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Ping s55 TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC Irons

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Ping s55 TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC Irons compared and tested by Mark Crossfield PGA professional AskGolfGuru. Mark hits the two golf clubs and talks about distance, launch and spin with the help of his GC2 launch monitor. See if the TaylorMade or the Ping golf club could help you play some better golf.

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22 thoughts on “Ping s55 TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC Irons”

  1. I went to get fitted for new irons yesterday, and it was fairly close
    between the S55s and the AP2s. I was much more consistent with the S55s and
    they felt amazingly solid, even when I caught one low in the face. Plus I
    was blown away by the Ping custom fitting system, std length and purple dot
    for me

  2. hit the s55s for a few hours last week, theres not much of a feel off the
    face at impact but they are a nice iron to look down at and seemed very
    forgiving for a club that is quite thin

  3. Taylormade 5 iron 26°, Ping 5 iron 27°…there’s your 3 yards. There is
    nothing really new in clubs, but moving the weight around does have an
    effect. These facts, however, have little effect on all us golf equipment
    fetishists.

  4. Interesting – definite theme appearing over your recent tests – there are
    no better clubs – the performance is so tweaked by all the modern
    manufacturers to approach regulation that you may as well go with brand
    loyalty – as a better player, you are seeing variability in strike as the
    dominant factor – the gross variability of an average player will make any
    differences irrelevant 😉 

  5. CFS vs KBS Tour 120. Night and day. I know Mark doesn’t put a lot into
    shafts but I play the S55 with KBS, but with CFS they were stone cold
    UNPLAYABLE for me. High, spinny, and short. The S55’s come alive with the
    right shaft.

  6. Mark great review! I have the S55’s with KBS Tour V 120x SS 1x they are
    solid, however my dilemma is the offset in the longer irons. I find the
    3,4,5 irons have too much offset. Now I am looking at Taylormade TP MC, or
    might go back to blades. You would think Ping creating this S55 would have
    made less offset being a blade.
    I consider the S55 a near game improvement iron’s offset, in a cavity
    back design, that is the head size of a blade.

  7. I find myself drawn to the S55s every time I’m in a golf store… Just
    gorgeous in my opinion.

    Mark, do you have any thoughts on the Maltby playability factor (MPF)
    system? He always ranks the S series surprisingly high for playability,
    certainly compared to the way their marketed. 

  8. I appreciate what you said in this video and the one you did on the Mizuno
    MP15s. I’m a 13 now, used to be 9, and am swinging now like a 20+ (long
    story). But I just bought a set of MP 69s because I love the traditional
    look. When I’m swinging well or poorly, I don’t see the wide range of loss
    between my MP 69s, my old MP 32s, or the Cally X16s I used to have. But
    when you hit them well…man…there is nothing like the
    feel/sound/flight…I just love it and it presses me to be better and be
    consistent. Thanks for the video and effort in your reviews and swing tip
    vids.

  9. I use the Ping s55 irons and absolutely love them. I switched up from the
    s56 model. The main difference I noticed (functionally) is the s55 irons
    are stronger, except for the 4 iron which is actually weaker by I think
    .25°. This doesn’t affect me though because I dumped the 4 iron in favor of
    a 23° Anser Hybrid earlier this year because I wasn’t hitting the 4 iron
    consistently enough for my liking.
    Mark mentioned Bubba playing these irons and he’s correct; Hunter Mahan
    also games these irons.

  10. Great review Mark – I agree that all recently reviewed clubs produce
    similar results – there are no outstandingly preforming clubs anymore. The
    only variance is the golfer providing inconsistent strikes and how clubs
    deal with those kind of hits.

  11. Both compelling clubs. My launch numbers did not justify buying either.
    Ended up with Rocketbladez HL and finally broke into the 80’s.

  13. Great vid as usual… When we getting the Mizuno jpx 850 forged… would
    love to see a JPX EZ forged v JPX 850 forged match up… Thanks Mark!

  15. Dave H, he always says lets get stuck in. Mark, I’m 17, love your videos.
    They’ve helped me very much. Keep up the good work! Thanks

  21. Mark, Why do you not discuss the shafts that each manufacturer uses in the
    irons. Surely that plays a role in the Launch monitor statistics. KBS Tour
    110 vs Ping vs Dynamic Gold so on. 

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