PING : Adaptive Fitting

Custom Fit. Custom Built: PING’s Adapting Fitting Program

From the day our company was founded more than 50 years ago, PING has been a pioneer in custom club-fitting and a leading innovator in club design. So it’s only natural that PING would enthusiastically embrace an Adaptive Fitting Program that custom-fits physically challenged golfers with specialized PING technology built exclusively for them. We are currently the only major golf club manufacturer with an organized adapting fitting effort.

PING’s Adaptive Fitting Program can assist a variety of special-needs golfers, including:

Those who play from a wheelchair

Golfers playing from an assistive cart

Amputees

Stroke survivors

People who are convalescing

Seniors

Blind golfers

Little people

In addition to building one-of-a-kind equipment as needed, PING engineers have experience making special accommodations in these areas:

Velcro grip

Length: +3" to -3" can be built as standard product. Most lengths are possible through our PING Wrx department. Extreme lengths we’ve built recently: a 57” driver, and irons at 22"

Lie: +6 degrees to -5.25 degrees can be built as standard product, +10 degrees to -10 degrees can be done through PING Wrx

Weight: Weight can be added to the head using lead tape, tungsten or heavy CTP weights. Weight can sometimes be removed by using very light CTP weights or by grinding

BigLite2 Grip – Nearly 2 inches in diameter. Built through PING Wrx. BigLite Mid-size Jumbo Grip – A grip bigger than our Orange color code but smaller than the BigLite2. Available through PING Wrx. Staygripped™ Velcro® grip and Velcro gloves – Giving golfers a firm hold of the club for more confidence while swinging. A special device has been created to help a player who cannot grip the club at all, e.g. a player with two prosthetic arms. Now in final development in PING Wrx.

Shaft Flex: In general, a very light, flexible shaft will benefit most golfers who have a slow swing speed.

PING is pleased to be a sponsor of the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project.

The WWDSP is a partnership between Disabled Sports USA, its chapters, and the Wounded Warrior Project. Disabled Sports USA was created in 1967 by wounded Vietnam veterans and now has more than 100 community-based chapters in 38 states. PING, in turn, works directly with Disabled Sports USA. For more information, or to sign up through Disabled Sports, visit http://www.dsusa.org/programs-wwdsp-about.html