Loft, hand, head weight, lie, volume head size, length, swing weight. Data was collected using trackman, a doppler radar based launch monitor, over a 10 shot sample size with each club. Buy new and used ping g20 iron set from the best golf shop. The g20 driver also comes with pings own tfc 169d shaft that. Consistent yardage gapping is a key benefit of the g20 set, which includes high. One day on the range, two friends of mine had new ping g20 drivers in their bags. Miles of golf feels one of the very important parts of fitting a customer for a driver is the length of the driver. Every golfer wants to hit the ball farther, and the quest for maximum length has led many 21st century golfers to opt for drivers with shafts that are 1 to 3 inches longer than the standard recommended length. Year club model shaft description shaft manufacture flex. Pgx offset golf driver has been added to your cart include add a. I purchased a ping g20 senior flex 12 deg from callaway preowned in like new condition.
However, the longer the shaft the harder it is to control the club and hit the ball squarely. I find the tfc169d shaft plays as advertised stiffer tip, slightly lower. As mentioned earlier, ping has put a high balance point in their g20 shafts to allow you to swing a bit more mass g20 is actually 2 grams heavier than the g15 at the same speed. The g20 is a reserved gray color with unobtrusive alignment and no particularly fancy or. So this is the updated lm stats for my g20 with the bb xflex later this afternoon. The ping g20 driver is a game improvement golf driver for golfers looking for high launch and easy to control drives. The shaft ping tfc 169d shaft both the regular and tour versions. Click to view image album click to view image album click to view image album click to view image album model ping. He regularly is near the top statically in driving distance tournament after tournament. Ping golf drivers generate incredible ball velocity and feature a lowspin design which minimizes curvature.
Standard length is based on the alta cb 55 red shaft. 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. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. Not only does the new g20 driver feel light despite a head weight around 7 grams heavier than the g15, but the paint job is a few shades lighter with a silvery gray finish that does a great job at. I was in need of a new driver and tested many drivers before going with the ping g20, 9. To get the most distance from your driver, you must optimize the launch angle. The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. Measuring the length of the old shafts will show how long the new ones need to. I had only played occasionally in charity tournaments or on vacation, playing maybe once a year.
Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. There is quite a variety of lofts you can get with the g20. Ping g20 battle of the tfc169 shafts, which one golfwrx. You might hit the occasional drive farther with a longer shaft. If the driver shaft is so long that you are not able to make consistent sweet spot contact, all of the potential distance gained from the shaft length goes out the window.
However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. Many of our shaft descriptions state that the item has a stock shaft, this would indicate that the shaft in the club would be the stock option provided by the manufacturer. The ping g20 driver is included in the awardwinning gseries driver line. I am playing a g20 driver which i had digitally lofted to 9. The ping g20 driver is a game improvement golf driver for golfers looking for high launch and easy to. Starting in the 1980s, all the golf equipment companies began to increase the. Well the ping g20 driver is going to get you bubba long. Combined with the new cfs steel shaft control, feel and stability, the g20 optimizes feel and trajectories. The only part i had was the spline for the hydramatic trans. While fitting in the miles of golf cluboratory, we see a different picture play out that goes much deeper than raw club head speed.
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. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. Ping g20 shafts clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the sand. Select from regular, firm, stiff, ladies or seniors flex constructed from graphite or steel. That is why the cluboratory, our fitting center, has drivers of varying length. The higher the swing speed, the stiffer the shaft flex should be.
Ping g20 driver april 26th, 2012 after having enjoyed watching bubba watson win the masters 2012, it is a privilege to test not his personal driver, which is pink and lefthanded, but the same model. Infiniti g20 cv axle shaft assembly replacement costs. Many golf monthly forum members are increasingly inquisitive over the distance gains we see on readerfitting days, questioning where. Data was collected using trackman, a doppler radar based launch monitor. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. The size and shape of the longer head look much better than the g15 and. The new g20 has been optimized for performance and durability. My swing speed is a little bit slower than you dewade247, 9095 but i also wanted higher ball flight in order for shots to land softer. The ping g20 driver is long, forgiving and consistent, traits that all golfers should prize in their drivers. Graphite golf shafts are lighter than steel shafts. Make sure you know the correct type of golf shaft to replace your current shaft with. We all know how important shaft length is for an iron. When installing new golf shafts it is important to know how long the shafts need to be. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43.
Year club model shaft description shaft manufacture flex shaft wt. Replacement shaft mpf code 2007 rhapsody fairway woods ult 129 f graphite l 53. The shaft ping tfc 169d shaft both the regular and tour versions have some weight distributed above the center point. Pings simple changes to create the g20 made this club bubba long right off the rack. If you are looking for no frills length with great sound and accuracy, check.
I absolutely love this driver and find it very forgiving. Ping staff player bubba watson is known for his length off the tee. So not only do i have a driver that feels great at address, it also feels like i can make a good, hard pass at the ball. If he could hit the ball straight with a 45 inch clubhe would. The tour 65 shaft is available at an upcharge default standard length is 45. The g20 has a large clubhead and clubface, and ping states that. Score the high quality used golf drivers that gives you the distance and control you need. A sidebyside test was run comparing a g15 7 iron with its stock awt steel shaft to the new g20 7iron with its cfs steel shaft. July 3, 2012 we liked the ping g20 driver a lot, but we like the ping g20 fairway wood even more. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45.