This addition to pings g series lineup of gameimprovement clubs is a forgiving, high launching driver to help you get better performance off the tee. The reason ping reduced the size of the g400 driver is aerodynamics. Just wondering how much a loft change on adjustable driver really affects how open closed it is. The adjustment improved g25s moi by 10 percent heeltoe and 17 percent topbottom g25s moi is within 5 percent of the usgas legal limit when. Yet, somehow ping drivers have been a steady contender in everyones hot list and a.
Forgiveness, distance and easeofuse were all key watchwords, and thats all evident in the latest incarnation g25. Ping drivers g410 plus driver movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired ball flight so you can hit a lot more fairways. On an adjustable driver like my r9, i dont know for certain about other brands but they are likely the same, rotating the club head actually does increase the loft because the head is not rotating on the shaft. How much does the face open or close with the right or left settings. The most noticeable feature of the g30 driver, both visually and. The highbalancepoint shaft has been developed specifically for the g25. You can add or subtract onehalf degree of loft on the standard 8. With that said, i would like to show you how your launch monitor numbers can change when you adjust the loft of your driver. For everyone from beginners to tour players, the combination of a large, forgiving head, trajectory tuning technology, and a speedgenerating shaft makes the adjustable g25 driver a sound choice for improving distance and accuracy off the teeyou can add or subtract onehalf degree of loft on the standard 12, 12, 12 and 12 settings to optimize launch conditions for maximum distance.
Ping g25 driver ping golf ping apperal new ping clubs. Jan 02, 20 g25 driver pings new g25 driver will help golfers do what the pros do to get more distance launch the ball higher and faster with less spin. Its kind of funny to see both tmag with the m2 and now callaway moving toward this design philosophy after chasing a forward cg for the last few years. Tools and upgrade your home workout gear with the largest online selection at. Shaft stiff flex tfc189 graphite shaft, for golfers with faster swing speeds. Tips for changing your loft on an adjustable driver golf.
Marty jertson, senior design engineer for ping, said that engineers moved the center of gravity cg substantially lower and further back than the companys previous model, the. Ive had the g25 driver for 2 years now, im a low handicap player, bought the oem 189d tour stiff shaft that came in it to many misses to the left over the years found myself using my g15 with ust proforce x stiff as my go to driver, the g25 ball flight with that 189d tour stiff shaft occasionally bombed it, but it was yielding a far to often miss to the. This addition to ping s g series lineup of gameimprovement clubs is a forgiving, high launching driver to help you get better performance off the tee. Ping g25 driver 12 tfc 189 regular adjustable golf club. Featured how many degrees can a p ing iron be bent. Marty jertson, principal designer for ping golf takes us through the new ping g25 driver while on the range at the 20 pga show demo day. Drivers new adjustability in ping s g410 plus driver was well worth the wait. This model has a larger face and a thinner crown than the g20, making it a hotter club and one that is easier to hit with the weight and material saved via the thin crown repositioned to improve forgiveness. The ping g30 driver is the 7 th generation of a line that started with the ping g2 driver six years ago.
G25 driver ping s new g25 driver will help golfers do what the pros do to get more distance launch the ball higher and faster with less spin. While other competitors clubs have several adjustable features, the g25 keeps it simple. Other than that, the ping g25 driver makes it a lot easier to enjoy this challenging game. Compared with the anser, the g25 is a higherlaunching, higherspinning driver with greater forgiveness. After keeping the ping g20 driver in the bag for the majority of the season last year, i was certainly excited to take a look at the new ping g25 driver. Karstens frustration with his putting inspired him to design a putter, which made a pinging sound when striking a golf ball. We met up with marty jertsen who helped in the design of the ping gseries driver and asked him about the adjustment. Ping g25 12 driver ping rapture 17 and ping k15 19 woods. My one concern here is that if ping goes all adjustable as well, whats going to happen to those who ordered through their. The only other driver that was close in my case was the tm aeroburner. The sum total of the design features results in up to 12.
The design maintains the same outer diameter and mass as ping s traditi. If it is only 12 degrees, i dont mind using it but if is more than that id rather just change my swing. I keep trying to buy a new driver i just havent found anything better. Ping offers a variety of grip sizes and styles to fit different hand sizes and texture preferences. Set it to the lowest loft and the face will be open. Review of the ping g25 driver by award winning pga professional matthew conner, his most recent awards golf foundation pga. Not sure whats happening to yours but you might want to take it to a ping authorized reseller. Ping is a familyowned company founded in 1959 in the garage of karsten solheim. The g25 employs pings trajectory tuning tm technology that allows the. Its got a low and back cg thats pretty close to the neutral axis of the head so the moi is high for forgiveness while spin is medium low.
The g25 is pings first product in the adjustable head category and allows you to add or subtract one half degree of loft to optimize launch conditions for maximum distance. For everyone from beginners to tour players, the combination of a large, forgiving head, trajectory tuning technology, and a speedgenerating shaft makes the adjustable g25 driver a sound choice for improving distance and accuracy off the tee. If its a 10 degree driver, it will always be 10 degrees, no matter how you twist it. Yet, somehow ping drivers have been a steady contender in everyones hot list and a staple in golf bags for what seems like forever. My dillema is that im still not that good of a player so i should obviously use the g25. In my opinion the i20 might still be the best sounding and feeling driver any company has made, but the g25 is very close, just slightly hollower. The default swingweight with the ping distanza shaft is 1 point lower than standard. On any normal non adjustable club wether its a driver or a 5i, opening the face will increase loft, closing it will decrease loft. Apr 29, 2016 we met up with marty jertsen who helped in the design of the ping gseries driver and asked him about the adjustment. This is probably a dumb question but i figured id give it a shot. Apr 24, 2015 todays comparison is between the ping g30 driver and the ping g25 driver. The g25 is the next in a long line of gnumbered models. However when we put the g25 and g30 fairway to the test, we found that the turbulators did not increase the club head speed like they did with the driver and even ping say that the head of the fairway is too small for them to have any real effect.
By the way, when adjusting for more loft, you actually close the face angle a bit. Also keep in mind that there are a slew of other adjustments made possible with modern drivers, such as lie angle settings, and sliding or. I think this might be a hard combination to find so if i can find something close i can have them bent. Paul ohagan tests both models to find out the ping g30 launch is a particularly. I had been hitting balls in the practice bay at a pga superstore close to my home. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest. Tips for changing your loft on an adjustable driver golf channel. Changing driver loft how much does it affect face bias. Since grip size influences your wrist action, and therefore the direction of your shots, it is commonly used by fitters to affect ball flight. The last ping driver i had was a g25 and i loved it. Jul 03, 2014 the ping g30 driver has undergone a number of changes, but how does it compare with the g25 driver. Lie angle is an average of the five adjustable loft positions indicated on the hosel. You know the one that does not make your life a soap opera, the one that does not.
Set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face. Ive been hitting pretty much dead straight drives with it but very high which is probably costing me a fair bit of distance. The family is headed by pings first adjustable g driver that has already been put in play by bubba watson and hunter mahan. G400s weight savings come from extending and thinning the dragonfly crown. Find golf club tradein and resales values for over 4,000 models of used golf clubs at the pga value guide, from leading manufacturers such as callaway, taylormade, taylor made, titleist, ping, odyssey, nike, cleveland, mizuno, cobra, adams, wilson. You can even adjust the loft up or down half a degree by the way, when you decrease the loft youll also open the face slightly.
Ping i25 vs g25 driver im looking for a new driver and was wondering how different these two are. The g25 has a new look, added adjustability, and also features a larger face. This driver has been slightly redesigned to make the centerback portion of the crown a little lower to the ground to help lower the center of gravity and produce lower spin. The g20 almost matches a driver ping released over years ago. The ping g25 driver is the next evolution of ping g range of drivers, but as with all products that are the number 1 sellers in the market, it can leave you with the conundrum of how you can continue to evolve it without messing with the formula that made it so successful in the first place. While the g25 is the updated version of the g20 and the sixth release in the gseries of drivers, it feels different enough from the prior model. The ping g driver us designed to improve ball speed, accuracy and launch angle for golfers of all skill levels. The g25 moves closer to the i20 in terms of sound and feel. Aug 25, 2015 set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face. The g driver features turbulators on the crown that reduce drag and improve aerodynamics to produce longer carries and blistering ball speeds. The ping i25 driver is designed to reduce ball spin to maximise distance and has a new balled sized racing strip alignment aid to improve accuracy. Discussion in golf equipment talk started by west coast duffer, mar 7. Jul 30, 20 the ping g25 driver is an oversize 460 cc club head with a triangular shape. Ping has a couple of new drivers out this year in the ping g25 and ping anser drivers.
The g25 is ping s first product in the adjustable head category and allows you to add or subtract one half degree of loft to optimize launch conditions for maximum distance. If the club is open or closed at address, the stripes have a. Now its time to sift through all of the readily available information about the ping g25 driver, in a line of popular game improvement drivers. The ping g25 driver complements high forgiveness and distance characteristics with the ability to adjust loft and finetune shot trajectory. Charlie rymer demonstrates what happens when you change your loft on an adjustable driver. The ping g25 driver is an oversize 460 cc club head with a triangular shape. While much of the talk is about the racing stripes on the crown, the real benefits of this driver are the perfect feel and excellent performance which includes long distance, low spin and strong trajectory. The ping g25 driver features a 460cc head that is constructed of 811 titanium, which is a lighter, lower density metal with more strength.
Nov 26, 2015 pings gseries has been among the most successful gear franchises in recent years. The g25 is the largest profile driver ping has ever produced. It is a blend of many of the previous ping drivers, the low spin of the anser, forgiveness close to the g25. For starters, ping has reduced the size of the g400 driver from 460cc to 445cc, which is interesting because ping has always been a company that is known for producing a forgiving golf club, and reducing the size of a driver will generally make that club less forgiving. Has a stiff grafalloy shaft and a brand new golf pride mid size mcc plus 4 grip which cost 15 pound. Engineers also thinned the sole and skirt areas as well. Drivers new adjustability in pings g410 plus driver was well worth the wait. Ive always liked the gs, but hit tham a little left due to square face and a little high, so would think adjusting to open would make the g25 work for me as im so close. Most adjustable drivers allow you to open the clubface or position. Continue to read about the advancements the ping is making in the golf club market. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of. Ping introduces g25 series, scottsdale tr putters with variabledepth grooves and adjustablelength shafts ping pros bubba watson and hunter mahan have switched to the new adjustable g25 driver and will make their pga tour 20 season debuts this week at the hyundai tournament of champions with the new driver and fairway woods in their bags.
It just goes to show what a legendary driver the v2 was. In addition to 12 degree loft, its my undestanding if u adjust to reduce loft u open the face and add loft u close the face a little. In this short video he takes us through the 5 different loft adjustments you. Condition good, the g25 adjustable game improvement driver offers maximum forgiveness and provides the ability to add or subtract half a degree of loft. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight golfwrx. In this installment of fried eggs we explain how to make necessary loft adjustments to the ping g30 driver. Ping made an effort to keep the adjustable hosel from being a distraction by keeping it the same diameter and mass as hosels on ping s non adjustable drivers.
Is there a trick to changing the loft with a g30 driver. The ping g25 driver is the next evolution of ping g range of drivers, but as. Original g25 headcover missing but has a ping g30 driver headcover with it and ping adjustment tool to change the lof. Ping g25 driver with its performanceengineered adjustable hosel, the ping g25 driver s hosel design is optimized by using a lightweight titanium screw and aluminum hosel sleeve. The new dragonfly technology on the crown features sections of ultrathin material that saves 8 grams of weight and lowers center of gravity. Im a huge ping fan but honestly the titleist 915 feels awesome. First look ping g25 driver spy news mygolfspy forum. The ping g25 driver came as standard with the tfc189d graphite shaft which has a highbalancepoint that helps to generate club head speed and ball velocity, resulting in longer drives. As a beginning golfer, i prefer golf clubs that do not offer manual. Ping say the shaft creates more clubhead momentum at impact, leading to greater ball velocity and forgiveness. The ping g30 driver has undergone a number of changes, but how does it compare with the g25 driver. The ping i25 driver is an adjustable driver that focuses on reducing spin, accurate alignment, and shaft options, to help you gain more distance and accuracy. I like ping, i like the g20 except the sound but anyone considering it should demo it beside a rapture v2. The g25 driver has added adjustability for the first time in any ping driver.
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