General Discussion - Ping G25 Driver, Woods and Irons jessicadelia - Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:41 pm Post subject: Ping G25 Driver, Woods and Irons
The driver, fairway wood and irons in the Ping G25 lineup have arrived in 2013. Ping Tour players Bubba Watson and Hunter Mahan put them in play at the PGA Tour's season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Ping says the G25 driver has the largest profile and is the most forgiving clubhead design it has offered to date. It certainly has striking looks with its charcoal, non-glare finish (the same finish appears on the fairway woods and hybrids, too).
The clubhead is 460cc in volume, titanium, with an ultra-thin crown, but with internal structural support in the crown, sole and skirt intended to create a solid feel and sound. The center of gravity position is lower and deeper than in previous Ping drivers.
The Ping G25 irons are high-launching, game-improvement implements with a dark, non-glare matte finish. It helps create a solid impact feel - something Ping addresses in other ways, too: support bars in the cavity, plus a cavity badge, help create solid feel and sound.
The boost to launch angle is achieved in part through Ping's Custom Tuning Port, which is ingetrated into the sole to move more of the clubhead's mass low. The CTP also aligns behind the clubface's impact zone, another way of lowering the center of gravity and boosting MOI.
Like the driver, the Ping G25 fairway woods come in a charcoal, non-glare finish. They also have what Ping calls an "extreme variable thickness" clubface, designed to translate the energy of impact into higher ball speeds.
The G25 fairway woods have a stainless steel construction in large but low-profile clubheads, with a low and deep center of gravity. They are built to help promote a higher launch, with more forgiveness - particularly on shots struck low on the clubface.