Our Ping Glide Forged wedges review took place following testing at Leeds Golf Centre and Rudding Park.
We conducted the majority of the test around the greens and in the bunkers at Rudding Park.
When it comes to wedges, we don’t think launch monitor data is going to be that useful.
Wedges are about looks and feel – and chipping the ball close to the hole, obviously.
We are confident we can test them out by eye and feel without the need to pour over launch monitor data which is very strike dependant.
Ping Glide Forged wedges review: First impressions
These irons are quite a bit different to the Glide 2.0 wedges which were released about 18 months ago.
With the Glide Forged we have a compact, sleek, forged players iron which I’m guessing Ping will hope a lot of their staff tour players will gravitate towards.
I always found the Glide wedges to be quite large and confidence inspiring which was good.
But at the same time they lacked that shelf appeal of a Vokey or a Cleveland blade.
We’ve got a similar finish to that on their new i500 and i210 irons (and iBlade, G400, G700) so it’s possible to get a set of irons and wedges which blend together really nicely.
It seems to me that Ping now have a wedge option to compete with the sleeker bladed wedges on the market – for tour players and handicap golfers.
