9 replies to this topic

[msdamailman]

Longer and straighter? For you. And what loft are you guys using?

[Polo-D]

Longer and forgiving G15
Straighter, super forgiving and long enough K15
I dont know about G20

I use 10.5 loft.

Edited by Polo-D, 18 August 2012 - 12:09 PM.

[Worminator]

I'm a Ping nut and I have a lot of recent experience with their drivers.  Just this season I have owned a G15, G20, i20, and bought the Anser this past Thursday.  My son had a K15 as well.

I am currently playing, and sticking with the G15.  I bought the i20 and Anser as soon as they were released, and had the G20 before getting the current G15 I am gaming.  I believe Ping without a doubt makes one of the best drivers on the market.  But what it has all boiled down to for me is the right head/shaft combination.  I bought my G15 off Ebay because the price was great, and it had a shaft I knew should work well for me.  Well, it has worked better than expected.  Since I had the G20 at the time, I have the exact same shaft put in it with the exact same specs, and it felt nothing like the G15.  The magic combination is tough to find.

I lucked out when I found the G15.  I bought the Anser this week and it is an excetional driver, but it wasn't the perfect combination for me.  It is getting a lot of great reviews as does the G20.  I have gotten to the point where I can tell if a driver is going to work for me in the first 20-30 balls on the range.  I impulse buy and I need to stop buying drivers until I've demoed them against my current gamer.  I think I have now learned my lesson in that regard.

As far as the K15, it is a very forgiving and underated club, but seems draw biased to me.  If you have trouble losing drives to the right it could be the perfect club, but if you hit a draw already it may be too closed for you.

[jwo]

Another PING guy here. I am on my third G15 and had a G20 for a couple of months this year, no K15 experience though. In terms of forgiveness I thought the G20 was the most forgiving driver I ever hit period. I had the wrong set up though and hit it too high for my liking.

Like the Worminator though I have found the magic combo with my current G15/ Axiv Core red combo. And not far behind the G20 in forgiveness at all. Plus I like the look of the G15 at address so much better.

[Jimbud]

G15 is very forgiving on miss hits but you can miss a fairway left or right as easy as other drivers if the club's face is open or closed at impact.

[Johnny T]

All of them are really nice drivers.  I've had each one with 10.5* heads.  All of them are plenty long and forgiving, but for me the K15 was the most consistent performer.  The looks may not suit some as it has a large footprint, but it seems to be hot all the way across the face.  It is just an easy club to get hit straight.

[Trawlerman]

I bought a G15 last year with the stock TFC regular shaft.  It is long but I couldn't stop it from going right. Cut 3/4" off the hsfat but that didn't help.  Went back to my older Titleist 907 D2 w/Diamina Blue shaft and it just goes straight!  I've been thinking about re-shafting the G15 but don't really know what to put in it. The trajectory with then Diamiana Blue is perfect for me.

Jim

Edited by Trawlerman, 19 August 2012 - 11:03 AM.

[orangebang]

I agree with the K15 observation.  It is hot all across the face and easiest to launch and hit straight.  It is not closed at all.

[smitty72]

I have the K15 in 10.5* and the G20 in 12.0* and find that I get more distance with the G20 still pretty straight and the K15 is less distance but slightly more forgiving. dont know if the loft is the difference????

[atlanta golfer]

G15 here for the past few years with stock TFC shaft.  Best driver I've ever had at 10.5 degrees.   Neutral setup and you can move it left or right, which is a must at my club.  K15 looks closed to me, and G20 is heavier.