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Originally Posted by rp001
These clubs were purchased from Palmer...And fitted by them..They are custom made by Ping..I don't fault Ping, as they are cast and not really that precise. Ping does not make the clubs in the US as I found out later, they just assemble them...I love the clubs and would buy them again..The Highspots are very small and look like ball marks after the filing..I'm just a little carefree about modyfing anything I get and thought it couldn't hurt and actually the clubs have helped my game immensely..I would not badmouth Ping Or Palmer's pro shop..I like the irons so much I bought a set of g15 woods,including a driver during Golfest.I know the woods have a convex face so I won't be modifying (shaving)them,because that would make them "illegal"..Then went back and got a matching Ping bag...It's good to be single,a boy and his toys...LOL
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I don't know where you heard that, but it is completely wrong. Ping, in fact, is the only company that makes their clubs from start to finish. They own their own foundry and heat treating plant in Phoenix. They don't make their own shafts or grips. Also they have another Arizona company cast their titanium heads because casting titanium is a very highly specialized field. But they do cast all of their own steel heads in their foundry.
Investment casting, as a matter of fact is an extremely precise method of manufacturing steel products. In fact, Ping's foundry produces work for NASA. The parts that they make for our space craft require extremely low tolerance.
If you got a set of irons that had high spots on the face you should have called Ping immediately or had your dealer call them. They are very good about taking care of things like that.
All"woods" have a convex face, by the way. Filing them flat would not make them illegal as far as I know, but it would make them perform worse. Bulge and roll, as it is known in the industry is a necessary specification for making the ball go further and straighter.