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SPOTTED: Bubba Watson is gaming new Ping Glide Forged wedges

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Purveyors of cast irons and wedges that the company is, it’s surprising to see a forged offering from Ping. Indeed, it hasn’t happened since, what, Ping Anser irons in 2012?

Yet that’s exactly what PGATour.com’s Jonathan Wall spotted (and tweeted about) in Bubba Watson’s bag at The Memorial Tournament.

Behold: Pint Glide Forged wedges.

Per Wall’s tweet, Watson is continuing his traditional 52-56-60 wedge setup.

Watson has historically played a cast wedge, most recently gaming three Ping Glide 2.0 wedges (52-12 SS, 56-12 SS, 60-06 TS).

(Photo credit: Jonathan Wall)

(Photo credit: Jonathan Wall)

Interestingly, if the bounce numbers on Watson’s new wedges are correct, he’s playing a different amount of bounce in all three wedges. (switching from 52-12, 56-12, 60-06 to 52-10, 56-10, 60-08)

It’s unclear whether Watson is continuing to play True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts in the clubs.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about the new wedges in the forums.

 

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  1. Jerry

    Jun 2, 2018 at 10:53 am

    I think the Glide 2.0 have great feel off the ball, just a little bit light – it’s possible the forging will give it a more dense, solid feel. Let’s hope.

  2. Tommy

    Jun 1, 2018 at 11:11 pm

    These will go with the new i500’s. They’ll be going for total dedication from a lot of us. I can see a lot of bags going with 11 or 12 Ping clubs soon. These look original and awesome. I’ll definitely be buying.

    • ogo

      Jun 3, 2018 at 1:35 am

      This message sent from Scotsdale, AZ… the Home of Ping … 😉

  3. Mizzle Fizzle

    Jun 1, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    Them look good, tho.

    • ogo

      Jun 1, 2018 at 10:29 pm

      Wunder if they are just ‘coin’ forged on the surface only… and plain ol’ cast iron on the inside… golfers are gullible …. 😮

      • Man

        Jun 2, 2018 at 2:58 am

        Nobody cares how you wonder about the place aimlessly

        • The dude

          Jun 2, 2018 at 9:15 am

          @2:58 am…I “wonder” how many jack & cokes you had to write that eloquent post…..

          • Noonan

            Jun 2, 2018 at 10:37 am

            You’re too dumb to realize it wasn’t 2:58am where it was posted

        • ogo

          Jun 3, 2018 at 1:32 am

          … and I ‘wander’ while I ‘wonder’… 😮

  4. Fnar

    Jun 1, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    WTF Ping.
    Why do this all the time, telling people they couldn’t tell the difference between forged and cast carbon. And they go do this.
    Duh

    • ogo

      Jun 1, 2018 at 10:27 pm

      Mehbe it’s cause they can bend the forged hosel more than the double-annealed cast iron hosel…. particularly for the wedges… ya think?!!

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In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.

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