New irons or refinish some classics

[eye2]

Hi everybody,

I'm just getting back into golf after playing for my high school team 5-6 years ago. Back then at my best I was about a 12 handicap, but now I'm probably closer to 22 since I haven't played in so long. I have my old irons from back in the day, ping eye 2 black dot with steel shafts, but they are in pretty horrible condition. I know these are one of the best set of irons, if not THE best ever, but I'm not sure if I should refinish, regrip, and reshaft them or if I should just get a new set or irons. I've always hit them pretty accurately, but I never had much distance (on a good day I'll hit my five iron about 170 yards).

Any suggestions? The new irons I'm looking at include nike slingshot and cleveland ta6, but I don't know if they will be better than my revamped eye2s.

current set (a blast from the past!)
Ping TiSi TEC 8.5*
Cleveland quadpro 13*
Ping isi 19*
Ping eye2 black dot 3-LW
Taylor Made Nubbins putter WOOT

[Not a hacker]

If you like them, stick with them. The heads are stainless so they virtually never wear out, and shafts might get a little rusty but that won't affect performance. The only thing you might have to do is regrip them, which is alot cheaper than buying a new set that may be of inferior quality.

As for you distance problems it might be that your clubs don't fit you. Your best option would be to go to a Ping fitting session and see what your specs are, and compare them to your current set. If they are a really bad fit you might be better getting a new set of Pings. At least if you stick with Pings you should gte a fair trade in on the eye 2's. Or if you go for another brand, sell them on ebay. Eye 2 are still in demand, especially black dots.

[Steve G]

Welcome back to the game... You might find greater distance than ever with the old Ping Eye 2 Black dot because of the improvement of the ball - that according to the experts is the big reason for the distance increases. I had the very same clubs until this year and just wanted to get some newer models - with all the bells and whistles. So I got the Taylormade R7s. I find I am about 1 club longer with those than the Eye 2s. All that being said the Eye 2s are in my opinion, some of the finest game improvement clubs ever made (while I may have purchased new R7s I didn't trade in the Pings... They're in the basement -just couldn't part with them).. May want to look at more forgiving driver and fairway metals before you part with those irons.... Just my opinion and again welcome back to a game that to paraphrase Al Pacino in Godfather III: "Just when you think you can get out they suck you back in"

[eye2]

Thanks for the suggestions. I will look for a ping center around here to get fitted. I was thinking of switching to graphite shafts for my irons for a little extra distance. The club faces and grooves seem really worn in so I was looking into refinishing them but that seems rather expensive.

I've been hitting my woods pretty well at the range, they seem to be pretty forgiving. I don't think I'll ever replace my driver. Five wood...that's another story! I can't wait to get onto a course. I want one of those new ping craz-e-lite bags. Pretty sweet!

[pingman360]

you have clubs that are new enough to play with just fine... but you may want ot consider upgrading your driver thas about the only thing that is a bit behind just due to technology advances...

[eye2]

My real issue is not what type of club but the condition of clubs. My irons have been out of play for 5-6 yeears and they're pretty dirty. I haven't been able to get them really clean, which is why I was considering getting them refinished. Does anybody know anything about refinishing clubs?

[littlehuth13]

Refinishing clubs can be a pretty expensive job. You may want to just get fitted like they said and get a ney set of Eye2s. That would be my suggestion anyway.