Lot # 27: Ping Redwood City 3A Putter

Starting Bid: $1,000.00

Bids: 7 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall 2022",
which ran from 11/3/2022 7:00 PM to
11/19/2022 8:00 PM



This Ping Redwood City Model 3A is in great original condition, with its original patina, typical of early PING manganese bronze putters. There are no significant dings or nicks on the head and the original shaft has Karsten's gooseneck bend, which only Karsten, himself, fashioned by 0hand.   The original green Golf Pride Informer grip is all there, including the original trim at the base of the grip. The sole is stamped "16" out near the toe which was Karsten's own head-weight indicator.

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 Ping Redwood City putters, how they came to be, and the monumental roll they played in bringing heel/toe weighting into the world of golf.

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