Ping · Irons · 2024
Blueprint S
CaddyIndex™ breakdown — what the agentic research found across each of the six performance dimensions, with cited sources.
You're a low-handicap, consistent ball striker who wants a classic forged players' cavity-back - elite feel, workability and control, with a bit more forgiveness than a true blade.
You need real forgiveness or distance (a players-distance or game-improvement iron), or you don't strike it consistently.
Pros
- A Golf Digest 2025 Hot List players' cavity-back - classic looks, soft feel and excellent shot control
- Significantly more forgiving than the Blueprint T blade - a mishit that costs 8 yards with the T may cost only 4-5 with the S
- Really easy to shape, and it glides through the turf
- Fully forged 8620 carbon steel, with precision-pocket forging in the long irons for extra forgiveness
Cons
- Still a compact players' cavity-back - less forgiving than a players-distance or game-improvement iron
- Traditional lofts and modest distance - a control iron, not a distance iron
- Built for consistent ball strikers
By dimension
Forgiveness
Forgiving for a players' iron - significantly more forgiving than the Blueprint T blade, a mishit that cost 8 yards with the T costing only 4-5 with the S, helped by precision-pocket forging in the long irons that saves 10g for added forgiveness. Strong for a compact players' cavity-back, if no game-improver.
Distance
Controlled, not long - consistent, controlled distance from traditional players' lofts rather than chasing yards, with predictable carries. Modest distance, by design.
Workability
Built to shape - really easy to shape the ball with, offering excellent shot control, with feel and workability core tenets. Elite, players'-iron workability.
Feel
Forged-soft - the fully forged 8620 carbon steel head gives a classic, soft feel, a premium forged sensation. Elite, players'-iron feel.
Sound
Soft and refined - a soft, muted click off the forged head, a clean, premium note. A refined acoustic matching the soft feel.
Looks at address
Classic and clean - a compact shape, thin topline and minimal offset that make it very easy on the eye, with classic good looks and a Hydropearl chrome finish. One of the best-looking players' irons of its era.
Sources
Some of the reviews, lab tests and head-to-head comparisons the agentic research read while grading this club.