__Karsten hybrid/iron set__The goal with the new Karsten hybrid/iron set, Ping's first true combo set since the K15 set three years ago, is built on the idea of improving the club-to-club distance ...

The Ping name comes from the pinging sound Karsten’s first design, the 1A putter, made with its hollow midsection. John A. would stuff a small piece of rubber tire in the putter’s cavity to ...

By Mike StachuraThere's no question the Ping G-series irons have been the workhorse of the Ping iron family since they were first introduced in 2003. ... the i25 and the Karsten.

Solheim went on to launch Karsten Manufacturing in 1959 and created the PING brand — named after the sound he heard when metal struck a ball — and the rest, well, is history.