Ping Eye 2 Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Ping Eye 2 irons, 1982–1993.
- Years produced
- 1982–1993
- Category
- Game Improvement Irons
- Construction
- investment cast
- Material
- 17-4 stainless steel
- Set makeup
- 3–LW
Data confidence: medium. These figures are compiled from secondary sources rather than a manufacturer spec sheet. If you have an original catalogue page, send it over and we will update the chart.
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 21.5 | 59.5 | 38.75 |
| 4 | 25 | 60 | 38.25 |
| 5 | 28.5 | 61 | 37.75 |
| 6 | 32 | 61.5 | 37.25 |
| 7 | 36 | 62.5 | 36.75 |
| 8 | 40 | 63 | 36.25 |
| 9 | 45 | 64 | 35.75 |
| PW | 50.5 | 64.5 | 35.5 |
| SW | 57.5 | 64.5 | 35.25 |
| LW | 61 | 64.5 | 35 |
Lofts and lies are the factory standard build. Individual clubs may differ if they have been bent, re-shafted or re-gripped during their life.
About the Ping Eye 2
The Eye 2 is the best-selling iron model in golf history and the club that established Ping's perimeter-weighted, heel-toe balanced cavity back as the standard game-improvement shape. Lofts are traditional by modern standards — the 7-iron sits at 36 degrees, roughly four degrees weaker than a 2010s game-improvement 7-iron. Ping fitted the Eye 2 with its colour-code (dot) system, in which the coloured dot in the cavity denotes the lie angle relative to standard: gold is 4 degrees flat, brown 3 flat, orange 2 flat, red 1 flat, BLACK is standard, blue 1 upright, green 2 upright, white 3 upright, silver 4 upright and maroon 5 upright. The lie angles listed below are the BLACK (standard) lies. The square-groove Eye 2 was also the subject of the long-running USGA/PGA Tour groove dispute of the late 1980s.
Stock shafts
- Ping ZZ-Lite — steel
Related models
- Later Ping game-improvement iron: Ping ISI
- Compare: Ping Eye 2 vs Ping Eye
- Compare: Ping Eye 2 vs Ping Zing
- Compare: Ping Eye 2 vs Ping ISI
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Ping Eye 2 7-iron?
The Ping Eye 2 7-iron has a loft of 36 degrees, with a standard (black dot) lie of 62.5 degrees and a steel-shaft length of 36.75 inches.
What does the black dot on a Ping Eye 2 mean?
Black is Ping's standard lie angle. Other dot colours shift the lie flatter (gold, brown, orange, red) or more upright (blue, green, white, silver, maroon) in one-degree steps.
When were Ping Eye 2 irons made?
The Eye 2 was introduced in September 1982 and remained in the line until 1993, when the Zing had taken over as Ping's mainstream game-improvement iron. It is the best-selling iron model in golf history.
Are Ping Eye 2 irons conforming?
Square-groove Eye 2 irons manufactured before 1 April 1990 remain conforming for general play under the terms of Ping's 1990 settlement with the USGA and the PGA Tour, which grandfathered those clubs. That settlement stayed in force when the tighter groove rule took effect in 2010, briefly making pre-1990 Eye 2 wedges a talking point on tour. Later Eye 2 production is subject to the normal groove rules.
Are Ping Eye 2 lofts weak compared to modern irons?
Yes. The Eye 2 7-iron is 36 degrees, whereas the Ping G25 7-iron from 2013 is 32 degrees — four degrees stronger, or roughly one club of difference.
Finding a used set
The Ping Eye 2 is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search eBay, 2nd Swing, Golf Avenue and the PGA Tour Superstore trade-in listings, and check the loft and lie against the chart above before buying — sets this age have often been bent from standard.
- Ping's own archived Classics spec chart for the Eye 2, pre-January-1998 production (http://web.archive.org/web/20040607003749/http://ping.com:80/classics/irons/eye2.html) — lofts and black-dot lie angles
- equip2golf.com Ping Eye2 specification page (lofts and lengths; lie angles not listed) — agrees with the Ping chart throughout
- qsponge.com Ping Eye 2 loft/lie table (lofts and black-dot lie angles)
- GolfWorks Ping shaft replacement reference PDF (1995 Eye 2 Irons — ZZ-Lite, True Temper, 115g, .355 tip)
- TGW / PGA Tour Superstore Ping colour code chart guides (black dot = standard lie)
- Note: earlier revisions of this file carried 24.7 / 40.2 / 50.7 / 57.7 at the 4, 8, PW and SW on the grounds that they were 'the more widely reproduced' figures. Ping's own archived Classics chart lists 25.0 / 40.0 / 50.5 / 57.5, and equip2golf agrees; the manufacturer figures are used here. Ping notes on that chart that loft and lie are rounded to the nearest 0.5 degree, so the true unrounded values may sit slightly off these, but no published Ping source gives them.
- Note: Ping never officially published per-club offset or bounce figures for the Eye 2; those keys are deliberately omitted rather than sourced from secondary listings.
Last reviewed 2026-07-22. Spot an error? [email protected]