steve_wood
Medal Winner
Hi Guys,
I posted a thread a while back and somehow my account disappeared. Anyway I bought a Ping G20 driver and thought I would share my initial thoughts on it.
For the past few months I had been struggling with my driver so much so that I just stopped using it and started hit a 5 wood off the tee. So I had a look around at other drivers realized that some where not in my price range most notabley the taylor made and headed down to my local pro to have a look at the Galloway and Ping drivers. After a few layers of tape are added we are heading to do the practice area.
First I thing I noticed was how light the ping driver was compared to my crappy old Dunlop job. This thing is really light almost feather light which felt strange at first. the 2nd thing I noticed was the size of the head. Just for the record this is my first big headed driver. It looked huge! The club had a r-flex shaft on it which for me was perfect. I have a really fast swing. The first couple of hits sent the ball far and with a nice little fade on it. This is NOT my usually drive, my usually drive either goes dead straight for a long distance or has a huge slice which if I am brutally honest is what happens 99% of the time. However every hit with the ping sent it far and with this slight fade. Not one slice, not one dodgy hit just a constant fade with good length. I tried the Galloway next and it was pretty much the same but in the end I went with the G20, future proofing myself for at least a year and if I was on the 18th and needed a good hole to win a match I would have preferred it if the ping was in my bag. Few people have said they don't like the looks well looks are always in the eye of the beholder and I think it looks much better than the taylor made r11. No way could a high handicapper like myself pull off a white driver its a kin to watching some useless Sunday league footballer who dons the brightly coloured boots in my eyes. Still each to their own.
Following day I headed down to the range and hit several baskets of balls with it. I can honestly say that this club really does flatter me. Every shot I was more than happy with, there was the odd slice but they where few and far between but the vast majority of them where long and with this slight fade. I noticed that if I slowed my swing down I would hit it straight and about 250 yards. I prefer the longer distance and the fade.
All in all I am well happy with it. So much so that I am going to get a G20 hybrid in the future. I still have to use it out on the course but I am playing tomorrow so I'lll up date this sometime over the weekend.
Cheers
Steve
I posted a thread a while back and somehow my account disappeared. Anyway I bought a Ping G20 driver and thought I would share my initial thoughts on it.
For the past few months I had been struggling with my driver so much so that I just stopped using it and started hit a 5 wood off the tee. So I had a look around at other drivers realized that some where not in my price range most notabley the taylor made and headed down to my local pro to have a look at the Galloway and Ping drivers. After a few layers of tape are added we are heading to do the practice area.
First I thing I noticed was how light the ping driver was compared to my crappy old Dunlop job. This thing is really light almost feather light which felt strange at first. the 2nd thing I noticed was the size of the head. Just for the record this is my first big headed driver. It looked huge! The club had a r-flex shaft on it which for me was perfect. I have a really fast swing. The first couple of hits sent the ball far and with a nice little fade on it. This is NOT my usually drive, my usually drive either goes dead straight for a long distance or has a huge slice which if I am brutally honest is what happens 99% of the time. However every hit with the ping sent it far and with this slight fade. Not one slice, not one dodgy hit just a constant fade with good length. I tried the Galloway next and it was pretty much the same but in the end I went with the G20, future proofing myself for at least a year and if I was on the 18th and needed a good hole to win a match I would have preferred it if the ping was in my bag. Few people have said they don't like the looks well looks are always in the eye of the beholder and I think it looks much better than the taylor made r11. No way could a high handicapper like myself pull off a white driver its a kin to watching some useless Sunday league footballer who dons the brightly coloured boots in my eyes. Still each to their own.
Following day I headed down to the range and hit several baskets of balls with it. I can honestly say that this club really does flatter me. Every shot I was more than happy with, there was the odd slice but they where few and far between but the vast majority of them where long and with this slight fade. I noticed that if I slowed my swing down I would hit it straight and about 250 yards. I prefer the longer distance and the fade.
All in all I am well happy with it. So much so that I am going to get a G20 hybrid in the future. I still have to use it out on the course but I am playing tomorrow so I'lll up date this sometime over the weekend.
Cheers
Steve
