“Current Ping tour wedge (launched Feb 2024, on tour Oct 2023) with six grinds (incl. H and B) and emery-blast face; straighter leading edge than Glide, positioned as the Blueprint-iron companion. $197 steel/$212 graphite MSRP. Identity club at the top of the Ping line.”
The s159 (2024) is Ping's bid to actually win the better-player wedge market it had historically ceded to Vokey. It's the tour wedge, built as the short-game companion to the compact Blueprint S and T irons: the head is smaller and cleaner than a Glide, with an improved hosel transition and constant offset that blends seamlessly into the Blueprint address look, and a straighter leading edge for better face control. Spin comes from a face blast of friction material plus tightly-spaced MicroMax grooves on the higher lofts, which reviewers rate as elite -- on par with the best wedges on pitch shots and a couple hundred rpm better than most on full shots. The headline is grind breadth: s159 adds a new half-moon H grind (steep attack, versatile hands, softer turf) and a wide-low-bounce B grind (firm turf, shallow attack, neutral face) at 58/60, bringing six grinds and 25 loft/grind combinations.
Notable and well-earned, not cult: s159 draws consistently strong reviews as Ping's most credible tour/players wedge to date and its Blueprint-companion positioning gives it a clear identity, but it's a current-catalog, freely-available wedge that's had no time to accrue legend or scarcity. 'Notable' captures a respected, top-of-line wedge honestly without inflating a two-year-old product into cult status.
For the low-handicap and better ball-striker -- especially Blueprint iron players -- who want a compact tour look, precise face control and elite spin, and can deliver clean, repeatable contact. The grind matrix (H for steep/soft, B for firm/shallow, plus the carried-over grinds) lets a fitter dial attack angle. Not for a mid-to-high handicap who needs sole width to survive fat and sand strikes; the Glide 4.0 W/E grinds suit that player far better.
Launched February 2024 (in play on tour from October 2023), positioned above Glide 4.0 as Ping's tour wedge and the Blueprint iron companion, going directly after Titleist Vokey SM10, Cleveland RTX 6, and Callaway Jaws Raw in the better-player segment. It's the first Ping wedge in years pitched explicitly at the sub-10 player rather than the fitting-matrix mainstream.
Low-moderate -- deliberately the least forgiving Ping wedge because it's the tour piece. The compact Blueprint-matched head, straighter leading edge and thinner/low-bounce grind options (especially B) demand cleaner strikes and reward a player who controls the face; there's less sole width to bail out a fat or steep miss than a Glide's W or E grind. That's the trade for precision, workability and flight control. The wider H grind recovers some turf forgiveness for steep swingers, but the platform's whole intent is control over mis-hit help. A 4 places it below the Glides and above a bladed vintage wedge.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
As a current tour wedge, realistic 2026 private-party value runs roughly $110-165 per wedge for a clean example -- it holds a solid fraction of the ~$200 MSRP because it's in-catalog and desirable to better players. Popular scoring lofts in mainstream grinds sit highest; specialty grinds (B) and worn faces sit lower. Reconditioned-retail near MSRP overstates private-party reality. Too new to have a value trajectory.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
