Ping i230 pic

[BostonWRX]

1 hour ago, wingz9 said:

I got to play my first 18 with the i230’s yesterday on a course almost two hours south of Denver that didn’t have snow on it. As everyone has been saying they are dead straight. I’ve always been green dot in Pings because of a toe down strike and my miss with the irons will mostly be left. I’m coming from ZX5’s two degrees up that would have a three yard draw on a good strike and hook on a poorly struck shot. Yesterday these were dead straight and what would have been a hook with the ZX5’s was a three yard draw. The toe strike forgiveness is unbelievable, I looked down at my strike pattern on the face after a couple shots that went the exact distance I wanted and dead straight and I stuck it way closer to the toe than center. I had three birdies and should have had 4 all from great iron shots that went exactly where I wanted them and that’s my first 18 holes with these clubs and my first 18 holes since the fall. I couldn’t be happier with these irons.

DiD you stick with green dot?

[wingz9]

2 minutes ago, BostonWRX said:

DiD you stick with green dot?

Yes, I got fitted for green dot in the early 2000’s and have always stuck with it. I even go green dot on my ping wedges which I know some fitters think you should go flatter with wedges but it just seems to work for me.

[Teebs]

For a players club, the forgiveness is great. On my last round, I hit a 8 iron off the toe, full on 6/10 strike and it finished about 7 yards past the flag. 

Half expected it not to even carry the front bunker.

 

[smajin]

It seems like these are not available from Ping with Nippon Modus 120 shafts?  Any recommendations on the most cost effective way to get a build with those shafts?

[VanTheMan0519]

Just placed an order….

ping i230 4-gw

black dot

1/2” over length 

power spec

TTDG 120 X100

golf pride mcc with +2 wraps

 

Current gamers: prior gen zx5 in 4 and 5 irons. ZX7’s in 6-gap wedge with modus 105x. 1/2” over and bent 1* strong. 
 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by VanTheMan0519

[cg0rd0noo7]

2 hours ago, smajin said:

t seems like these are not available from Ping with Nippon Modus 120 shafts?  Any recommendations on the most cost effective way to get a build with those shafts?

If you order them from a ping authorized dealer they may be able to get these shafts. It may take longer because ping will need to order them. If this is possible this is probably the most cost effective way to do this. 

The easiest way to get these shafts in the i230 would be to order through club champion or true spec or another place that is building them themselves. This is probably the most expensive but most straight forward way to go about this. 

Depending how comfortable you are with DYI club building you could order a set (grips in box dont have them put them on) and then pull the shafts and re-shaft them. You would also pay a local club builder to do this as well. I would only go this route if you are comfortable doing the work your self and comfortable with reselling the shafts. You could also save some money here by buying a used set and reshafting those. 

[Ripken08]

230s more forgiving than the older i25s?

[Inglewood]

Ian is going full ping this year!  Good to see hes going off the data vs a pretty bag.  I need to do the same...

 

i230 in power spec is definitely a front runner...scheduling a fitting soon to test them against Srixon and Mizuno comps.

[noodle3872]

2 hours ago, Inglewood said:

Ian is going full ping this year!  Good to see hes going off the data vs a pretty bag.  I need to do the same...

 

i230 in power spec is definitely a front runner...scheduling a fitting soon to test them against Srixon and Mizuno comps.

Ian will be into something else by May. His pattern is to talk up his club love only to fall out of love with it months later. He’s just like many of us in that sense, he just has the next greatest thing in the shop.  

[Inglewood]

Well said - spot on.  Just like us - but with more resources staring him in the face daily.  

[noodle3872]

9 minutes ago, Inglewood said:

Well said - spot on.  Just like us - but with more resources staring him in the face daily.  

How the hell do you not change clubs out when every manufacturer sends you stuff to test. The manufacturers know if their product gets any acknowledged used (in video on YT or IG) by Ian, Matt and Mikey they will sell a boatload. It’s gotta be hard to commit with new temptation being delivered daily. 

[easyyy]

On 2/14/2023 at 12:18 PM, Teebs said:

Interesting video just popped up from TXG on YT about Ian's Iron choice for 2023...

 

😀

 

I have been a Srixon ZX7 and ZX5 combo player for years. My miss is left and noticed after many different range sessions these Pings were behaving straighter for me. I stuck with the Srixons and kept trailing the Pings until I decided to put them in play.

 

I put the new i230's in play last week in Florida and played a few full rounds with them. Really liked them and the guys I play with were clearly thinking the same thing I was, that these irons were going to be in the bag. The trajectory and accuracy of many shots were incredible. Still in the honeymoon phase but I was thinking the same thing (anti left bias) I saw in Ian's video before I saw it.

 

Then I watched Ian's video last night and was surprised his observations were the same as mine. 

 

Go straight, lots of spin and great trajectory window. No distance gains in these IMO like you would see in P790 type tech iron but I dont want distance as much as predicable distance and straight. If it get closer to the pin birdies are easier.

 

Ping has a winner with these.

 

20 hours ago, Godfather said:

Ian from TXG seems to think these are a great anti-left iron.

 

 

 

[buckI]

8 hours ago, Ripken08 said:

230s more forgiving than the older i25s?

Yes I think so.  Had the i25’s and just got the 230’s.   Mishits don’t drop off as bad and seem less left to me.

[Inglewood]

The more reviews I look at on these, the more I had no idea it was apparently widely know that pings are referred to as 'go straight irons'...love it.

[rjp322]

How is the spin on these? I have had I210s and I200s.  I spin the hell out of them and Im not a high spin player.  Ive always thought Pings were incredibly easy to hit.  If the prior models spun 500 rpm less, they would never have left the bag

[zlawson36]

1 minute ago, rjp322 said:

How is the spin on these? I have had I210s and I200s.  I spin the hell out of them and Im not a high spin player.  Ive always thought Pings were incredibly easy to hit.  If the prior models spun 500 rpm less, they would never have left the bag

I tend to spin irons high due to adding some loft. I went power spec with the i230s and love them. Mind you, I am not a long hitter: Driver is right around 100 mph. 7 iron carry with the 31.5* power spec i230 carries anywhere from 155-160 for me. But the flight window and spin are great. 

[rjp322]

13 minutes ago, zlawson36 said:

I tend to spin irons high due to adding some loft. I went power spec with the i230s and love them. Mind you, I am not a long hitter: Driver is right around 100 mph. 7 iron carry with the 31.5* power spec i230 carries anywhere from 155-160 for me. But the flight window and spin are great. 

Those sounds like high launch high spin then still in comparison to some of the player distance type irons.  I play PXG gen 5 Ps now and can hit my 7 iron about 173 or so on average.  Plenty of launch.   I swing my driver 100-104 depending on the day.  In comparison I was hitting my I210s, 163 and it was strictly due to spin and launching too high.  Would love a middle ground

[elwhippy]

Finally got to properly demo the I230 with a Ping fitter. Positives. Look fantastic at address. That was it. Negatives. Felt "empty" despite trying Nippon shafts. Distance. Abysmal. Spun like mad and was scary short. Forgiveness. Mediocre. 

So glad I tried these as I had been tempted to order without hitting. 

[cg0rd0noo7]

55 minutes ago, rjp322 said:

Those sounds like high launch high spin then still in comparison to some of the player distance type irons.  I play PXG gen 5 Ps now and can hit my 7 iron about 173 or so on average.  Plenty of launch.   I swing my driver 100-104 depending on the day.  In comparison I was hitting my I210s, 163 and it was strictly due to spin and launching too high.  Would love a middle ground

 

The i230s are not players distance irons. In Pings i series of irons the i525s are their current players distance irons. If you want a players distance iron and are comparing it to the PXG Gen 5s the i525s are the more direct comparison

The ping i230 7 iron has 33º of loft. You are comparing it to the PXG Gen 5 P 7 iron that has 30º of loft. Just by the differences in loft the ping is going to spin more and go shorter. 3º of loft is about 9 yards of distance in more cases so that completely explains the distance and spin differences you are seeing. 

[rjp322]

2 minutes ago, cg0rd0noo7 said:

 

The i230s are not players distance irons. In Pings i series of irons the i525s are their current players distance irons. If you want a players distance iron and are comparing it to the PXG Gen 5s the i525s are the more direct comparison

The ping i230 7 iron has 33º of loft. You are comparing it to the PXG Gen 5 P 7 iron that has 30º of loft. Just by the differences in loft the ping is going to spin more and go shorter. 3º of loft is about 9 yards of distance in more cases so that completely explains the distance and spin differences you are seeing. 

I was experiencing this with Pings being power specs.   It was a pretty sizable difference.  I know a big part of the reason they are so easy to hit is because of how much they spin.  Just wish it was a middle ground.  They were also even flying higher than optimal according to Trackman which just never happens for me.  In the end I got rid of my pings just due to them being a solid club or club and a half shorter

Edited February 16, 2023 by rjp322

[halfsumo]

My first range session with these a few weeks ago my first impressions were that the performance was great but the feel was just ok. After messing around with some swing thoughts last weekend, I started striping these and the feel is fantastic. I was literally not hitting the middle of the face for the first couple of range sessions and could not tell based on ball flight and performance 😂. 

[JZ75]

7 hours ago, rjp322 said:

How is the spin on these? I have had I210s and I200s.  I spin the hell out of them and Im not a high spin player.  Ive always thought Pings were incredibly easy to hit.  If the prior models spun 500 rpm less, they would never have left the bag

I think you will be happy with the i230s.  YMMV but they spun slightly less (300 RPM) than i210s for me.  

 

I think 500 RPM will be the high end of what you’ll see with the regular spec so as others suggested, you may want to check the power spec.  

 

I’m 100% confident you’ll see less spin in the i230s than the i210s.

[Mobert19]

Played my first round with these yesterday.  Normal lofts that went the same distance as my ZX5/ZX7 combo (all played to ZX5 lofts) which was a bit of a surprise to me. Excellent dispersion and straight shots. Loving these irons so far. Just ordered a 4i as my set I got here was 5-GW. 

Really like the DG 120 S300 as well. we'll see what a few more rounds will do but the Srixon's may be goners.

[BostonWRX]

14 minutes ago, Mobert19 said:

Played my first round with these yesterday.  Normal lofts that went the same distance as my ZX5/ZX7 combo (all played to ZX5 lofts) which was a bit of a surprise to me. Excellent dispersion and straight shots. Loving these irons so far. Just ordered a 4i as my set I got here was 5-GW. 

Really like the DG 120 S300 as well. we'll see what a few more rounds will do but the Srixon's may be goners.

I have a set of i230s on way basically same shaft/same specs as my zx5/zx7 combo set. Looking forward to comparing 

[VanTheMan0519]

1 hour ago, Mobert19 said:

Played my first round with these yesterday.  Normal lofts that went the same distance as my ZX5/ZX7 combo (all played to ZX5 lofts) which was a bit of a surprise to me. Excellent dispersion and straight shots. Loving these irons so far. Just ordered a 4i as my set I got here was 5-GW. 

Really like the DG 120 S300 as well. we'll see what a few more rounds will do but the Srixon's may be goners.

Waiting on mine. I have zx5/7 combo myself. How would you describe the flight between the two?

[Mobert19]

1 minute ago, VanTheMan0519 said:

Waiting on mine. I have zx5/7 combo myself. How would you describe the flight between the two?

Better launch angles for me and when they hit the green i mean they stick. I didn't have trouble with the ZX with this but it was noticeable. I thought I liked the Modus 120S but I feel like these DG 120S feel better right now.

[Nixhex524]

Got my second round in with my 230s yesterday.  I love the look and feel of these and I wish I had more time to practice but I dont.  Course was mostly firm overall in the center of the fairways and I don't think these irons shined for me from those types of lies.  I had a hard time getting the iron through that type of ground most of the day.  Usually I am not in the fairway so hitting them out of longer grass may have been ideal but my G430 LST has changed my driving game and has me finding fairways again.  These irons will be in my bag long term so I am looking forward to more time getting them dialed in...  I can say, distance is great, feel is great, spin is fine, trajectory is what I like to see....  Not much to NOT like, just need more time and I think these could be great, if I can just get out of my own way.

[Mookie91]

Just received mine today Blue Dot, 1/2” over DG120 X100, Power Spec with MCC Midsize. Bonerific 😁

Edited February 17, 2023 by Mookie91

[VanTheMan0519]

4 minutes ago, Mookie91 said:

Just received mine today Blue Dot, 1/2” over DG120 X100, Power Spec with MCC Midsize. Bonerific 😁

Leave work and give me a range report. Ordered almost the same. What irons are you coming from?

[Mookie91]

4 minutes ago, VanTheMan0519 said:

Leave work and give me a range report. Ordered almost the same. What irons are you coming from?

Snow on the ground here 😁.  Mizuno Pro 225s were last years sticks.