Ping G10 Driver

[warbirdlover]

A few more wrx pics... They are so good with the camera...

[warbirdlover]

I just HAVE to bring this thread back...

Drunken HO last night

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I think you probably have similar threads bookmarked from many of the ho's in here. We'll have to return the favor.

[West Coast Duffer]

How do you like that loft WBL? I dont understand why they didnt make a 9.5 or 10.0 loft. Ive neen checkig the Bay and most used clubs still fetch a hefty price almost retail. Did you get yours at your local shop?

[ManchesterGolfer]

Ping G10 Driver - Left hand. on eBay, also, Golf Clubs, Golf, Sporting Goods (end time 22-Jun-08 20:51:38 BST)

Ho'd this for a Friend. Do you know what tip size the G10 is as it will require reshafting with a Stiff or x flex shaft, Purple ice more than likely.

[Wi-Golfer]

Originally Posted by warbirdlover

And WG, after doing the dumbest thing in my life (selling the Rapture) I'll never leave this go.... no more wasted money on shafts either. You have not yet witnessed the REAL WBL in the tee box!! I now have three extra drivers for sale or trade... Make that 2. I'll keep the Ping G2 since it's not as forgiving but gets out there.

Now all my concentration ('hoing) will be on my short game or play around with some (Ping G10?) different hybrids.

Good to hear that, can't wait to see you on the tee box now.

[warbirdlover]

Ping drivers are .335 tip I believe but if not a .335 can always be shimmed up to .350. Edited....

How do you like that loft WBL? I dont understand why they didnt make a 9.5 or 10.0 loft. Ive neen checkig the Bay and most used clubs still fetch a hefty price almost retail. Did you get yours at your local shop?

west coast duffer

The 10.5º loft is perfect, not high at all. I got mine new at the Golf Shack in Kenosha. Right off the rack.

[5iron]

Originally Posted by warbirdlover

10.5º loft with regular flex Ping shaft. No pics yet but she's "purty"... Heck, why should I take my blurry pics. Here's some from wrx.. New Ping G10 Driver & 3 wood Pics! - GolfWRX.com

I KNOW it's the honeymoon but I picked this up this morning and went directly to play nine holes with it, no hitting on the driving range. Cold turkey!! The face is dead nuts square, just like my Rapture was. It sets up very nicely, just like every Ping driver I've owned. I was using a Srixon Zur-S and Bridgestone B330-S ball.

First hole I teed it up the same as for my Sumo2 and hit a skyball (high on the face).

Next hole I teed it lower and POW! (who needs "the hammer" ). Straight down the middle, no draw, no fade and as long as I've hit one in over a year. At LEAST 250+ (total distance) and that's being conservative for LyleG. 329 yard par 4 and I had 75 yards in. Wedge playing it at 75 yards was on the green.

Next hole, POW!, straight down the middle and longer. This one HAS to be 265+. 354 yard par 4 and I had 75 yards in. And I'm estimating off the distance to the pin subtracted from the hole length and subtracting another 10 yards just for LyleG. My wedge playing it at 75 yards was on the green.

The whole round went like this. The greens were horribly slow so all my birdie chances went up in smoke but I still got an honest 46. And I outdrove the two young guys I played with on "almost" every hole. And mine were in the middle of the fairway. There's weren't.

This is like my old Rapture on steroids! I was reluctant to go with the 10.5º loft but it gave a very "piercing" trajectory so assume it's pretty accurate in that regard. No balloon balls at all. I can not say enough about this driver.

It sounds fantastic
It FEELS fantastic, the perfect weight
The shaft is the best OEM shaft I've ever hit. It's not leaving this head.

I could have bought this with a V2 shaft but Lyle said the Ping shaft was good and as usual he was right. He (and others in here) were also right in recommending a regular flex shaft. And I don't need the square Sumo2. This is easily as straight as that is and far longer. I strongly recommend you demo this driver before buying something else. All the other good reviews on the web are dead on.

Good driving WBL. Sorry about your birdie chances.

[zaphod]

Nice. Have heard nothing good about this driver--the media and individual golfers.

Now you can advance to the joys of collecting hybrids, wedges, and putters. I find wedges most fulfilling.

[warbirdlover]

There's a Rossi Monza Ferrari Testarosa Spider putter calling to me!!

No hurry for that though. I'm loving my Anser.

Of course the Ping G10 hybrids would be cheaper...

(Wedges confuse me with all the different grinds etc. Can't imagine anything better then a Vokey SM)...

[MCDavis]

Originally Posted by warbirdlover

It was close!!! And I would have cried right there on the course...

And WG, after doing the dumbest thing in my life (selling the Rapture) I'll never leave this go.... no more wasted money on shafts either. You have not yet witnessed the REAL WBL in the tee box!! I now have three extra drivers for sale or trade... Make that 2. I'll keep the Ping G2 since it's not as forgiving but gets out there.

Now all my concentration ('hoing) will be on my short game or play around with some (Ping G10?) different hybrids.

I knew it would happen!!! Good buy, wbl!!

I've got a 21º G10 hybrid R flex. If it doesn't do well for me the next 2 weeks (and you haven't bought one already), I might sell it.

[SiberianDVM]

The G10 was the most popular driver I saw at the LPGA Ginn Tribute tourney I went to.
Great sound for a titanium head.

I'm sure you will be happy with it, warbirdlover. The occasional bad drive is sure to show up, but stick with it.

[warbirdlover]

The occasional bad drive is sure to show up

SiberianDVM

No doubt about it!! I could even slice the Sumo2 once in awhile...

[horstmc]

Originally Posted by warbirdlover

Ping drivers are .335 tip (I should know with all the shafts I've fed into them... . And a .335 can always be shimmed up to .350.



The 10.5º loft is perfect, not high at all. I got mine new at the Golf Shack in Kenosha. Right off the rack.

Actually, I believe the tip size is .350. I know the G5 driver is .350.

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[MCDavis]

G5 is definitely .350 as my .335 Comp NT had to be shimmed to fit.

[Hangfire]

Thanks for the review WB, I've been checking that thing out for a while, I'll have to go in and see how it works for me now;-)