Does anyone still game Ping Eye 2's?

[HoosierHacker89]

here are mine. Currently wanting on my s300 shafts to get here.

[DMcDfrom83]

I'm a dummy & sold my 3-LW BeCu +'s, but hung on to the 1 & 2 irons (not Becu). If anyone wants them to complete a set they are black dot & in nice shape.

[roundersmitty]

I just bought Ping S59s S300 Orange dot 3-PW, new grips, for a good price. Not sure if I should hold on to the Eye 2+ orange dot 3-SW set (Have the 1,3,5,7 Eye 2 woods too), or sell them?

[Bunkhousebuck]

I bought an Eye 2 sand wedge off of Ebay last weekend and just hit it today. I cannot speak to the rest of the set but if the other irons play as well as the sand wedge did for me today then a full set of those clubs would work great for me. My home course is a mess most of the time and was wet and cold today. You are often times hitting out of muck, no grass, etc. this time of year. My irons are Ping G-20s but for my home course my sand wedge will be the Eye 2 going forward because you can hit this thing out of wet, hard sand, hard tack, muck, etc. When I play a really nice course that has fluffy grass, soft white sand, and is generally well cared for I will probably play my G-20 SW but to play in not so good conditions the old Eye 2 hit the spot. I had read posts where folks said they still carried this old club and after hitting it a few times today I understand why the club comes so highly recommended.

[HoosierHacker89]

Getting my grips for the rest of my set this afternoon. Pics to come

[HoosierHacker89]

Oh yes. Ping eye 2 orange dot 4 to s s400 shafts. Ready to rock this season

[castrojd]

Best clubs I've ever had....(still have them because they are like the old car you just don't want to let go of!)

Until I hit the MP4s and moved them full time into bag.

[Jab3384]

Doesn't get any more beautiful then this... Freshly bathed Eye 2+'s.

[BMC]

PING Eye 2 players are too classy to use the term "game". Yeah, I'm rockin' some Eye 2 pluses.

I do a shoot out with 6 irons about once a year. The Eye 2s always beat out some serious competition.

I own: Redlines, X22 Tours, I701 Tours, TA7s, Apex 99, and VIPs. Eye 2s are sprinkled with some kind of magic dust.

Ugly, yet beautiful. Beauty is as beauty does.

[bullsfan]

Here's mine in the WITB thread! Had'em since '93 and still firing them. enjoy!

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/1123091-my-witb-for-2015/

[BMC]

[quote name='bullsfan' timestamp='1422050588' post='10805683']
Here's mine in the WITB thread! Had'em since '93 and still firing them. enjoy!

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/1123091-my-witb-for-2015/"]http://www.golfwrx.c...-witb-for-2015/[/url]
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Nice bag of tools! (Vokeys are using up valuable real estate, though)

[Bob Cat]

I hafta crow here about my newly acquired Zing 2's and would gladly post pics if anyone cares. lol
Can't wait to get them out... in 3 more months.

[wolfpack]

Becu +'s are in the closet and the Stainless box grooves zzlites are back in the bag. I just can't give them up, they just fit my swing perfectly.

[BMC]

[quote name='wolfpack' timestamp='1422055288' post='10806071']
Becu +'s are in the closet and the Stainless box grooves zzlites are back in the bag. I just can't give them up, they just fit my swing perfectly.
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I knew Wolfpack would make another appearance. Howdy from the home of the Pack.

I try, but can't kick my eyes to the curb. One of the cool things about Eye 2s is you can play the same club from 2-iron to LW.
Consistency!

[1970.gpp]

I've got EYE2s back in the bag. They're freshly refinished and soon will be receiving CFS shafts...

[95124hacker]

Eye2 SW & LW have kicked out my Vokey's...

[RenoHack]

Was paired with a guy last season who was still gaming his eye2's. He mentioned he bought them brand new. My buddy asked him if he used any other irons since buying these . He replied why ? They work great , not broken and have payed for themselves many times over. He then tossed his cig down and drilled a green from 160yd out , picked up his cig and started walking ... like a boss.

[kauffee]

First post, figured I'd add my story to this thread...

Last month I met my family in Doral for a week. I was flying from Portland, OR with a new baby so I didn't bring my clubs. My dad, who drove, brought an extra set for me to use. It was a set of Mizunos, which I regularly play (MP-57), but he threw in a Ping Eye2+ lob wedge with a KT-M shaft. Long story short, that lob wedge was like magic. I usually hate hitting full shots with a lob wedge, but with the Eye2 it was a joke. I was laughing that I should just pick up a set of Eye2's like I had when I was younger. I'm a 4hcp these days, but don't get to play much and the MP-57s are not exactly forgiving.

So I hopped on eBay one night that week and was amazed to see how many great sets of Eye2's were for sale. I wanted Eye2+ for the lofts, and since the KT shaft worked so well on the lob, I looked for a set with that shaft in red dot. Ended up there was a really great condition set that still had the shaft labels in perfect condition, so I knew they were well cared for. Only issue is that they were listed as +3/4". I emailed the serial number to Ping who responded that they left the factory standard length. So I figured they were just shaft extensions and ended up picking up the set of 3-SW for $115!

Last week I took off the grips and pulled the shaft extensions. Just finished regripping them. Here are a few pics.
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[BMC]

[quote name='kauffee' timestamp='1422119935' post='10809881']
First post, figured I'd add my story to this thread...

Last month I met my family in Doral for a week. I was flying from Portland, OR with a new baby so I didn't bring my clubs. My dad, who drove, brought an extra set for me to use. It was a set of Mizunos, which I regularly play (MP-57), but he threw in a Ping Eye2+ lob wedge with a KT-M shaft. Long story short, that lob wedge was like magic. I usually hate hitting full shots with a lob wedge, but with the Eye2 it was a joke. I was laughing that I should just pick up a set of Eye2's like I had when I was younger. I'm a 4hcp these days, but don't get to play much and the MP-57s are not exactly forgiving.

So I hopped on eBay one night that week and was amazed to see how many great sets of Eye2's were for sale. I wanted Eye2+ for the lofts, and since the KT shaft worked so well on the lob, I looked for a set with that shaft in red dot. Ended up there was a really great condition set that still had the shaft labels in perfect condition, so I knew they were well cared for. Only issue is that they were listed as +3/4". I emailed the serial number to Ping who responded that they left the factory standard length. So I figured they were just shaft extensions and ended up picking up the set of 3-SW for $115!

Last week I took off the grips and pulled the shaft extensions. Just finished regripping them. Here are a few pics.
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Beautiful. Welcome back Kauffee (Kotter?)

[Bob Cat]

Kauffee, great first post, super buy on the clubs, and good move to call Ping re the shaft lengths. I wouldn't have thought to do that and just assumed 3/4" longer shafts.

[BMC]

[quote name='RenoHack' timestamp='1422088397' post='10808427']
Was paired with a guy last season who was still gaming his eye2's. He mentioned he bought them brand new. My buddy asked him if he used any other irons since buying these . He replied why ? They work great , not broken and have payed for themselves many times over. He then tossed his cig down and drilled a green from 160yd out , picked up his cig and started walking ... like a boss.
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Great story, nicely told!

[kauffee]

Snuck out for 9 holes yesterday with the Eye2+'s. Smooth 37. Only missed one green with the irons. Just so easy to hit and so straight.

Ironically, the green I missed was on a shot I hit pure and dead on the stick. I actually walked to the side to see if the flagstick was obscuring the ball on the green. Turned out the ball was plugged a few feet short of the green, about 5 yds short of the hole.

My distances seem about a half a club shorter than my Mizunos on the long and mid irons. But I'm maybe a full club shorter on the 7-PW. Seems like the ball is ballooning a bit more.

So... question for those of you still playing these. Did you have trouble keeping the trajectory down on the short irons? Would these benefit from a lower-spinning ball?

[bobbydazzlewazzler]

Yes the ball ballooning is what I experienced when I last played my eye 2s. And I was also a half club short in the mId irons to a full club in the short. Were u playing ZZ lites by any chance? This is why playing forged clubs are better for me and why I wouldn't play ping eye 2's any more other than for fun rounds.

[bullsfan]

[quote name='BMC' timestamp='1422051417' post='10805757']
[quote name='bullsfan' timestamp='1422050588' post='10805683']
Here's mine in the WITB thread! Had'em since '93 and still firing them. enjoy!

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/1123091-my-witb-for-2015/"]http://www.golfwrx.c...-witb-for-2015/[/url]
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Nice bag of tools! (Vokeys are using up valuable real estate, though)
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I still have my SW and Lob eye 2's but I like the spacing and style of the Volkeys. The 1 & 2 iron made an appearance this weekend though. Love these clubs!!

[Jab3384]

Have Project X's in mine. Hit them high, but not much ballooning seen.

[kauffee]

[quote name='bobbydazzlewazzler' timestamp='1422293445' post='10821077']
Yes the ball ballooning is what I experienced when I last played my eye 2s. And I was also a half club short in the mId irons to a full club in the short. Were u playing ZZ lites by any chance? This is why playing forged clubs are better for me and why I wouldn't play ping eye 2's any more other than for fun rounds.
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No, KT shafts.
I would like to play them more than just for fun since they set up so well and are so easy to hit for me... but I'll have to figure out a way to keep the ball down a little more with the short irons.

[bullsfan]

[quote name='kauffee' timestamp='1422292929' post='10821019']
Snuck out for 9 holes yesterday with the Eye2+'s. Smooth 37. Only missed one green with the irons. Just so easy to hit and so straight.

Ironically, the green I missed was on a shot I hit pure and dead on the stick. I actually walked to the side to see if the flagstick was obscuring the ball on the green. Turned out the ball was plugged a few feet short of the green, about 5 yds short of the hole.

My distances seem about a half a club shorter than my Mizunos on the long and mid irons. But I'm maybe a full club shorter on the 7-PW. Seems like the ball is ballooning a bit more.

So... question for those of you still playing these. Did you have trouble keeping the trajectory down on the short irons? Would these benefit from a lower-spinning ball?
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Before I reshafted mine I had some ballooning with all the irons, but this was natural for Eye 2's. Since my reshafting the ball has come down a lot and I'm even flighting my 8-pw better than ever. Sometimes I wish Ping would re-introduce eye 2's with conforming grooves for those of us who still like gaming these.

[HoosierHacker89]

I paired mine up with s400s, feel better. Hit lower. Good combo

[ppl4golf]

Got a set of Eye2+ 4-W originally with KT and reshafted with KBS Tour stiff.

I hit them fairly similar to my other irons, no ballooning with KBS Tour unlike ZZLite which I dislike. KBS is very solid. No trouble with the swing weight... Bang on at D0.

[valmario]

Just picked up a set with zz65s, how does everyone like this combo?