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Karsten had never struck a golf ball before this day. The only thing that hung on those few short feet was the future of golf. There was no championship at stake, no wager on the putt, not even any bragging rights up for grabs. Karsten Solheim, the founder of PING stood over a 3-foot putt. He was a recipient of many accolades and awards, and he is the only golf club manufacturer in the World Golf Hall of Fame. The imprint he left on the industry in so many areas helped establish Karsten as a widely respected and beloved visionary. In the process he was laying the foundation for a global company that would forever change the ways golf clubs are designed, manufactured and assembled. Karsten did this by constantly challenging himself and all employees to push their thinking and keep evolving in pursuit of the highest quality, best performing products possible. Karsten Solheim revolutionized the modern golf club, and he set high standards for design and quality that other club makers had to follow if they wanted to compete. The clubs PING were making did perform better, and from our original small operation we were transforming club design and manufacturing. Story 1: Revolutionary Design įrom the age of 13 when John Solheim’s club building apprenticeship started in their Californian garage, he learnt countless lessons about business and life from his father Karsten Solheim.Īs the company graduated from putters to irons and woods, Karsten would decide whether a concept went forward by asking “Does it make the ball go straighter”? Televised golf, with the top players using Ping putters, and a first Ping tour victory in 1962 captured the public’s imagination and Ping gradually established a name as the best in putter design. Still operating from his garage Karsten Solheim began to manufacture putters for customers and, as the 1960’s wore on, orders began to grow. He started to experiment with different designs and, in 1959, came up with the 1A model. The putter came up with its own brand name – when Solheim hit the ball it “Pinged” off the club face. The Ping story began humbly by Karsten Solheim, a mechanical engineer who found his putting was handicapping his game. Ping is one of the biggest, and most recognisable names in golf equipment. And The Putter Went … ‘PING’ Sit back and relax while you listen to these short stories as narrated by Ping’s Mike Lea
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