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Barry Brewster, PING | Episode No. 482

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Ping calls itself an engineering company, not a marketing company, and says it makes products only when they are truly better.

1. The Wednesday Match Play Podcast with Barry Brewster focuses on Ping, a Phoenix-based golf equipment company. 2. Barry Brewster is the guest, a Ping employee of 38 years, and John McCarthy is the host who introduces him and steers the conversation. 3. The episode asks what long-term loyalty to Ping looks like inside a family-owned golf company. 4. Barry says he joined Ping because he needed a job after graduating from ASU and hearing about an opening through family connections. 5. He also says he played baseball at Phoenix College, worked in third base and shortstop, and even tried to walk on at the ASU golf team. 6. Barry explains that his Ping career has included human resources, the Hogan Tour, the PGA Tour, sales, and now regional manager. 7. He says that shift means moving from daily account visits to reports, numbers, travel, and managing a region. 8. Barry connects Ping’s employee retention to the Solheim family and says the company cares about people in production and administration. 9. He describes the culture as one where employees are expected to do the job and then are rewarded for it. 10. He says Ping is an engineering company with about 100 engineers and longer product life cycles than many competitors. 11. Barry explains that Ping does not want to release products just to release them and prefers a real innovation change first. 12. He says the company also partners selectively with accounts instead of opening everywhere at once. 13. Barry describes the blacked-out Ping putter grip as an idea that followed Greg Norman blacking out the logo on an Anser grip. 14. He says Ping now offers the grip in an official blackout version rather than relying on players to cover the logo themselves. 15. Barry lists players using Ping products, including Victor Hovland, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Terrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Stuart Sink, Alison Corpus, Jennifer Kupcho, and Caroline Masson. 16. He says many non-staff players still choose Ping because they believe in the product and are not being paid to use it. 17. The conversation stays conversational and detailed, with John McCarthy asking follow-ups about Phoenix, the Coachella Valley, clubs, and golf culture. 18. Barry’s tone is relaxed and practical, and he uses examples from work, travel, and product history rather than formal presentation. 19. Listeners who like golf gear, club fitting, and company history will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a short, stats-only equipment rundown may skip it.

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A PING discussion that leans on accounts, merchandise, and the business side of the brand.

This episode keeps its focus on the business side of PING, moving from fittings and equipment into merchandise, travel bags, backpacks, shoe bags, and the day to day work of covering accounts across Southern California.

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Hear how PING works beyond the clubs.

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