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Choose the i240 for the extra bounce and the UW; choose the Blueprint S for a forged head with the least offset. Both are built for good strikers, and PING's G440 gives far more help on a mishit.
i240 $1,400 · Blueprint S $1,550.50, each with its shop and checked date
PING's two current players irons share every loft (a 33° 7-iron), every lie and every length from the 3-iron to the PW, and both score 1 of 5. The Blueprint S is a forged carbon steel head with a narrow sole, a little less offset in every club (2.0 mm at the 7-iron against 2.3 mm) and a degree less bounce (a degree and a half in the PW); a pocket in its 3- to 5-irons saves weight to raise their MOI. The i240 moves the weight saved by a lighter badge and an elastomer insert to the perimeter, has a rounded leading edge with more bounce, and adds a 50° UW to the set. PING aims the i240 at "a wide range of skill levels" and the Blueprint S at low handicaps.
PING's compact players iron: a thin topline, 2.3 mm of offset and a 33° 7-iron. PING added some forgiveness behind the face, but it is built for good strikers, and no set we score forgives less.
$1,400 at Golf Discount7 irons (4-PW) · checked 2 Nov
PING's forged players cavity back: a compact head with a thin top line, 2.0 mm of offset and a narrow sole, on the same lofts as the i240 (a 33° 7-iron). A pocket forged into the 3- to 5-irons moves weight out for a little help on a long-iron mishit, but PING aims it at low handicaps, and no set we score forgives less.
$1,550.50 at Golf Discount7 irons at $221.50 each · checked 2 Nov
PING's compact players iron: a thin topline, 2.3 mm of offset and a 33° 7-iron. PING added some forgiveness behind the face, but it is built for good strikers, and no set we score forgives less.
PING's forged players cavity back: a compact head with a thin top line, 2.0 mm of offset and a narrow sole, on the same lofts as the i240 (a 33° 7-iron). A pocket forged into the 3- to 5-irons moves weight out for a little help on a long-iron mishit, but PING aims it at low handicaps, and no set we score forgives less.
Neither is PING's forgiving iron, and the i540 forgives a little more: it is a players' distance iron, 2 of 5 here, where the i240 is a compact players' iron, 1 of 5, the lowest of any set we score.
The G440 is the forgiving one: PING's game improvement iron, 3.5 of 5 here, against 1 of 5 for the i240, PING's compact players' iron with a shorter blade and a thin topline.
