Ping G10 - Loving it.

jimbling

Must say, I am very very impressed with this driver. I picked up a 10.5° last Thursday.
Hit 30 balls in the driving range then headed for the course. Was playing on my own so was hitting 3/4 drives each hole.
Also played a full competition round on Saturday with it. I was driving very well and very consistently for the round.

Very easy club to hit. My most natural drive swing produces a fade. Sometimes that fade can turn into a slice.....but not with this club. I think I sliced one ball out of the hundreds I hit with it.

It did have a tendency to hook when I hit the ball badly all right. The more and more I played with it the less and less that actually happened though.

The only real downside was that when a hole actually called for a fade drive I sometimes couldn't pull it off. The ball would go straight as an arrow, which got me in trouble.

I was also getting a fair bit of height on the ball, so decided to switch it for a 9° yesterday. They only had a stiff flex shaft and the guy there had no qualms in telling me I wouldn't be able to use it. I quietly told him I was a fairly good ball striker but he went on saying that most people over a 5 handicap couldn't control the ball with one.


Well, screw you man the club is nothing but awesome. Went to the range with it last night. It did take about 20+ balls before I managed to hit the sweet spot with it. But once I did.... wow. Ball went for miles, and almost always on line.
I don't think I hit another bad shot for my remaining 40 shots. I was sailing the ball over the 250y marker.... and by a long way.


Okay, I haven't actually played with it on a course yet, and will do so this evening, but I am quietly confident that it will be fantastic.
Either way, the G10 is my new driver. Whether it be the 10.5° or the 9°. I am just so impressed with the feel and the end results of the driver that I don't think I can possible not buy it. :cool:


Any of ye guys use it? I'm not sure if this club just perfectly suited to me or is it genuinely a fantastic club. I haven't used that many of top end brand drivers to be honest.



NOTE: I also picked up a 21° hybrid G10. Again, haven't played with it on a course yet, but from the initial few shots it feels like a fantastic club. It feels easy to hit off the ground, easy to control distance too. And it can be long enough to use off the tee for the shorter Par4s if my driver is not required. (I was getting 220+ off the tee)

Mr. Larson

This is gonna sound like a massive plug for the G10 but I love the series too. I use the 10.5 degree with the pro launch red shaft which is regular flex I think. Love it too. My driving is the most improved part of my game by a long way and although it's not all down to the driver it definitely played a big part. Now I usually only hit about 2 bad drives per round, compared to previously hitting around 7 or 8 bad ones. (Bad for me means either knocked down or 30+ yards offline - good means anything over 240 yards in play).

I used to hit a pretty low ball off the tee which wasn't great for the hilly course I joined so I got checked out in Golfworks in Kilcoole in Wicklow (not custom fit or anything just hit some balls in the back room and had the flight checked by computer). I tried a few drivers and the G10 10.5 degree came out top. Like yourself, I'm hitting the ball pretty straight off the tee now and the snap hook seems to have gone away - when I swing too hard I usually get a bit of a slice. Soon after I bought the G10 Irons and also bought a 24 degree G10 hybrid and can vouch for those too.

jimbling

Ya, I have been so impressed with Ping that have been considering looking at them for a set of irons as well.
I have been thinking of going with Mizuno MX200s, but will have to try out a few of the pings before making a decision.

Ciano1012

I bought a second hand callaway fti square driver last month for €100 and I have dropped my handicap by four shots since! I won my presidents prize also. I would highly recommend this driver to any who wants to be able to hit nearly every fairway

jimbling

okay, I just found out that I can get the G15 driver for €199. The G10 I was about the purchase is going for €189.
hmmm, what to do. Should prob go for the newer version, or perhaps try and get a discount from the shop due to it.

ThunderCat

I use a Ping G-10 driver too. 10.5 degree stiff pro launch V2 shaft. Lovely club. That said ive a Wilson Staff driver thats about 3 or 4 years old that I bought second hand for 60euro and I find this equally as good.

Adrock-aka

OP i had the exact same experience with the G10 and those great shots followed me from the driving range to the course! I had a callaway 454 9 degree and it wasnt doing me any favours. I hit the ball very low naturally so I got a stiff Aldilya 10.5 G10 (second hand) and I have a much nicer ball flight now and im carrying way more yards. Im stricking the ball from the tee better than I ever have. I'm off 19 but i'm about 280-300 yards off the tee where as before I was 260-280. Very impressed.

Mister Sifter

Adrock-aka wrote: »

I'm off 19 but i'm about 280-300 yards off the tee where as before I was 260-280. Very impressed.

"GO GET 'IM BOYS!!"

jimbling

Mister Sifter wrote: »

"GO GET 'IM BOYS!!"

Why do people think that a high handicap automatically means you cant be long off the tee


I admit, for most men, driving distance is like dick measuring.... it tends to get exaggerated..... but there's also the case that some people are just bigger than others.

As an example, I know a 17 handicapper that could out drive most tour players. But he doesn't have the accuracy that they have. He's mainly a high handicapper because he has no finesse around the greens.

Seems to be a large number of people on this site that are short hitters and have an inferiority complex. :pac:

Jasonw

I'd love to meet some of these 'big hitters'. I play off 7, I'm not short by any means but I measure my drives on the flat with no wind and I average around 240 to 250 yards. Don't get me wrong - with the wind behind and downhill I've driven it 350 yds. but my point is this, there are only a few in my club who hit it consistantly further and they are either low handicappers or tall mid-handicappers. I think there's a tendancy to add 20 yds when describing drives. As for driving ranges - the yardages are never accurate.

jimbling

Jasonw wrote: »

I'd love to meet some of these 'big hitters'. I play off 7, I'm not short by any means but I measure my drives on the flat with no wind and I average around 240 to 250 yards. Don't get me wrong - with the wind behind and downhill I've driven it 350 yds. but my point is this, there are only a few in my club who hit it consistantly further and they are either low handicappers or tall mid-handicappers. I think there's a tendancy to add 20 yds when describing drives. As for driving ranges - the yardages are never accurate.

Ya, I'm sure some people add on 20y, but in general I would say that it's that people don't know how to measure a drive.
They see a 420y hole, then for they're second shot they're only 110y away from the hole. This leads to the assumption they drove the ball 310y. Forgetting about the fact that you just cut the corner taking about 50y out of the hole.


Honestly I don't know how long my drives are. I just know I'm longer than most people I play against. Some of those are lowish handicappers, but most are in the teens. One of my main playing partners, who is an excellent player, is about 6' 4 " and is a seriously fit strong guy. He freaks out that my drives go about 20/30y past his every time.

Ciano1012

Im off twenty and I dont hit the ball far at all. It would usually take me 3 shots to get onto most par fours. Its much much more important to have a good short game

L.O.F.T

OP, I think there is no better feeling when you get a club which looks, feels and plays as you have described. Id stick to the G10 and unless the G15 is equal or a better performer then don’t bother changing.

My two cents on driving distance is there are many people out there who can swing the club incredibly fast, however there's nothing like the anonymity of the internet to lengthen drives. You're in a golf forum. 290 -300+ drives are common place averages. And whilst hitting hit long is an advantage the consistency and skill of getting it up and down from 150 yards/ 100 yards and getting the ball in the hole is key. I regularly hit it 300 yards, 100 out, 100 up and 100 down.

jimbling

Jasonw wrote: »

I'd love to meet some of these 'big hitters'. I play off 7, I'm not short by any means but I measure my drives on the flat with no wind and I average around 240 to 250 yards. Don't get me wrong - with the wind behind and downhill I've driven it 350 yds. but my point is this, there are only a few in my club who hit it consistantly further and they are either low handicappers or tall mid-handicappers. I think there's a tendancy to add 20 yds when describing drives. As for driving ranges - the yardages are never accurate.

by the way, another quick question. How / where do you measure your drives?
I haven't played a course with no wind for I don't know how long. Even if I do I'd be looking for a flat hole, again not that many. These just leaves me with the Driving range, which you can't use either because of inaccuracies..

so, how do ye guys actually get a decent measurement of distance?

Anyway, I'm off to test this G10 9° on the course...ill let ye know how I get on later.

Dublin Spur

Have had a G10 (9 degree) driver for about a year.
Absolutely superb club - Iorns are G-10s too.
You just can't do better then Ping in my opinion.

Running Bing

Im an absolute duffer who has never played with anything but a cheapo argos Ram starter set but I had the opportunity to hit a few shots with the G10 last week and could not believe it.

Usually my drives are all over the place but every shot with the G10 was straight. It seemed like no matter what I did, no matter what way I hit it the ball just went straight.:D

It felt like I was cheating.:pac:

Jasonw

jimbling wrote: »

by the way, another quick question. How / where do you measure your drives?
I haven't played a course with no wind for I don't know how long. Even if I do I'd be looking for a flat hole, again not that many. These just leaves me with the Driving range, which you can't use either because of inaccuracies..

so, how do ye guys actually get a decent measurement of distance?

Anyway, I'm off to test this G10 9° on the course...ill let ye know how I get on later.

I admit it's hard to get the conditions right to measure but there are times when the wind is negligable. there are a few ways to measure but the best is to subtract the closest distance marker fron the tee you played from and pace out the rest. my pacing is pretty good to about 1 or 2 yards every 50.

Hope the club works out for you. Never liked Ping myself though I recognise it is a top quality brand. More of a Titleist man myself.

Stunning bike by the way. Id love to own one but a combination of factors make it impossible. Maybe when I turn 50

CLADA

Lads this is like watching that golf shopping channel

"I could only hit the ball 15yds before I bought a G10, and my sex life has improved too" :D


Joking aside I bought a 10.5 degree G10 about a year and a half ago in the liquidation sale when Nevada Bobs closed in Kimmage. I would have to agree with all the positive comments......now if I thought the G10 Irons would make the same difference

jimbling

Well, played the course with it yesterday.

It took me a while before I hit the sweet spot. I am presuming (hoping) that's just a matter of getting used to it. Once I did (on the 4th hole) it was all good from then on.

And distance. I really don't care what ye all think of the situation but I am getting way more distance and hitting the ball much straighter. Way more so than the 10.5° version which I thought was a brilliant at the weekend... is that normal though, the less degree's and the stiffer flex?

If any of ye recall there a month ago when I fiddled with my drive, doing this weird swing - it was getting the ball way into the air and going for miles. It didn't last (started slicing like crazy) and had to go back to old swing, with much less distance.
Well, this 9° Stiff flex G10 is getting the same without so much of a whimper.
Now perhaps it is merely because it suits me or perhaps it is just that I haven't tried that many other top brand drivers, which I haven't.


Oh, on on measuring distance, I did the best I could. The wind was up (which it almost always is in Blarney) so the only hole I could really measure was on the 11th which is pretty straight and flat.
The wind was coming from right to left across the hole so shouldn't have had too much impact. The hole is 404y and I was talking my second shot about 4 inches from the 100y marker. I have only once ever reached the 100y marker there before and it was using the drive I was talking about above.

Anyway, I'm delighted with it at the moment. I'm going for a lesson tonight and getting my swing analysed etc, so will ask him about continuing with the stiff flex etc.
Oh, and the 21° hybrid was also working very well. It was leaking to the right on occasion, but was much better than using my 3/4 iron.

Adrock-aka

Glad its going well for you! Takes a few rounds to get used to but its become one of the clubs im most confidant hitting next to a 7 iron!

For the record, I couldnt be worse 5-20 yards from the green and my putting is literally appalling!

jimbling

Lesson went very well. I'm getting a number of lessons so we started with the full swing. He basically told me after the lesson that he wouldn't be touching it again and he was extremely happy with it.
Only slight modification he made was to raise my hands a small bit with the irons.

We went at the drivers with the Pro Launch software. I started with the G10 from above. I was hitting it beautifully but he wasn't happy with the spin levels... it was up around 3000. It was still telling me that my average drive was 270y.

We went through a few other drivers but we settled on the Titleist D2 9.5 Stiff shaft. It felt more lightweight to me but the ball did launch better and the machine told me it was keeping my spin down to 2150 average. It was also pushing my drive distance to 293y average.

So, now I'm tied. It seems madness to buy a club when another suits my swing etc more.

jimbling

Sweet. Was just on to a friend and he owns a Titleist 909D2, the exact spec I'm looking for. Going to play 9 holes with him this evening and use the club on the course. He said he might be able to source me one too.

ShriekingSheet

Yeah, I use three G10 clubs - Driver, 3 Wood and 18 Degree Hybrid. Really like them all I must say. Got the driver by chance going cheap over a year ago and was so impressed I sprung for the other two with the same spec.

For me, I've always been longer than average but never overly straight, often with quite a high ball flight. I found the ProLaunch Red with 9 degree head gave me a much better flight and I'm certainly hitting more fairways.

To those unsure about shaft flex, always err on the side of the softer shaft. I bumped down from X to S with mine as the Grafalloy plays a little stiffer and heavier than the V2 or the Orange Ping shaft. These are the three main shaft options you'll see so as a quick guide for anyone interested see below...

ProForce V2 (Yellow in colour) - high ball flight - plays quite light - suitable for most
Ping (Orange in colour) - mid/high ball flight - plays quite light - suitable for anyone
Grafalloy ProLaunch Red (Black in colour) - mid/low ball flight - plays slightly heavier - suitable for stronger players

trackerman

Folks, I'm fairly new to the Dublin area...

Where can I go to test out a G10 ?
I mean are there any shops that will let you borrow a tester club?

Or perhaps shops that have a testing bay and helpfull staff that will help me select the right type of driver for my height etc...

I'm located in the Dublin west ares near Maynooth.

Thanks in advance.

madds

I'd be pretty sure that the pro shop in Carton House would let you try one out in the GUI practice area...they'd be mad to let a potential sale go. So my advice would be to try one out there first and if you like it, purchase elsewhere like that Halpenny Golf beside the Foxhunter pub on the N4.

Note that the GUI Academy was closed earlier today so best ring ahead if you're thinking of spinning over this evening.

sos33

bought the G10 driver,3&5 woods about 4 months ago,stiff shaft ,playing off 13 so can hit a ball if i do say so,i struggled with the driver for the first couple of months had to slow my swing down but eventually started to come good but it took alot of patience and practice time,to anyone buying one, great club but if your like me and liked to give it welly on the tee your in for a frustrating time changed my swing completly

trackerman

sos33 wrote: »

bought the G10 driver,3&5 woods about 4 months ago,stiff shaft ,playing off 13 so can hit a ball if i do say so,i struggled with the driver for the first couple of months had to slow my swing down but eventually started to come good but it took alot of patience and practice time,to anyone buying one, great club but if your like me and liked to give it welly on the tee your in for a frustrating time changed my swing completly

So whats the general theory on fast swings?
I thought a firm shaft would be better than a flexiable shaft for the faster swings????

jimbling

sos33 wrote: »

bought the G10 driver,3&5 woods about 4 months ago,stiff shaft ,playing off 13 so can hit a ball if i do say so,i struggled with the driver for the first couple of months had to slow my swing down but eventually started to come good but it took alot of patience and practice time,to anyone buying one, great club but if your like me and liked to give it welly on the tee your in for a frustrating time changed my swing completly

You must have a supersonic swing. I found that if I slowed down in any way I lost control......and I have a swing speed of 110mph.

sos33

jimbling wrote: »

You must have a supersonic swing. I found that if I slowed down in any way I lost control......and I have a swing speed of 110mph.

don't know how fast i am swinging but i kept slicing the ball ,now that i have slowed down im going well,letting the club do the work instead of me;)

jimbling

jimbling wrote: »

Sweet. Was just on to a friend and he owns a Titleist 909D2, the exact spec I'm looking for. Going to play 9 holes with him this evening and use the club on the course. He said he might be able to source me one too.

Turned out it wasn't the exact spec. He had a 10.5 instead of a 9.5. I hit it once, but it didn't feel as good as the one I was using the other night.

I continued with the Ping G10 for the rest of the holes. Was hitting the ball well but I was definitely getting too much spin. There was a big wind down there and I was losing massive distance when against the wind as it was catching the backspin and pushing it way up in the air.

I reckon I will keep the hybrid G10, but bring back the Driver tomorrow and get the Titleist.

Mister Sifter

Just shows how different each golfer is... i've had a G10 9 degree and a D2 9.5 degree in the past 15 months and couldn't hit either of them out of my way.

From reading this thread you'd think the G10 was the holy grail of golf clubs. Can barely bring myself to look at one now it was that bad for me...

Sorry to spoil the big love in!! :-D

jimbling

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Just shows how different each golfer is... i've had a G10 9 degree and a D2 9.5 degree in the past 15 months and couldn't hit either of them out of my way.

From reading this thread you'd think the G10 was the holy grail of golf clubs. Can barely bring myself to look at one now it was that bad for me...

Sorry to spoil the big love in!! :-D

Ya, that was probably a bit of over excitement from my part. It's just that it was such a gulf between my old driver and this... and I used to hit my old driver okay, just no where near the consistency in direction and length. It turns out other drivers can do that for me too... so it's not just the ping G10.

By the way, I played with a pro golfer yesterday. I out drove him by a good 30 yards on most holes. He's obviously not a long player, and he's kind of tinkering at the moment, but still... gives the ego a boost

Niall09

I have a G10, and I sometimes love it and I sometimes hate it. I think it is a bitch when you aren't hitting it great. It feels ****ty when you don't catch it off the sweet spot too.

sos33 wrote: »

don't know how fast i am swinging but i kept slicing the ball ,now that i have slowed down im going well,letting the club do the work instead of me;)

That's hardly your swing speed's fault. It's a technical fault in your swing which is being maximized when you swing fast. If you want to use your full potential, I'd suggest you get a lesson. Then you wont be getting frustrated

sos33

Niall09 wrote: »

I have a G10, and I sometimes love it and I sometimes hate it. I think it is a bitch when you aren't hitting it great. It feels ****ty when you don't catch it off the sweet spot too.



That's hardly your swing speed's fault. It's a technical fault in your swing which is being maximized when you swing fast. If you want to use your full potential, I'd suggest you get a lesson. Then you wont be getting frustrated

played 18 holes today with a scratch golfer,he ajusted my grip from watching me drive and have to say it worked but i think ill take your advice and get a lesson miss lashing the ball on the tee:D:D

jimbling

After all my talk about not been able to slice this club I balloon sliced quite a few on Friday evening.
To be fair, I wasn't striking the ball all that well and sliced some of my irons too.

Either way, I've decided against it. I handed it back to the shop. I did keep the rescue club though and I love it..... it's just so reliable. I also hit one of my best shots with it on the 10th in blarney the other day. Just off the green for an eagle putt

kagni

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Just shows how different each golfer is... i've had a G10 9 degree and a D2 9.5 degree in the past 15 months and couldn't hit either of them out of my way.

From reading this thread you'd think the G10 was the holy grail of golf clubs. Can barely bring myself to look at one now it was that bad for me...

Sorry to spoil the big love in!! :-D

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like the G10.
I bought one when it first came out but never got on with it. It just didn't work for me and I couldn't get any consistency with it.
I went back to an older Cobra model and am driving the ball a lot better.

Jasonw

jimbling wrote: »

After all my talk about not been able to slice this club I balloon sliced quite a few on Friday evening.
To be fair, I wasn't striking the ball all that well and sliced some of my irons too.

Either way, I've decided against it. I handed it back to the shop. I did keep the rescue club though and I love it..... it's just so reliable. I also hit one of my best shots with it on the 10th in blarney the other day. Just off the green for an eagle putt

I see. Thanks for the loan of the club. Should have won the presidents prize with it but I still ain't buying it.

jimbling

Sucks. Have to go back to my old driver for today. Going to be tough after using the G10 for two weeks.
Hopefully have The titleist by next week though.

jimbling

Took delivery of the Titleist 909D2 today. Loving it. Hit 30 balls in the range and it feels fantastic.

I think the Pro was right, this is the club for me. The ball didn't once spin off the clubface, it just rocketed out there. And it feels awesome.

Hopefully it will be repeated on the course.

who_ru

jimbling wrote: »

Took delivery of the Titleist 909D2 today. Loving it. Hit 30 balls in the range and it feels fantastic.

I think the Pro was right, this is the club for me. The ball didn't once spin off the clubface, it just rocketed out there. And it feels awesome.

Hopefully it will be repeated on the course.

i recently bought a second hand G10 from a guy on these boards - name is pinkdoubleagle - and have to say it's an excellent driver for me - sure i slice the odd one but overall very happy with it and most definitely won't be handing it back. just my experience.