{"id":724012,"date":"2026-06-08T23:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724012\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:45:12","slug":"i-tried-pings-eye-tracking-glasses-and-they-blew-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724012\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried Ping’s eye-tracking glasses \u2014 and they blew my mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently took a trip to Ping\u2019s PLD Fitting Lab at their HQ in Phoenix, Ariz. and quite honestly had my mind blown. <\/p>\n

When developing their new Scottsdale TEC<\/a> putters, Ping utilized studies in \u2018Quiet Eye\u2019 theory<\/a> to help develop their new Eye Q alignment aid. The aid has since gone on to give Tony Finau his first ever-strokes gained putting lead in an event, as well as powering Wyndham Clark <\/a>to a few wins this season. The question is, what makes the Eye Q alignment aid so intriguing? I found out with Ping\u2019s Erik Henrikson.<\/p>\n

As explained in the video, the new Scottsdale TEC Eye Q alignment aid design comes from the team studying \u2018Quiet Eye\u2019 theory. The study involves using eye-tracking glasses to examine what a golfer does for the two second duration before they begin their putting stroke. By studying a wide range of putters with a wide range of different alignment aids they settled on their Eye Q alignment design that incorporates a very small front sight dot married to a crown line. (Here\u2019s a great article on Quiet Eye in sports that you can read here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Quiet Eye Theory is something that\u2019s vastly used outside of golf and with the help of eye-tracking glasses like the Tobii glasses<\/a> I wore in the video, it\u2019s easy for engineers and scientists to gather data on humans\u2019 ability to focus on their objective or target. I\u2019ve actually seen this tested when I used to work in the firearms industry and it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always found rather fascinating. <\/p>\n

As a competitive handgun shooter, we used to watch video replays of how the best shooters in the world would blaze through stages while wearing eye-tracking technology to see how they approached a multi-target stage. Understanding how people focus, and more importantly what they may be distracted by, can be critical information. In the video you hear Erik tell us that as they started to go through their testing they realized that something as simple as the placement of the shaft band sticker was affecting how players were or weren\u2019t able to focus on their putt.<\/p>\n

I went into this test really skeptical, but also recognizing that as an engineering-first company, Ping was probably going to prove me wrong pretty easily. I mean how much can an alignment aid design actually help a golfer focus on what they need to do? Quite a bit as I found out.<\/p>\n

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\n My eye-tracking heat map with the Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset.<\/p>\n

Ping Golf<\/p>\n

I actually prefer to not have any alignment aids on my putters. If anything I just want a nice clean sight dot. Which it turns out, actually makes a ton of sense. With a mallet putter that has long alignment lines, I just don\u2019t feel comfortable standing over the ball. There\u2019s just too much going on. But with the small sight dot on the Scottsdale TEC I was pleasantly surprised by the comfort it provided, and there was no arguing with the eye-tracking data. <\/p>\n

My eyes were all over the place without any alignment. It seemed like I was searching, and ended up sort of focusing on the golf ball itself. With just a standard line, my eyes got a bit more focused to the center, but still searching for a landing spot between the face and the ball. With the Eye Q alignment aid of the Scottsdale TEC, my eyes were dialed on the small sight dot that breaks up the long crown line.<\/p>\n

\"PING<\/p>\n

PING Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset Custom Putter<\/p>\n

View Product<\/a><\/p>\n

Yet again, Ping delivers on it\u2019s promise of engineering and science. Like I said above, I can\u2019t say I\u2019m surprised. There\u2019s so much going on inside those walls at Ping HQ, and every trip I take I learn answers to questions I didn\u2019t even know I was supposed to ask. Now the question is, which Scottsdale TEC putter could actually end up in the bag for me? Tony Finau is putting better than he ever has, and Wyndham Clark is winning \u2026 so there has to be something there!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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