5 When all the talking and technical detail ends, it’s time to hit the product and see how it looks and performs.
And when a range is as compelling as the new G30s appear then there is a lot to live up to.
But I’m as confident as I can be after an hour on the range that Ping have done a great job on their new flagship clubs.
Let’s start, inevitably, with the driver – or should that be drivers.
I’ll admit now that I didn’t get on especially well with the G25 driver. The Anser and i25 models both suited me better in terms of looks, sound and performance. I think lots of golfers will get a genuine yardage boost with the Turbulators but I was more struck by the improvement in acoustics and head shape. Factor in the stunning new Tour shaft and you have a driver with massive appeal.
We all knew the G25 was forgiving – to me the G30 is the same but longer, looks better, sounds better and spins a little less. Quite a combo.
As for the SF Tec, this genuinely happened: a colleague hitting next to me complained that all drives were suddenly heading 10 yards left with the new driver. The realisation came five minutes later, following discussion with a Ping fitter, that the driver in question was an SF Tec. You can’t really get a stronger recommendation than that.
"The G30 driver is longer, looks better, sounds better and spins a little less than the G25." I was lucky enough to play with Ping’s chief engineer Marty Jertson and watch him pummel his new G30 fairway wood. Marty is a pro who has played in two PGA Championships in the States as well as missing out on a place in the Open in a final qualifying play-off. Enough said.
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Still, the way he pured the G30 fairway, both from the tee and off the fairway, would suggest it is a real winner. The flight was powerful and the sound was just so.
