Ping Golf announced their new i25 line of equipment earlier this month that includes a new driver, fairway woods, hybrids and irons as well as the S55 irons earlier in the year. They have also brought to the golfing public their Karsten Combo Set, a new hybrid and iron set built on the idea of improving the club-to-club distance gaps for average players.
These can be considered Super Game-Improvement irons, but Ping Golf doesn’t classify the Karsten Combo Set this way. Instead, Ping emphasizes the fact that the Karsten Combo Set is designed to be a distance iron. The cavity-backed 17-4 cast stainless steel irons feature wider soles to improve launch angle and forgiveness but also utilizes slightly longer and lighter shafts to improve speed potential. The longer shafts are also aimed to improve the transition between the hybrids and middle irons.
The Karsten Combo Set includes hybrids in place of the 3-, 4- and 5-irons and features internal heel and toe weighting to increase performance on off-center hits. The clubs in the set are progressively designed, meaning the centers of gravity change from the hybrids and middle irons (farther back for stability) to the short irons (closer to the face to manage spin), just like the i25 irons. The lofts change progressively as well and are slightly stronger in the long and middle irons (compared to Ping’s standard lofts), but they match up with Ping’s standard in the short irons. Here is what the Ping Golf website has to say about their new Karsten Combo Set:
Longer distance comes from precision-engineered loft and club length progressions paired with wide soles and a deep center of gravity. The Custom Tuning Port reinforces the thinner face to increase ball velocity for greater distance and higher ball flights for stopping power. The hybrids offer progressive CG locations, a deep profile and a wide sole to blend with the irons for proper distance gapping and trajectories.
Source: Ping Golf
