Ping Golf Clubs - The Power of 10

In the Fall of 2007, Ping Golf released one of theirreduced spin overall. The woods also feature a
most innovative ideas in the company's history: Theshallow face, which helps golfers get an increase in
Ping G-10 design. The Power of 10 is changing theeffective hitting. It provides much forgiveness and
nature of Ping golf clubs and their capabilities for bothconsistency in shots. The low edge and bounce angle
amateur and professional golfers. The companyalso helps golfers get under the ball easier and get
launched the G-10 design series to help golfersbetter performance and energy transfer.
improve their performance, minimize mistakes andThe hybrids are quite popular within the G-10 series by
lower their scores. Golfers can experience the G-10Ping. Made of stainless steel, these clubs are made
design in Ping drivers, irons, fairway woods and hybrids.with sloping crowns. This was done purposely to help
The innovation and customized fitting the Pingwith higher launches. It gives a more solid feeling to mid
company is known for is definitely present in their G-10and long irons. There are six lofts which give options of
series. Compared to previous Ping clubs, the new G-10replacement from 1 iron through 6 iron and even
series takes technology to an entirely new level.fairway woods. Because the weight from the crown
The Ping G-10 drivers feature many new designand face are combined into a weight pad, the center
aspects. They have larger profiles, deeper faces andof gravity remains low and back. This allows for
an optimized center of gravity (CG) location. It actuallyincreased launch angles and reduced spins. To get
sits further back in the design. To maximize the ballhigher ball velocity and consistency, Ping engineers
velocity with the club, the Ping engineers increased thecreated the hybrid with a variable face thickness
face height of the golf club. They then got the golfdesign.
clubhead to work with the crown and sole, stayingPing G-10 Irons are great for golfers who need
within the recommended CT limits.forgiveness on the course. They provide great
In addition, the design of the shaft helps work with theconsistency and feature low toe weighting. This
driver to allow professional fitters to use the shaft andweighting allows for MOI to give added consistency.
profile to properly fit a player with the mostThe head is increased and has a new cavity shape
appropriate club. They increased the Moment-of-Inertiawith a wider sole. The new designs feature the center
(MOI), which automatically helped the club have moreof gravity being away from the face and low in the
consistent ball velocity. While the company reveals thehead. This allows for higher launching and lower
changes made were small, the improvement is great.spinning. In the G-10 irons, Ping's engineers created an
Golfers can expect to gain better speed, distance andentirely new shape for the Custom Tuning Port (CTP).
consistency in their drives. The 460cc G10 Driver isThey did this to stabilize the hitting area. This in turn
made with a cast body and 6-4 titanium. T he Drawallows for more consistent ball velocity. In addition, the
version is similar, but is made for right-to-left ball flightengineers inserted an elastomer CTP providing a more
which is ideal for a golfer who tends to fade or slicesolid feel and overall sound.
the ball due to poor swing mechanics. The DrawThe response from the worldwide tour staff at Ping
model has an inner weight panel closer to the back,golf clubs has been incredible. Chris DiMarco and US
which helps the rotation of the head.Open Champion Angel Cabrera both switched to this
The Ping G-10 Fairway Woods are also quitenew driver and G-10 golf clubs almost immediately. In
innovative. They are made with a crown whichfact, at the Barclay's Scottish Open, Cabrera used the
intersects the sole. This immediately helps create a lowPing G-10 driver and was the leader in driving distance.
profile head. When combined with the featured shallowOf course, with the forgiving nature of the G-10 series,
face, there is improvement in all lies. This innovativePing's new series is appropriate not only for
intersection allows for the skirt-less design. This designprofessionals but for players of all skill levels. Beginners
helped Ping engineers replace the center of gravityand amateur players will see some of their lowest
location, in a lower location. This lower located centerscores due to the innovative forgiveness in the Ping
of gravity (CG) allows for a higher ball velocity and aG-10 series.