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Karsten Solheim (September 15, 1911 – February 16, 2000) was an American golf club designer and businessman. He founded Karsten Manufacturing, a golf club maker better known by the name of PING, and the Solheim Cup, the premier international team competition in women's golf.
Feb 18, 2000 · Karsten Solheim, one of the world's leading innovators in golf club design, died on Wednesday at his home in Phoenix. He was 88. The cause was complications from Parkinson's...
Sep 6, 2023 · Karsten Solheim, the founder of Ping and the inventor of some of the most iconic golf clubs in the game’s history that include the Anser putter and the perimeter-weighted Eye2 irons, has been...
- Mike Stachura
Feb 7, 2016 · Learn how the Ping Anser putter, one of the most popular and influential clubs in golf history, was created by Karsten Solheim in 1966. The article traces the origin, evolution and legacy of the Anser model and its impact on the game.
- E. Michael Johnson
Dec 3, 2021 · John Karsten Solheim, anointed by his father, John A., as his successor, is steeped in the practices that made Ping Ping. John K. has been the Ping president for five years already.
Feb 17, 2000 · Karsten Solheim, who invented the Ping golf clubs and revolutionized the golf industry, died in 2000 at age 88. He was a mechanical engineer who created the first perimeter-weighted irons, the Anser putter and the lob wedge.
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Sep 12, 2023 · Karsten Solheim, who revolutionized golf equipment with the Anser putter and the Eye2 iron, will join the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2024. He is the first golf-only inductee and the only golf equipment manufacturer in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
