Ping Eye Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Ping Eye irons, 1978–1982.
- Years produced
- 1978–1982
- Category
- Game Improvement Irons
- Construction
- investment cast
- Material
- 17-4 stainless steel
- Set makeup
- 1–LW
Data confidence: low. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 58 | 39.75 |
| 2 | 18.5 | 58.5 | 39.25 |
| 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
The Eye was the first Ping iron to use the eye-shaped cavity that gave the family its name, replacing the Karsten models with a more compact head, more weight pushed to the perimeter and progressive hosel offset and sole camber through the set. It lasted only four years before the longer-bladed, thinner-toplined Eye 2 replaced it in September 1982 and went on to become the best-selling iron in golf. Ping's colour-code (dot) system sets lie angle relative to standard: gold 4 flat, brown 3 flat, orange 2 flat, red 1 flat, BLACK standard, blue 1 upright, green 2 upright, white 3 upright, silver 4 upright, maroon 5 upright. The lies below are the BLACK (standard) lies, and they are identical to the pre-1998 Eye 2 chart — see the note in sources, because the numbers here rest on a single secondary table and are the least well corroborated figures in this Ping set.
Related models
- Successor: Ping Eye 2
- Later Ping game-improvement iron: Ping Zing
- Compare: Ping Eye vs Ping Eye 2
- Compare: Ping Eye vs Ping Zing
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Ping Eye 7-iron?
The Ping Eye 7-iron is listed at 36 degrees, with a standard (black dot) lie of 62.5 degrees and a steel-shaft length of 36.75 inches. Only one secondary spec table for this model could be found, so treat the figure as indicative rather than definitive.
When were Ping Eye irons made?
The Eye was introduced in 1978 and ran until September 1982, when the Eye 2 replaced it. Some sources date the Eye to 1979.
What is the difference between the Ping Eye and the Eye 2?
The Eye 2 has a longer blade, a taller face, a thinner top line and a refined eye-shaped cavity. Published lofts, lies and lengths for the Eye match the pre-1998 Eye 2 chart, so the change was in head shape and forgiveness rather than in the loft progression.
What does the black dot on a Ping Eye mean?
Black is Ping's standard lie angle. The other dot colours shift the lie flatter (gold, brown, orange, red) or more upright (blue, green, white, silver, maroon) in one-degree steps.
Finding a used set
The Ping Eye 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.
- qsponge.com 'What is loft angle of Ping Eye Irons?' spec table (https://qsponge.com/questions/53877821/) — supplied every loft, lie and length listed above. This is the ONLY retrieved spec table for the original Eye.
- Note on confidence: the qsponge Eye table is identical, club for club, to the pre-January-1998 Ping Eye 2 chart already recorded in ping/eye-2-irons.yaml. That is plausible — Ping ran one standard iron loft/lie/length progression across the Eye and early Eye 2 — but it could equally mean the table was copied from the Eye 2. No second source was found to separate the two, so confidence is set to low.
- Ping's own archived Classics irons index (http://web.archive.org/web/2006/http://www.ping.com/irons_classics.html) was checked directly: it carries spec charts for the Eye 2, Zing, Zing 2, ISI, i3, S59 and G2, but Ping never published a Classics chart for the original Eye. There is therefore no manufacturer source for this model.
- thebrassie.com Ping iron history and sportsrec.com 'The History of Ping Iron Sets' — the Eye was introduced in 1978, was more compact than the Karsten irons it replaced, added a perimeter-weighted eye-shaped cavity, and used progressive hosel offset and sole contours. Note that golflink.com's 'PING Irons by Year' gives 1979 rather than 1978; 1978 is used here as the more commonly reported date.
- Ping's archived Classics Eye 2 page — the Eye 2 was introduced in September 1982, which is the basis for year_discontinued.
- Note: no source gives per-club offset, bounce or swing weight for the Eye, so those keys are omitted rather than guessed.
Last reviewed 2026-07-22. Spot an error? [email protected]