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June 26, 2008
Local
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The Star
Art Adventure I Sam Dalkilic-Miestowski
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P O I N T
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‘Ping’ went the strings
of my heart
Can golfing be an art form?
Tiger Woods recently filmed a national commercial.
In the ad, he smashed paint-filled golf balls onto a large canvas, thereby
creating a Jackson Pollock-like effect.
The value of this work of art is estimated at $1 million. Can one call it
art?
Even Rembrandt was inspired by the game of golf. (See below.)
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Taking these facts into consideration, can Ping golf clubs be considered
a work of art?
I say “yes!” John (Gypsy) Ivetich says, “Yes” too! (Gypsy pictured at
right.)
In fact, he thinks it makes music as well. Gypsy is a musician and sound
engineer.
He bought his first Ping putter (Ping 1A) at a garage sale in the mid 1980s for $25. He still uses this putter. Gyspy describes the sound as an
E flat when the putter strikes the ball.
“Hearing the ping is a very soothing and relaxing sound. It also drives
my opponents crazy. I was once offered $200 from an opponent for this
putter,” he said.
“He wanted to
break it over his
knee as the noise
was driving him
insane.
“I
putted
extremely well
during the entire
g a m e . ”
According to Rob
Bednarz, Head
PGA Golf Pro at
Scherwood Golf
in Schererville,
Gypsy has “soft
hands.”
On a personal
note, my first date
with my husband
was a golfing
date. I asked him
out knowing that
he had never
golfed. At
the
moment in time,
another
golf
addict was born.
I remember our
“special vacation” that consisting of a mattress in the back of a mini-van,
heading south, and hitting the courses in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
These golfing journeys require another column. Back to the art….
Eric Conen, Ping Sales and Field Representative for the Southwest
Suburbs of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana considers the swing an artform.
As a special 40th (almost) Birthday present, my husband insisted I trash
my Grenada-Ford-blue15 year-old, Lady Gem Callways and buy some
Pings. I resisted as he is my husband, and, remember, I beat him in the
beginning.
My life has changed tremendously since I got my Ferrari metallic
orange G-10, graphite shaft, titanium, stainless, and engraved Pings.
These clubs are a work of art. Not only am I part of the Ping family, but
strangers approach me and admire my clubs. A very handsome gentlemen
in a gold metallic Mercedes saw me cleaning the clubs in the parking lot of
a local restaurant (waiting to have breakfast with editor Kim Mathisen); he
greatly admired my clubs. He invited me for a round of golf, and I invited
him to the gallery to see the Rembrandt.
My love of art is well known by my daughter Alexis. She often stays at
the gallery and actually knows most of the artists and their works. Now my
love of the Ping club is part of her life as well. As a beginning golfer, my
husband insisted that she too must have Pings. She is actually playing in a
golf league, NIJGA, in her age group.
Karsten Solheim was the creator of the Ping putter. This mechanical
engineer used popsicle sticks and sugar cubes as his prototype for this putter. It was an effort to improve his game that created the “pinging” noise
of the famous putter. Another of his putters was originally named the
Answer, but as there were too many letters for the putter, it was changed to
the Scottsdale Anser putter.
Golf memorabilia is a popular item for framing at the gallery. This
includes famous golf course flags, balls, ball markers, and limited edition
prints.
I wonder if the old adage, “The family that swings Pings together stays
together” is true?