eagle2838

These look absolutely fantastic. I love the lack of offset but still rounded shape. Signed, never-TM guy

The Kwok grinds look even dreamier in art mode

Update to my own old thread because, hey, sometimes people are looking for weird stuff. I'm still in the BF, went up to an X flex this year and it is phenomenal. Very similar feel / loading to the S for me, but I now have an extra gear when needed whereas the S just spun more and went higher when I tried to nuke it. This is also a bit more draw-resistant, which is fine for me.

I played S59's (original non-ferrule) 2004-2012. I loved them, but they were never very popular clubs and that is probably because they were a bit of an odd duck. Small or very small clubhead, shaping very reminiscent of other Ping clubs. Odd in that they have quite a bit of offset compared with comparable blades or players' CBs, and in my experience they launch very low. Feel is very solid but clearly a cast feel, lots in common with other Pings of that era but a bit different than other brands and definitely different than what is popular today. Looking at the attributes you listed: Indestructible? Yep Looks like a more modern iron? Not to me Thinner? Yep Less offset? No way Less pronounced cavity? OK, but this isn't unique Ping addressed some of these quirks in the later models in the series, and they gradually got closer to other modern compact blades. As others have said, if you really want to go down this route, why not go with an S55? Or, why not go with something closer to a modern club, say an older Mizuno or Titleist CB? Or this:

You're an old man and I'm here for it. The satin looks better in person than in pics, it works on the S-3, but they'd both be better in chrome

Beauties. Also, now I have an excellent response for anyone teasing me for playing such a "minimal" iron in the S-3 😄