Karsten Solheim, with the able help of his teen-age son John, made this putter by hand in his Redwood City, California, garage.  Redwood City Ping 1A putters are now iconic. They unleashed the creative genius of Karsten Solheim, the man who changed how the entire clubmaking world designed and produced golf clubs.

For more information on this and the other Redwood City putters, the entire second chapter in And the Putter Went Ping, pages 26 through 53, tells the amazing story.  This chapter highlights in great detail the creative genius behind the 1A, how it came to be, and the gigantic roll it played in bringing heel/toe weighting into the world of golf. 

This Ping Redwood City Model 1A is all original. The head shows only light use and has a rich dark patina, typical of early PING manganese bronze putters.  The original red Golf Pride Informer grip is missing a small piece from its base and from the very top of the grip, where the butt of the shaft can be seen.  The original red trim remains on the base of the grip.