GolfWRX was founded on the good old fashion “spy pics,” and this week we spotted something that many golfers have been very anxiously awaiting—new Ping irons and more specifically i59 irons.

The irons were spotted in the bag of Ping staffer Viktor Hovland along with some also recently spotted Glide forged Pro wedges.

Although we don’t have all the details of the new irons or a comment from Ping, there are a few things that can be deduced from the images we captured from the Zurich Classic.

• They are clearly an “i” iron: As straightforward as this might seem, the name alone gives us a lot of insight into the golfer this iron is targeted towards. The i-Series has always been a “better players” iron with added forgiveness, and these look the part with a larger flange and medium width sole.
• The “59” means something old and new: There is some history here that we need to break down. I-ve already touched on the i-series (see what I did there?), but the number 59 has a significant role to play in Ping’s history. The last time “59” was used was when Ping introduced the golf world to the S-Series, and the S59 was the first blade-style club the company had ever launched. The model naming was n homage to the Ping 69’s—which Karsten Solheim chose because he believed it to be a great golf score.
  
  So we have a new style of iron under the i-Series, and a reference to a previously used number—it sure sounds like a lot of new is going on with these.

• It looks to be hollow: Based on the geometry of the head combined with the toe screw, I am willing to bet that these new i59 irons are hollow. Hollow irons aren’t new for Ping but a players centric hollow iron is, which is part of the reason I believe Ping has chosen to go a little off-menu with the name—this is not like any iron Ping has released before. The question now is whether the entire area behind the head is hollow or just the bottom section.

Beyond speculation, we don’t have any further details about the internal technology of this new iron or a potential release date, but we will follow this story closely over the week along with Viktor Hovland’s play.

To see what GolfWRX members are saying in the forums, check out the Ping 2021 irons discussion.