Opinions on the Ping s58

[teampowers]

Just wondering if anyone is playing these and what the general opinion is.

 

THANKS!

[gticlay]

I played the S-59's for a year and those, along with the new S-58 have this funky, weird looking toe shape - I much prefer the i5 head shape. The S-58's seem to have addressed the thing I really didn't like about the soles as well - the 59's sole was too narrow - the 58's appear to be that slight amount wider that the 59's should have been. That's all..... Oh, and some guy has a set on bsg for $600 or so.

[jbombardieri]

Love them. I played the S59 Tours, then I got these and I feel the S58s are more accurate and a little bit longer, 1/2 club. Love both sets, but the S58s are an improvement.

[dispatch096]

i dont like the ferulle or the chromed finish. otherwise id buy em. :cheesy:

[jbombardieri]

I wouldn't say the finish on the S58s are chrome, they are chrome on the S59 Tours.

[gticlay]

Neither one are chrome - they are polished raw stainless steel. If you pay the extra, they will do the nice media blast 'guyson' finish on them which looks the best the longest.

[sandy]

I've played with my set of S-58s for several weeks now and very slightly prefer the S-59s I have. The S-58s have wider soles and the cavity also gives the impression that weight was moved to the lower part of the iron (particularly in the long irons). For me this has resulted in a higher trajectory (not a good thing, but may be for some people) that is consistent with about 1/2 club less distance. What I hoped was going to be improved did not happen and that is more forgiveness and a softer feel. Those two items remained virtually the same as did the look at address. I still do not like the offset at address in either the S-58 or S-59 in the 2 or 3 iron and am continuing to see if Wrx can't apply the same process to those irons that they can to the i5s to reduce the appearance of offset. Same shaft as well so to expect anything markedly different was silly. Performance and Feel remain exactly the same as the S-59s with a slight lose of distance and increase in trajectory for me.

 

By the way neither the S-59s or now the S-58s have any chrome finish associated with them---the finish is standard tumbled and polished 17-4 ph stainless. A guyson finish is then applied. I am waiting to see if the S-58s will exhibit rust spots like my S-59s, but so far no rust.

[TigerFrank]

I've been demoing the 58's for the last 2 weeks and have played them on course 3 rounds. I disagree that the forgivness is the same. the 58's are WAY more forgiving than the 59's. Mishits all go the same distance. Other than that and the more forgiving sole, they are very similar. I will be changing to the 58's though for the forgiveness and higher trajectory which i need.

[lars]

hit the S58 at a demo day Friday. Club Rep, said they made the sole 1/16" wider and club 1/16" longer. They changed the radius of the top line to the hosel, which to me looks like more offset visually.

 

 

 

He also said the tuning port allows them to move the weight up on short irons to get lower flight and down on long irons to hit the ball higher to "tour flight" them. When I asked what he meant by that, he wasnt very clear. Anyone have any more info on this?

 

 

 

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[Twincreeks]

HI All,

 

Im from Sydney Australia. Ive been using the S58's for a Month now , im an Ex-Callaways tour user, Previous too that i was PING for years ! , i must say the S58's are purely sensational, Id have too say the best iron ive ever used. Clean ball striking and insane distance, i wont be looking at anything else for a very long time.

 

Cheers All.

 

Dw