LPGA closes loophole for Ping wedges

LPGA closes loophole for Ping wedges
The 20-year-old Ping wedges with square-shaped grooves will no longer be allowed on the PGA Tour starting March 29, under an agreement reached Monday with Ping executives. John Solheim, the chairman and CEO of Ping, said the Phoenix-based company is waiving its right that had kept the PGA Tour from banning Ping Eye2 wedges made before April 1, 1990; they have deeper, wide grooves no longer …