I play golf with 50 YEAR OLD clubs - SURPRISING RESULTS! 

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If you gamed that putter and didn't tell your playing partners - they'd all be checking their phones for text messages after you putt.

The ping off the putter is addictive

every golf club manufacturing and marketing company HATES this video!

I absolutely love it when you see people pull up to the first tee box with the latest of everything including clothing and go straight into the shit 🤣

I am 63 was a golf professional in Phoenix in the 70's-80's was a Ping professional and a friend to the great trick shot artist and long drive champion Wedgy Winchester who was a Ping master fitter at the ping factory. These irons you are using even with the Balata balls of the day would really launch some fliers when you least expected it. What's funny is I was showing another Professional how the original Ping eye irons which came out after the ones your using would also hit extreme fliers. I hit a 9 iron to an up hill par 3 which was 179 yards after setting the ball up on some brushed back grass on the tee and not only flew it onto the green but holed it out for a 1... I knew the Sohlheim family when I was a kid Karsten would come to the course which was in the 60's and would bring stuff to our club pro Jim Moody and have him try them ... At the time no other Golf Pros took him seriously. Boy were they wrong. The golf course at the time which he bought years later was Moon Valley CC in Phx. He was really a fine gentlemen and never changed even when he became extremely successful. I quit playing for numerous reasons 10 years ago and started playing again in Aug of this year...Took me a month and a half to shoot even par again. With your videos which I discovered helped me decide what I pretty much new what I would get for clubs again..Ping G30 irons G30 Driver. My 1959 Wilson Staff pitching wedge as a gap wedge and an 1965 Wilson Sandwedge are still in the bag also. Enjoy you also on D2D. thanks for your work.

I really enjoyed that. The combination of the clubs, your upbeat attitude and the music was just nice. Charming video mate, love your stuff!

“You don’t always need new gear...” well said. OMG those are the SAME (my son who is also a big fan of yours...says mine might...be...a version slightly newer than yours, but look identical?)...Ping Irons I bought at a thrift store for $10 .....with full bag full of golf balls, tees, non-Ping putter,woods and driver for $20. Gentleman running the shop was a retired executive In His 80’s...”u got a good deal,Ping makes good irons!”....I had no idea, I had never golfed before....That was 8 years ago, and I still have them! In fact last week I buffed them to a beautiful finish, and polished, waxed, and put a coat of Turtle Wax Ceramic spray wax on them...no wax on the faces, but cleaned, already regrouped them, now want to recut/sharpen the grooves....they are in pristine condition, and I enjoy them! First 5 years I rarely played any course but a par 3-4 , never used the irons u til last year, until watching my son use his irons well, decided to use mine....now I use them more than my woods or Rescue or hybrids...just a great set of irons to hit consistently with. Not looking to max out distance...will be using these Ping irons for a long time. I truly enjoyed this video, kind of validates many old clubs till have cachet, charm and solid feel and performance!

Haha this is great! 😂👌🏼 My dad still plays the same kind of Karsten 1 set. Still got 1,2 hcp and 62 years old. Qualified for the Swedish senior national team last year but these clubs predates all the official listings of approved clubs @St Andrews

Awesome production value and content, Rick! Love those drone sweeps and colours.

50 yrs of tech and they are only 10 yards behind.................lol

Those are my clubs! Thanks Rick, it's soo cool seeing them on yt! I played these irons (they were my grandfathers) since my early teens, and I'm about to turn 24. I always felt i wasn't giving much to modern equipment except some forgiveness but i know it made a better player. As my best round with them was a 76 on a 6800 yard course in marine park Brooklyn.

Your channel is really inspiring, I've not played often while my kids were growing up but watching you have such a great time on your channel really makes me want to pick up again and play more. Keep up the great content, cheers!

The putter sound, legendary.

Rick maybe you could do a video comparing a cheap set of clubs for around $100-200 to a set that's maybe a little more premium around $500. As someone who doesn't play a whole lot but loves to play I think it would be interesting to see if it's worth spending a little extra. Love the videos man, always brightens my day!

Awesome video once again, Rick! Classic PING irons are still the best. I still have a “pristine” set of Beryllium Copper PING Eye 2’s that I pull out on a warm summer day. Love ‘em! 👍

Ping have always been underrated by the masses who are always impressed by the latest shiny things, it was great to see a set of 50 year old clubs playing so well. Ping’s marketing focus has changed over the years, it’s sometimes hard to figure out what’s what they have such a huge range these days but they are still Ping at the core, similar to how Saab always retained something special even when GM’s accountants were making cuts and dumping GM parts into Sweden. I don’t think I’ll ever change my G5 Irons or my 30 year old Anser, they are perfect clubs. I might possibly see could I get an old set of Dunlop Maxfli DP30 Australian Blades if I ever got to single figures, they were the nicest clubs I ever played with.

A college roommate had a similar set back in the 1970s and I often borrowed them. The best set of irons I had played with at that time.

Great video! Played these irons shortly after I started playing and never could get used to the lighter swingweights. When the Eye2 came out I tried Pings again and it became a favorite. I have played most of the newer offerings only to return to my Eye2’s. Sadly sold my last set this past winter after falling for advise given to me by well meaning “experts.” My 86 year old body seems to appreciate the softer graphite shafts. But am I playing any better? My advise....if you like them, play them!!

Fantastic video Rick thanks so much for doing it

Good to see you having such fun. Brought back good memories. Thanks Rick

Rick, I own a set of these Ping Karsten I, red-dot (3~SW) irons that my wife's uncle gave me over 25 years ago. They belonged to his father inlaw who bought/played them in Maui for many many years. 3, 4 sets of grips later, now my son is playing them.

You’re awesome!!! Great influence for golf!!!

Rick, love these reviews of old equipment. Please keep them coming. I have four sets of irons and two of them are Ping i3s (love the spin) and a set of Top-Flite Tour Titanium irons, about 25 years old. Shorter by about a club compared to my G25s, but so easy to hit and pretty accurate. I rotate irons just for fun.

Great to see a review from someone with game! A very honest review of what it's like to take these vintage clubs to the course. Really interesting to hear how much you enjoyed hitting them, and how they compare to your modern clubs. 10 yard difference is frankly nothing - and due not so much to technology as to the fact that many modern clubs have stronger lofts per club than the older ones did, Really fun watching. Thanks!

Rick is the best! He needs his own show on the Golf Channel. I’d love to spend a day on the course with Rick learning the ropes. As a kid I always wanted to learn how to golf and never out grew that desire. Well two years ago I had the opportunity to finally go out with a friend and found golf was better than I could have ever imagined. I gotta say Rick’s videos have helped guide me along. On a side note, I recently found my biological father through DNA found that golfing is truly in my genes. My father is an excellent golfer, he has 11 hole in ones and his father and uncles were golf pro’s from way back cutting their teeth at Oak Hill. One of his uncles played Walter Hagan and Horton Smith (I have pics) Another uncle was the youngest to qualify for a PGA tournament at the time and I was told my grandfather played a round with a young Jack Nicklaus.

I just bought a set of original ping eye irons (cat eye) made between 1978-1982 before the ping eye 2. They look to be a cross between the eye 2 and Karsten’s gamed here. Can’t wait to play them. From what I can tell Iron, wedge, and putter technology hasn’t changed much the past 50 years. It’s drivers and woods that have made the greatest leaps.

Living in the Phoenix area and still playing Pings, though the more modern ones. Karsten is still here as well. The factory tour is a must for any fans of golf who visit. Thanks for the great video! 😎🌵👍

I can’t get that PING out of my head now. Crazy to hear it. Great video rick!

I love it! I play an old set of Ping Zing 2 irons and love them. I am a LONG way from hitting like Rick does, but I feel confident with these clubs so I stay with them. I am 70 now and definitely do not hit the ball as far as I used to but I still love the game. I even have the really old Ping Anser cast bronze putter with the slot. Still a putting machine with a new superstroke grip. ;)

Thanks for bringing history to life Rick!! I've seen that set before

Great vid. Excellent camera work really capture the magic of golf!

I still use my 1983 Hogan Radials to this day. I have had almost every brand, but these always end up in my bag. Less distance, but it doesn’t matter. Just use one more club. I liked your video. It shows that new isn’t always needed.

Right then, no PXG's for me I'm off to the charity shops. Great vlog Rick - oldest club is an Adams Nick Faldo 60 degree.

Awesome to watch and get your opinion. Some of us cant afford the new stuff and have to use the old. I thought it would be a little embarrassing but now I can say Rick played with older clubs and thought they were great! Thanks Rick

That’s awesome! I inherited a full set of these Karsten I’s from my late grandfather. I love them. Didn’t know they were that old but that makes them that much better!

Pinseeker RB350. Still play my one and only Sand Wedge. 1976.

I can't believe it. When you said "you'll never guess what I found in the bag..." I said "Dunlop 65's"!!! And then...HEY PRESTO!!! Wasn't expecting a whole box though. BTW Dunlop 65's - used by James Bond. Great video.

Great video Rick. Quality and editing keeps getting better and better. Love the content too!

Thanks for 50 years old Pings blog. It inspired me to buy Ping Karsten 3 irons......and Taylor made driver and 3 wood bubble shaft clubs.........these were clubs I could not afford back in the day. So, thank you.

I started like many with my grandfather's clubs and I feel like it made me a better player

'I'm hitting it 10 yards less'. Or just a club with a different number on? 200 yd 4-iron sounds alright to me!

I have a set of these irons from wedge thru 1 iron and putter (the "Zero iron") with a KII sand wedge that I inherited from my father after he passed away. They too are in excellent shape but need new grips as well. I also have the Ping Eye Driver and 3 woods and the KI 4 and 5 woods. I'm almost 54 and played with him from about 1980 thru '85 almost every weekend, with many weekends playing 9 holes on saturday and 18 on Sunday. He went through a phase where he took all of the woods out of his bag because he struggled hitting them striaght. He would just tee up the 1 iron and hit it as far or further than most hit their driver. I remember how amazingly forgiving those irons were and how it felt like butter when you hit it well. They were very confidence inspiring clubs when I hit with them. And just as Rick noted, you take some big divots with them because of the heel shape. It was nice to see him hitting these and enjoying them. Come spring time i think I'll have to at least take them to the range because it's been over 20 years since I hit a ball with any of them. Thanks for the memories Rick!

I received a 2-SW Karsten 1 set for my b’day in 1970. Great clubs. Still play them today.

Rick your videos are class lad keep it up. Do cheap clubs against expensive clubs

The oldest club in my bag? LOL! I game Ping Eye 2's and I play off a 7.

Great Rick. Thanks for this.

Great video, excellent camera work...keep 'em coming Rick!

I actually have a friend who still plays regularly with a set of these Ping irons. He is 64 and has playing them since he played competitively in high school!

you do always need new gear as it's how guys like me buy really good used gear for dirt cheap.

I just got new grips on the clubs my dad gave me. Ping Eye Blue Dot’s from the 80’s, can’t wait to play my first 9 holes with them tomorrow. Still in great shape and feels good to have something that my dad use to play golf with.

Great video Rick. I love an old set of irons. I happen to also have a full box of Dunlop 65's still in their wrappers. Stunning ball.

I have to admit, that putter is quite Charming.

Forget the irons! I want that putter!!!

It's October 2021 and I am watching this video for the first time. There are 29K 'thumbs up' but why are there 205 'thumbs down'!? Great video Rick. Awesome to see a comparison with the old.

Thanks for the explanation and demonstration of the ping putter. I wondered where they got their name, and then it was suddenly crystal clear. Cheers from the US. I learn a lot from your videos, always enjoy them, and appreciate what you do. Thanks.

Right, Rick, you've got 20k likes now! We getting a review? 😂

Geez I would really like to see those old balls in action!

Great stuff as always Rick. Happy to see you on driver vs driver on golf channel as well.

I have played with these Karsten 1 irons... still have a 1 iron in my locker. I made two course record and won many tournaments between 1975 and 1993 with them. In July 2016 I bought the Psi tour irons dynamic S 300 after seeing a video of your friend Peter. In august of the same year one of my friends, who cannot play golf anymore, sold me his brand new 2013 Ping Anser forged Project X 5.0 for 700$ Canadian dollars. So, I play the stiff Psi tour irons in the summer and the Ping regular in spring and autumn. The best in the west and the north for sure!

When we play can you use those clubs to give me a fighting chance

Arguably the best iron they made, to me the eye 2 was best.

Absolutely amazing results! Love your videos!

I have a set of Ping Eye 2's that I've had since new 1985 and played until the late 1990's. Still bust them a few times a year. Great clubs. Thanks Rick

Hi Rick! Can we killed myth irons getting better new every year?

almost 300K views and no 20K likes for Dunlop ball review :(

I absolutely love the sound of that putter. I want one!

Wife has just started playing and is a leftie so I was really struggling to find her some good quality clubs without dropping a fortune (she'll probably quit after 4 or 5 lessons). Went for a set of pristine Ping Zing 2 with Karsten Aldila graphite shafts for £120! Amazing clubs and I'll be going down the classic Ping route myself. Currently playing Honma LB 280 New H&F 4star, so no stranger to how wonderful older clubs can be if you can find the right set up. My Honma cost less than £40 yet they are unused 15 year old clubs which cost around £550 per club when new! My instructor thinks they are the best irons he has ever hit and they would go straight in his bag... every lesson I have to tell him they aren't for sale as I've never hit my irons so far or had so much feedback from a shot. And these are meant to be a mid to high handicapper club! I'll always go for old classics now

Almost a year later and he still doesn't have enough likes to review those 1965 Dunlop balls lol. 5:50

Those are nice enough looking to be in a museum. Still look nicer than the P760 irons lol.

awesome video rick!!! do more videos like these

I just got a set of G400s earlier this year and love them, I have always had an eye for Ping irons and finally got my very first set at 60. Easy swinging with almost zero pain on mishits. I'm glad they got into making other clubs besides putters. Never owned a Ping putter though.

pretty sure the grips are from the 80's

Nothing wrong with 50 year olds. I play golf every round with this 50+ old body and I can still handle myself quite well against much younger golfers!! Lol!!

I have this same set. My pops bought em for me when I was 13... (now 22) I've upgraded my woods, driver, putter, etc. Never even had a thought about getting new irons. I love em!

LOVE the included DRONE footage! Also, I’ve used Ping irons for over 30 years and I never knew where the name came from. It was super cool to hear the putter noise. It would drive me nuts if I had to play with that putter, but it was great to experience it. Thanks for all the great videos, I really appreciate and enjoy them!

When I want new clubs I get new grips on my current clubs and they feel like new clubs.

Next time Rick, match it up with a 50 year old golf ball to really play a simulation of golf back then ;)

Got into golf very recently using my late Grandads Karsten 3s. My mates irons hit a bit further, however these irons still perform amazingly well for their age, still look great, and have kept me playing!

I currently play PING S55 irons (3-PW plus a 52 and 56 degree wedges), but I am also the proud owner of a set of PING EYE 2 irons (3-SW) and a PING O-Blade putter (all original shafts, however the irons do have newer PING grips on them). The whole set is in impeccable condition and was acquired new in 1990. I also have a PING Karsten 1 one-iron, also with the original shaft. This club has to be close to 50 years old as well. I love the shape of these old PING irons and still take them out on the odd occasion just for fun.

I still play ping eye 2 copper irons. 30 years old or so. I see no reason to upgrade. Still some of the finest clubs ever made. Sure, my buddies hit delofted 9 irons the distance I hit a 7. Who cares?

ping sounding like my microwave finished cooking

I love your videos. Thanks for all the advice you give us.

I had a set of Ping Eye back in 1982. Then Ping Eye II.... have had about ten different sets since then. Ping Eye II's are still great clubs.

I still play with ping eye 2. They still rip

So I guess my thrift store clubs aren't too bad haha

First time I've watched this video, played with my Ping K11's last Friday, the only reason they don't go as far as modern clubs is the lofts are greater. They can be tweaked though. Always said I would never change my irons, they are so well balanced. Must admit though I have succumbed and now play with modern Taylormade. Keep up with your brilliant videos Rick!

Nice vid Rick. I played with a set of Ping I 2's for quite a few years. Loved them and probably played my hest golf with them 😊 Cheers

Only “technology” has been stronger lofts on the irons. But prices have gone up by a million

Let us pick a complete set up for you for a round.

Great video mate. I still have a set of the Ping Eye 2’s in my basement, if you want to see spin, these grooves are super sharp, they will chew up golf balls like you won’t believe.

My dad just found a set of the Wilson X31 Irons he used in high school back in 1972. The look on his face when he saw them was priceless, and his relief when he found he could still hit blades like those (after five years of no golf at all and 20 years of not being able to hit blades well) was amazing to witness.

“Ping came into the industry making pootahs

Players may not NEED the latest gear, but if you gave an 18 hdcp'r a set of 50 year old blades... Well, let's just say he wouldn't be an 18 with the blades and the newer tech certainly helps,

I could use anything but my irons are my 2002 Ben hogan forged cavity backs with jumbo grips. Just can't find better feel in any other iron's. Great video

I am a 55 year old weekend warrior. I played with those classic Ping irons when I started golf at the age of 25. Now, I am using Mizuno JPX 850 irons and I already handed down to my Son my old Ping irons. One time I had a round with my son and we changed clubs. I could still score within my Handicap using that 50-year old Irons. I still believe in the famous Golf Quote...”It’s the Indian, not the Arrow.” ⛳️

Those Dunlop balls are from the mid-70s. Not quite 50 years old.

I love this video cause I can relate all my clubs are from the same era and it's always a joy to play with them

Absolutely frikkin brilliant you lucky dude.. getting to test all these clubs out.

Rick, I must say, the quality of your videos, especially in terms of production, has increased dramatically over the years. From the shot angles, the drone usage, down to the music, it's spot on! Cheers from the home of Medinah...head on over for the BMW next year and beers are on me.