Ping (golf)

Ping, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySports equipment
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959)
FounderKarsten Solheim
Headquarters,
Key people
John A. Solheim, Chairman and CEO
ProductsGolf clubs, bags
Websiteping.com

Ping, Inc. (stylized as PING) is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It focuses on golf equipment, producing golf clubs and golf bags. The company was founded by Karsten Solheim, following a career as an engineer at the General Electric company. In 1959, he started making putters in his garage in Redwood City, California.[1] In 1967, he resigned from his job at General Electric to develop the PING company.

  1. ^ "Puttering Pays". Arizona Republic. 30 June 1968. Retrieved 1 February 2019.