PING is an American golf equipment manufacturer founded in 1959 by Karsten Solheim, a General Electric engineer who began building putters in his garage in Redwood City, California. The company takes its name from the sound Solheim's first putter made at impact. In 1966 he designed the Anser putter, whose heel-toe weighted, cavity-back shape became one of the most copied putter designs in golf. Solheim applied the same perimeter-weighting principle to irons, and PING's cavity-back irons helped popularize game-improvement club design. The company moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1960s and remains headquartered there as part of Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, which is still owned and led by the Solheim family. PING is regarded as a pioneer of custom club fitting, using its color-coded dot system to match lie angles to individual golfers, and it manufactures much of its equipment in Phoenix. Current product lines include G-series drivers, fairway woods, and irons, i-series and Blueprint irons for skilled players, and a broad putter range. Karsten and Louise Solheim also founded the Solheim Cup, the biennial team competition in women's professional golf. PING equipment is played on professional tours worldwide and sold through fitters and retailers in numerous countries.
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