dynamic Gold S300, but is much lighter in weight. A very common shaft in ISI irons through current iron offerings. Ball Flight: This shaft is designed for a mid-ball flight due to the weight. It should fly lower then the CS-Lite and higher then the DGS and DGX.

 

ZZ-LITE (Stiff): Weight: 115.0g Torque: 1.9 Description: Very similar to the Z-Z65 but heavier in weight. The ZZ-Lite has a high flex point and stiff tip section. A very common shaft in Eye 2 irons. Ball Flight: Same as the Z-Z65.   Ping also denoted these as NZ+ in their records.

 

JZ (Regular & Stiff): Weight: 109.8g ®, 115.1g (S) Torque: 1.9 ® 1.7 (S) Description: A mid weight steel shaft that plays a little softer than the Z-Z65 and ZZ-Lite. A very common shaft in Zing, Zing 2, and ISI irons. Ball Flight: Due to the mid flex point of this shaft it is designed to hit the ball between the CS-Lite and the Z-Z65.  Red = Stiff; Blue = Regular

 

DGS (Stiff): Weight: 124.5g Torque: 1.5 Description: Dynamic Gold S-400. A heavy shaft with a high flex point and a stiff tip section. Ball Flight: Weight of this shaft should hit the ball lower then all of the shafts except the DGX.

 

DGX (X-Stiff): Weight: 122.8g Torque: 1.4 Description: Dynamic Gold X-100. A heavy shaft with a high flex point and a very stiff tip section. Ball Flight: This shaft is heavy and aimed at players with a high swing speed or quick tempo. The shaft should produce the lowest ball flight of all shafts listed.

 

KT & KT-M (Stiff): Weight: 106g Torque: 1.9 Description: A mid weight shaft with a high flex point and stiff tip section. These shafts are most commonly found in Eye2, and Zing irons. Ball Flight: Mid, similar to ZZ-Lite

 

K shaft:  baby blue top/bottom on shaft band,

Tip .350,  Butt .600, Torque 2º, Weight: 106.  The k shaft was intended to be a senior shaft or a ladies shaft. Lighter and a softer flex than the zz lites.

 

Microtaper (Stiff): Weight: 115g Torque: 1.9 Description: A mid-weight shaft with a high flex point and stiff tip section. This shaft is very similar to the KT Shaft. Most commonly found in the K series, Eye, and Eye 2 irons. Ball Flight: Mid, similar to ZZ-Lite

[GatorNate11]

Thanks again, guys. Just checked back in the thread and saw the new info. I put a new grip on it over the off-season and have taken it out and smacked it around a few times, certainly doesn’t make me envious of times before metal woods lol