Most male golfers are wielding drivers that measure 45 to 48 inches, the maximum allowed under the united states golf associations rules of golf. A 460cc, deepfaced club head constructed of a cast body and machined titanium face producing a high moment of inertia moi for increased distance and. Posted by max in golf equipment, clubs in southport. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. There are certainly some confounding variables at work im extremely comfortable with ping drivers and the tensei orange shaft is one ive had success with but the fact remains that this club was crushing it from. Check out breeds tip on how to determine whether your driver shaft length is too long or too short. Drivers in a 2010 golf digest article, pga tour player bubba watson said the typical offtherack driver is 45. The ping rapture irons are available in 29, pw, uw, sw, and lw. Whats the average driver shaft length on the pga tour. I hit everyball with a pretty little fade that kept em all in line.
Ping g400 max driver w tour shaft pga tour superstore. Aldila rogue silver is one of the lowest trajectory shaft and it is one of the. Westwood uses a 74gram aldila nv voodoo xnvs shaft in his ping g10 driver. The drivers and shafts used by the top10 drivers on the. Top 10 longest hitters in the 20172018 pga tour and their. The ping g20 driver features a 460cc titanium head that is constructed of 811 titanium, which is a lighter, lower density metal with more strength.
Easy to hit and feelslooks beautiful behind the ball. Pings website lists a steel set beginning with a 38. Add weight to your driver golf club for more distance pga. He shows you what happens when he takes a normal swing with his driver golf club as is, then demonstrates the effect of a little bit. Get the best deals on ping g10 driver golf clubs when you shop the largest online. Oct 23, 2007 to complement the g10, ping has also released an updated shaft, the tfc 129 which was designed to fit a wide variety of players and features progressively increasing weight decreasing torque to fit players from r, s, to x flex. This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. Ping g5 driver vs g10 i agree the ping g10 doesnt have the hottest face, but it gave me the best feel. Some players get good control and distance when they use this club.
However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. First look ping g410 plus and g410 sft drivers mygolfspy. Golf pride v55 full cord 58r average driving distance. Heading into the 2019 pga championship at bethpage state parks black course, which demands long and straight tee shots, pgatour. The market leading g5 driver was a hard act to follow, but with the ping g10 driver we think ping have managed to improve the best even more. The most important aspects of junior golf club fitting are lie angle, shaft weight, shaft flex and length. Pluggedingolf driver shaft length the purpose of golf myths unplugged is to challenge the accepted wisdom of golf, but even we have blind spots. Aug 20, 2015 using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. Ive played the g410 for 2 outings and its definitely the better head, as it consistently gives me more distance. Take a closer look at the detailed driver specs for the pga tours driving distance leaders from 2015 to 2019. Shaft comparison chart by ping drivers and irons fairway. While club golfers comparing the g10 and ping g5 have experienced a four yard gain in carry distance and a 2 mph gain in ball speed. That great feeling you get when you get all of it on that impact.
Aug 04, 2015 ping has performed their own testing to categorizes the shaft to compare different performances. The lie angle is the angle that the club sits on the ground. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard length. Ping g410 driver and woods overview ping g410 plus driver. When champ originally switched into the new ping g410 plus driver, he had it built with a fujikura pro 63 shaft at 45. Cobra is actually releasing a 48 driver called the long tom for 2012. When it comes down to the stats ping tour players have found the ping g10 an average of five yards longer than their current driver.
The average driver shaft length on tour is roughly 44. The driving force behind g410 plus was the realization that 23 of custom orders placed through ping wrx including most orders from the tour included custom hot melt in either the heel or toe. Find out more golf lessons, golf instruction and more info. I could actually feel the clubheaad and shaft load up.
Nowadays, with seemingly never ending race to claim longer drives, driver manufacturers have even been selling standard shafts as long as 45 inches. The standard length of a mens driver is roughly 43. This has been achieved by some jiggerypockery in the design to stay within the 460cc limit and it gives you immense. Shorter golfers or those who are uncomfortable with longer shafts can order their graphite shafts shorter to match the length of a comparable steelshafted club. Ping g10 specs club length loft lie offset bounce swgt. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. Ping takes great pride in providing topperforming equipment to its customers. Premium preowned ping g400 max w alta cb shaft pga. We all know how important shaft length is for an iron. Driver shaft length custom fitting for the correct length to help improve your strike pattern and. He shows you what happens when he takes a normal swing with his driver golf club as is, then demonstrates the effect of a little bit of lead tape in terms of centeredness of contact.
Cameron champ changes back to iblades, tony finau changes. Am looking forward to the new season and losing a few more strokes off the handicap. Ping has come a long way in driver design since the old tisi. Com took a look into the driver setups of the top 10 players in.
Pings original rapture golf clubs introduced multimaterial. Ping produces some of the most wellengineered, highestperforming clubs on the market, and although they can fly under the radar at times, the g20 driver should certainly grab your attention with its. There is a new range of shafts with the g10 and we found the standard tfc129 that ping has designed for them to be very good, but as always. The more flexible, freemoving face amplifies ball speeds for greater distance and higher max height, allowing you to hit less club into the green with the control and precision to hold the putting surface. Ping g10 driver 9 degrees of loft pro launch usual marks from a used club from the bag, but overall it is a lovely club with a new ping grip. Ping g10 driver, 9 loft, tfc129d stiff flex overall weight 216 grams swing weight d3 overall length 45. The shaft shows comparison of stiff flexes of each shaft. With 10% less offset compared to g400 and a shorter blade length, the g410. Well the ping g20 driver is going to get you bubba long. The first thing you notice is that the head is deeper front to back and also taller. The ping g20 driver is long, forgiving and consistent, traits that all golfers should prize in their drivers.
Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. 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. Lee westwoods backtoback tournament wins warrant a closer look at his driver and driver shaft. Drivers have gone through a 3 plus increase in length over the past three decades simply as a way for golf companies to sell more drivers via the marketing promise of longer distance. He regularly is near the top statically in driving distance tournament after tournament. As kids get older the weight of the shaft is key and can be a big factor in being consistently accurate. In the simplest of terms, the design goal was a product to serve a wider range of golfers from tour pro to the high handicap golfer. Accuracy is a key for most golfers, david toms included. At the zurich classic, toms led the field in driving accuracy, hitting 82. We recently received a chart from ping regarding the custom shafts that they offer. Ping g10 driver stiff flex 9 degree grafalloy shaft.
One of those was revealed recently when we realized that we had never tested the concept of shorter driver shafts being more accurate. Jul 30, 2008 we learn more about the new ping g10 driver at the ping testing facility in phoenix, arizona. New listing lot of 17 ping golf club fairway wood hybrid graphite shafts various flex length. Steel shafts, including the ping cslite, are also available. It would be hard to elicit that kind of reaction, though, because theres nothing broken with g400.
To complement the g10, ping has also released an updated shaft, the. The default swingweight with the ping distanza shaft is 1 point lower than standard. The g400 max driver has a deeper profile than the g400 standard driver. Jul 03, 2014 progressive loft and length when you look at the spec sheet below for the irons youll no doubt notice some unusual numbers in both the length and loft columns. Ping g10 driver for sale in uk 53 used ping g10 drivers. Its 460cc head features dragonfly technology to thin the crown and position the cg low for maximizing moi and forgiveness. Its 3hybrid is 40 inches long, while its 6hybrid is 38. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, answers a viewers email question on driver shaft length. Mar 12, 2019 the ping g410 plus driver had, far and away, the best outofthebox performance of any driver ive tested this year. Standard length is based on the alta cb 55 red shaft.
Take your game to the next level with a new driver or iron set from ping golf. About the dymo sq, i am sure thats a sweet driver, but i already have enough drivers around my house to make my head spin. Pga professional eric hogge explains why adding even the tiniest amount of weight to your driver golf club can have a big impact on the distance you get off the tee. Three positions draw, neutral, fade for the 16gram tungsten back weight shift the center of gravity cg location by onetenth of an inch to influence left or right shot shape approximately 10 yards 20 yards of correction between draw and fade settings. The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. Ping tour 65 stiff driver shaft g400 adapter 44 inces. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length.
Jan 31, 2017 the stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. Call to action the ping g10 driver from the fantastic selection of new and used options at 2nd swing and get a great deal when you trade in your used golf clubs. Seriously though, the g10 with the tfc regular flex shaft in both 9 and 10. In reality, i have made different drivers for myself, i am 59, 90mph, and i control 45. But i know it is more my swing than the club i am playing, so i need to work on that. It determines impact position on the face, interaction with the turf, and posture at address. Ping golf clubs have become immensely popular among all skill levels of golfers.
The g400 looks and sounds better, but any performance benefit seemed negligible from the trackman numbers i saw. A little bit of a compromise, but thats why i bought it last year. This allows additional weight to be strategically placed for a higher moi both horizontally and vertically across the face. Ping staff player bubba watson is known for his length off the tee. Understanding the ping colour chart and colour code system used by ping will enable you to select a set that best suits your game. Aldila rogue silver is one of the lowest trajectory shaft and it is one of the reasons that many tour players prefer this shaft. With a combined moi over 9,900 and the deepest cg ever, the g400 max offers the tightest dispersion in golf.
By adjusting lie angle, loft and shaft length the fitters at 2nd swing will make sure you are getting consistently better performance off the tee. I tried the ping g400 against my ping g, both using my own shaft little to no difference. Pings original rapture golf clubs introduced multi. Ping s unique colour code refers to lie angle, which is the angle between the clubs shaft and the sole of the club, in relation to its length.
He shows you what happens when he takes a normal swing with his driver golf club as is, then demonstrates the effect of a little bit of lead tape in. The textured crown and infinity edge form a pleasing address. There is an optimum driver shaft length with which golfers will achieve maximum clubhead speed and it will vary from player to player. Lie angle is an average of the five adjustable loft positions indicated on the hosel. I love stock shaft feel but id like to make a bit more stiff and shorten lengh. A 44 driver helps golfers to achieve a distance of about 275 yards.
Ping produces some of the most wellengineered, highestperforming clubs on the market, and although they can fly under the radar at times, the g20 driver should certainly grab your attention with its performance. Ping has performed their own testing to categorizes the shaft to compare different performances. Shaft weight has always been around 6568grams, either x or s depending on profile. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. Actual headweight will vary based on shaft, length and target swingweight. The average length of a driver 5 years ago was approximately 45 long. In reality, the average length of a driver used on tour is 44. Ust mamiya proforce avixcore 69 red tours flex darrin sloan, 36, knew exactly what he wanted from a new driver.