GEEEE-10! Yes, Ping has a winner!

[limpalong]

After being in the bag for over two seasons, my driver went "bad". It was being retricted, far too often, to "time out". Finally, it just never found its way into the bag and became a liabiity. So...

Taking advice from "he who changes drivers more often than underwear" (WBL)... I went out and bought a G10. We're about 6 rounds into our relationship and beginning to get along quite well. Took us a few rounds to speak the same language. But, now the communication process seems to be on track.

My shaft of choice for a number of years... back in the "old days"... was the Grafalloy ProLite 35. Great Big Bertha... Biggest Big Bertha... The gray Graphite Design shafts that came OEM were junk. I'd have them changed out, immediately to the ProLite and life was good. I had forgotten the characteristics of the ProLite... a nice power fade that was controllable and predictable.

Over the past few years, I seemed to gravitate to Fuji shafts. The Fuji's all were easy to turn over. In fact, I had to be cautious or trouble left would come into play. Easy swings resulted in nice, ego enhancing draws. Muscle up a little and I could find myself deep left.

The new G10 is equipped with the Grafalloy Red shaft, (S) flex. Grafalloy's marketing says the characteristics of the Red is similar to the ProLite 35. That statement is amazingly correct! The first few holes with the G10 found me in the deep stuff to the right! I haven't been right off the tee for years. Thought for a while I had made a huge mistake. Is this shaft too much for me? Should I have gone with a "sissy flex", more recommended for an old fart like me? Did I just burn a couple hundred bucks for nothing? Nah! WBL can't be wrong!!!

I began playing the power fade this shaft seemed to like to produce. Wow! Even went back to visit a course where I played often, back in the GBB/BBB days. The power fade worked and I scored well. I was beginning to get accustomed to the shaft... but....

Some holes just call for a draw off the tee. Our home course requires the ball to be turned both way, depending on the particular hole. And, this shaft just didn't seem to want to turn over. The more I tried to turn it right to left... the farther I would block it to the right. What to do... what to do???

Last night, I wrapped about 6 grams of lead tape around the hosel. Today, this stick was magic!!! Fade... draw... Not once was I Limbaugh like right. Not once was did I hook one left. Fairway after fairway. Lowest round of the year!!! I think I have this shaft figured out!

The G10 clubhead sets up quite well. This G10 10.5 degree seems to set up about as square as could be. I don't mind the half-moon looking alignment aid on the crown. Setting down, behind tee and ball, this G10 has a "hungry" look as if it is just wanting to beat the ProV into oblivion! This driver seems to build confidence just by addressing the ball.

Some say there's not much difference, anymore, in how a ball comes off the clubface of a driver. .860 COR... all drivers have it! 460cc... all drivers are the same size. The G10 isn't some triangular shape or square shape or doesn't look like a skillet on a stick. The head shape is quite traditional. Yet, the ball seems to fly forever. Today's round found me hitting completely different irons into greens than I have ever been used to. On the balls requiring a straight tee ball... or those that needed turned slightly right to left... I was able to stroke a nice smooth draw that took the ball to parts of the fairway, unknown to this old man. 11, 12, and 13 are all good par 4's. Our group plays "longest drive in the fairway" on these three holes most every weekend. Our "big stakes game" pays you a quarter from the other participants if you're longest in the fairway on these holes. Usually, it's a toss up and no one gets "rich". This morning, I found all three fairways... waaaaayyy out there... and may be banned from this "game" for a few weeks. And, yes, there were the typical accusations of "buying a better game" tossed out. (Sure felt good, though!)

I never like to give a completely glowing review when a club hasn't had time to move from honeymoon to real life. It is difficult, however, to find anything negative to say about the G10. Solid... long... This seems to be a real fairway finder!!!

My Eye 2+'s have always had to put up with a Callaway driver sharing bag space with them. I understand how difficult it must have been for them. Yet, the Callaways have given good service for many years. I could not have shot this year's low round, this morning, with only the G10's performance. Stellar performance by the irons was also necessary. There seemed to be a soft glow of happiness apparent in the face of each of the BeCu Eye 2+'s this morning as they sent ball after ball at the flags. Surely, they were just saying "Thanks!" for finally having bag space shared with the G10!!! Here's hoping this is merely the beginning of a long lasting, loving relationship with what appears to be a driver deserving of the glowing reviews I've read to date!!!

[goatster]

nice review glad to see its working out for you.

[warbirdlover]

I KNEW it. I KNEW it... Now if some of these other knuckleheads in here would JUST TRY ONE.... they'd never put it down. I had an HONEST 275 yard drive yesterday measured with sssmokin's GPS. It was on a 355 yard hole with a slight dogleg right at the very end. I had 80 yards in (GPS) and parred it. I swear I've hit nothing less then 250 (total distance with roll Lyle ) with this and that's amazing for me.

Of course the swing changes over the winter are really finally starting to feel natural and produce.

[VtDivot]

Sounds to me like Sssmokin's GPS is broken. HAHHAHAHHAHA.

J/K

[JEFF4i]

Nice review!

Oh, and this knucklehead tried the G10 Warbird.

[warbirdlover]

Sounds to me like Sssmokin's GPS is broken. HAHHAHAHHAHA.

J/K

VtDivot

I'll get you for that!!!

Oh, and this knucklehead tried the G10 Warbird.

JEFF4i

If you had the intelligence to try it then you aren't a knucklehead!!

But wait.... if you didn't buy it maybe you are!!

[JEFF4i]

Originally Posted by warbirdlover

If you had the intelligence to try it then you aren't a knucklehead!!

But wait.... if you didn't buy it maybe you are!!

Its a conundrum.

Honestly, I did like it. I just like my FT-i more.

[Black59Razr]

The G10 was the only $300 driver in golf digest's top drivers of the year, as far as performance. The rest were in the $500 range.