Ping i3 Blade Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Ping i3 Blade irons, 2000–2002.
- Years produced
- 2000–2002
- Category
- Blade / Muscleback
- Construction
- investment cast
- Material
- stainless steel
- Set makeup
- 1–LW
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) | Offset (in) | Bounce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15.5 | 58 | 39.75 | 0.32 | 1 |
| 2 | 18 | 58.5 | 39.25 | 0.26 | 2 |
| 3 | 20.5 | 59.5 | 38.75 | 0.2 | 3 |
| 4 | 24 | 60 | 38.25 | 0.16 | 4 |
| 5 | 27 | 61 | 37.75 | 0.12 | 5 |
| 6 | 30.5 | 61.5 | 37.25 | 0.1 | 6 |
| 7 | 34.5 | 62.5 | 36.75 | 0.07 | 7 |
| 8 | 38.5 | 63 | 36.25 | 0.05 | 8 |
| 9 | 42.5 | 64 | 35.75 | 0.04 | 9 |
| PW | 47 | 64.5 | 35.5 | 0.04 | 12 |
| UW | 52 | 64.5 | 35.25 | 0.03 | 15 |
| SW | 56 | 64.5 | 35.25 | 0.02 | 18 |
| LW | 60 | 64.5 | 35 | 0.02 | 18 |
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.
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Loft progression
About the Ping i3 Blade
The i3 arrived in 2000 in two head sizes — the larger i3 O-Size and the compact i3 Blade documented here, Ping's players' head of the pair with a smaller profile, less offset and less bounce. Despite the Blade name it is still an investment-cast head with Ping's Custom Tuning Port in the back cavity moving discretionary weight low and to the perimeter. It shares the O-Size's loft, lie and length chart exactly, running from an optional 15.5-degree 1-iron to a 60-degree lob wedge with the 7-iron at 34.5 degrees, but Ping published separate offset and bounce columns for the two heads: at the 7-iron the Blade carries 0.07 inches of offset and 7 degrees of bounce against the O-Size's 0.21 and 10.5. 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 listed below are the BLACK (standard) lies. The i3+ update replaced both i3 heads in 2002.
Stock shafts
- Ping JZ — steel
- Ping 350 Series by Aldila — graphite
Related models
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Ping i3 Blade 7-iron?
The Ping i3 Blade 7-iron has a loft of 34.5 degrees, a standard (black dot) lie of 62.5 degrees and a steel-shaft length of 36.75 inches — the same chart as the i3 O-Size.
Is the Ping i3 Blade a real muscle-back blade?
No. It is a compact investment-cast head with a Custom Tuning Port and perimeter weighting. Ping used the Blade name for the smaller, lower-offset head of the i3 pair aimed at better players.
What is the difference between the Ping i3 Blade and i3 O-Size?
They share the same lofts, lies and lengths. The O-Size head is larger and more forgiving with roughly two to three times the offset (0.21 inches at the 7-iron against the Blade's 0.07) and more bounce through the irons; the Blade is the compact players' version. The wedge specs converge across the two heads.
When were Ping i3 Blade irons made?
The i3 range launched in 2000 and was replaced by the i3+ in 2002.
Finding a used set
The Ping i3 Blade ran from 2000 to 2002 and is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search the used listings on eBay, 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 'i3 Iron Specifications' chart (pinggolf.com, archived 2003) — a combined Blade & O-Size table that supplied every loft, black-dot lie, length and the Blade offset and bounce columns above (the O-Size columns run 0.35 to 0.15 inches of offset and 6 to 18 degrees of bounce), with footnotes that lie is based on the black colour code, degree measurements are rounded to the nearest half degree and offset to the nearest 1/100 inch. The chart uses Ping's PW/UW/SW/LW wedge naming, followed here.
- equip2golf.com Ping i3 Blade specification page — an independent match on the lofts and lengths for the 1-iron through lob wedge, and the Ping JZ steel / Ping 350 Series graphite stock shafts
- qsponge.com Ping i3 Blade loft/lie table — black-dot lie angles for every club; lofts and lies match Ping's chart exactly
- MyGolfSpy 'PING Irons: Model by Model' — the i3 launched Ping's i-series in 2000 in Blade and O-Size versions, the basis for year_introduced (equip2golf dates its chart 1999, the model-year convention also noted on the ping/i3-o-size-irons record)
- Note: year_discontinued is taken as 2002, the year the i3+ update was introduced per ping/i3-plus-irons.yaml; the i3+ Blade that replaced this head carries slightly more offset (0.26 inches at the 2-iron to 0.08 at the 9-iron) on Ping's i3+ chart.
Last updated 28 July 2026. Spot an error? info@loftchart.com