Equipment
2013 PING G25 Driver and Fairway Woods Spotted!
We spotted Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson using Ping’s new G25 driver and fairway woods on the range at the World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Mahan was hitting a G25 Driver (9.5 degrees) as well as a 15-degree G25 fairway wood.
Watson was playing a G25 Driver with his signature pink crown and graphics (8.5 degrees) and a 16.5-degree G25 fairway wood.
The driver has the same adjustability as Ping’s Anser Driver (0.5 degrees higher or lower than stamped loft) and is scheduled to be available at retail in mid-February.
Take a look at the photos below, and click here for more discussion and photos of Watson and Mahan’s range session in the forums.
click here for more discussion and photos of Watson and Mahan’s range session in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB: 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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The winning WITB is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.
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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Tway WITB 2024 (May)
- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.
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Equipment
Did Rory McIlroy inspire Shane Lowry’s putter switch?
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
The timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?
Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.
When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.
To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.
Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.
“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.
“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”
Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.
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Dave Brooks
Jan 18, 2014 at 7:53 am
I was hitting a 9 degree Ping G15 driver (less than a year old) and it was a wonderful club. It was staight ,long and accurate for me. Some glue came loose in the head and there became a slight rattle. I had the golf shop send it back to Ping to be fixed and 2 weeks later I received back a new 9.5 degree G25. I have hit it at the indoor range and on the launch monitor and the numbers and accuracy were better than my old G15. I am looking forward to getting outside once the snow is gone and hitting it. Thanks Ping, you have made a wonderful club in the G25 driver and to get it for the price of postage was a real bonus
Dave
vermontmike
Dec 29, 2012 at 10:59 pm
I LOVE my G15 driver but this is one Ping I will take a hard look at.
Kyle
Dec 28, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Love the flat black. This is the one I will wait on. Been thinking about changing my R9. Ive had the G5 and G10 and liked them both.
dan
Dec 22, 2012 at 4:52 pm
This looks like an update to the answer than the G series.
Sean
Dec 15, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Hey Persimmon…..sorry I mean Purist Paul, my friend Balata Bob has a gross of Titleist 384 wound balata tour balls in his garage for you! You can place bid on eBay and get a good deal so you don’t damage your furniture with modern day technology.
ACGOLFWRX
Dec 6, 2012 at 6:45 am
Ping is mass produced like most companies but have a great reputation as being one of the best quality out there! Don’t knock em til you try em!
JEFF
Dec 3, 2012 at 3:44 pm
The people who are calling ping drivers ugly are lost. Since the G 5 they are as traditional looking as any of the top drivers on the market. I looked at them next to Titeleist and see very litte that is distracting. I think Taylor made, Callaway and the retro looking Clevelands are far more weird looking……. but then I play i20 from woods to irons and they are some of the best if not the best on the maket right now.
JEFF
Dec 3, 2012 at 1:20 pm
PERSIMMON PAUL IS A SIDE SHOW!
cody
Dec 3, 2012 at 11:20 am
Have they released irons yet?
Chris S
Dec 2, 2012 at 10:23 pm
I think Purist Paul is what we call this time of year a Troll-lol-lol-lol-lol.
Ping did a nice job with these aesthetically. I’ll give them a look for sure.
Chris
Dec 2, 2012 at 9:54 pm
I do like what PING continues to do. These clubs look great, but since I dented the face on 2 G20 drivers I have moved on to GEEK GOLF Drivers. Can’t wait to see how far Bubba hits these next season.
Blopar
Dec 2, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Pretty inferior in the adjustability department compared to Titleist/Cobra/Nike. Not worth the 100 extra bucks it will cost you!
Dolph Lundgrenade
Dec 1, 2012 at 4:18 am
Why would you want to get it “pink like Bubbas??!” Lame. When I walk by the Apple store I’ll be sure to waive! LMFAO
Hunt
Nov 30, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Are they going to make an I25?
Adam
Dec 10, 2012 at 1:50 pm
I 25 will be in the Fall of 2013
WOW
Nov 30, 2012 at 5:36 pm
my opinion…….oogly.
ZN
Nov 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm
How can we get it in pink like Bubbas??!
AJ
Nov 30, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Bubba’s Pepto-pink clubhead gives me a migraine just looking at it… but he can hit it further than me anytime, so I guess I have to be jealous. LOL I love the piano black look because it’s easy to clean, and I treat my clubheads with Rain-X for that reason. Looks like I’m getting a new driver next year, if this thing hits as mean as it looks!
Trenchman
Nov 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm
How much? $299 or $399?
$299 – its in my bag
$399 – It would be hard to replace my G20
dht0013
Dec 1, 2012 at 11:29 pm
you know its going to be $399. They always are. When nobody buys them at $399, they’ll drop to $299. Ping never fails. They are soooo predictable!
Adam
Dec 10, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Actually the Ping Map will be $349.99 and the will sell
Jade Corn
Nov 30, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Finally a good looking Ping driver! Now they have caught up to the clean look and forgiveness of the TM Superquad from 2006. It will be nice to own a Ping club. Hopefully this minimalism will lead to some clean forged musclebacks.
Purist Paul
Nov 30, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Guess what guys… I’ll still wax every one of you hitting persimmon. Good luck to you with this hollow piece of garbage.
Joe Golfer
Dec 1, 2012 at 1:30 am
I guess that’s why so many pros use persimmon still. Oh wait. They’re all using the so called “hollow garbage” 🙂
Purist Paul
Dec 1, 2012 at 11:00 am
Pros can’t even hit 50% of their fairways with these hollow pieces of garbage. What chance do you have? I’m sticking with persimmon
SunnyD
Dec 1, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Are you making millions playing golf with your persimmon woods? Probably not…
Christian
Dec 5, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Man Tiger Woods sure sucks for using these hollow things hu? Just shut up, you’re worse than a hipster.
Frank
Nov 29, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Looks like Poulter is hitting a titleist utility club
David
Nov 29, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I’m so glad they decided to go black like the rest of their products! Looks so menacing and brilliant.
morgy
Dec 8, 2012 at 6:27 pm
I agree but i am not the biggest fan of the design. I like the look of the I20’s better and hope that the I25;s will be a lot better.
Blanco
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:15 am
Oh by the way PING– PLEASE offer a few shaft options on the fairways! PLEASE!
Blanco
Nov 28, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Raaaawr– Wonder how they designed the head as far as spin goes, especially compared to G20, Anser…
paul
Nov 28, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Love ping. sweet looking clubs.
Ray M
Nov 28, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Love it!! I have the Anser and I can’t wait to see how it compares to this. No frills…just good quality clubs from Ping as always.