The Ping Glide Forged wedge is Ping’s first forging in more than five years, and it reflects everything the company has learned in making its cast wedges.
GAPR clubs fit a growing hole between increasingly difficult to hit and lower-lofted long irons, hybrids that fly too high and long-shafted fairway woods that are harder to control.
The new Ping i210 (the compact, cavity back players iron) and i500 (a fast-faced players distance iron) reveal that iron technology for today’s better players adroitly balances two pressing characteristics: precision and power.
This new face-balanced, high-moment of inertia mallet design is all about getting golfers into the correct posture over the ball before making a putting stroke.
Bubba Watson is known for his booming tee shots and curving approaches, but on the 72nd hole of the Travelers Championship it was a deft touch with his lob wedge that proved the difference.
Normally Johnson, who is not superstitious, will use any of the 1-4 numbers in the dozen. At this year’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, however, Johnson will be teeing it up with number 70 Pro V1x, prompting the question, why?
Australian Golf Digest
