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Ping G10 Ping G10 Vs Ping G5 Since launching in 2005 the Ping G5 has gone on to be converted into one of the most well loved golf club ranges in history, so the Ping G10 has a lot to live up to. Click on the links below to bring up the review pages from [...]
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Game-improvement technology finds a home in forged irons. Spice up forged irons with a bit of technology, and what do you have? A new breed of irons made for traditionalists preferring the classic look of blades but no longer owning the game to match. In the past, manufacturers relied on the casting administer to manufacture [...]
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IRONS If you’re really looking for game improvement, focus on sole width. A wide sole makes it harder to hit stout shots. It lowers the center of gravity to boost your chances of getting the ball in the air. And the wide base might even help square your aim at setup. There is a bit [...]
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CEO John Solheim and Ping execs faced a challenge: Change or be converted into irrelevant. Oh, how they’ve changed Ping is hot again, but it’s hard to tell from talking with John Solheim. The chairman and CEO of Karsten Manufacturing, the equipment maker’s parent, is a phlegmatic 59-year-ancient who is as inscrutable as his golf [...]
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Ping G5 Irons May 18, 2006 PING G5 Men’s Iron Set-Steel ShaftsPing sort of seems to be the forgotten man among the major manufacturers these days. I don’t see their advertisements on televison. I can’t tell you who’s on their pro staff. They aren’t making the golf news sites and blogs with their equipment. I [...]
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Attention, choppers: Technology has banished the banana ball forever You can blame a lot of things for that weak, wildly fluttering, despicably uncontrollable, girly-man slice of yours. What you can’t do is blame technology. Fact is, technology–properly implemented–can end your slice. Immediately. That’s right, Banana Man. If you can’t find the fairway, the fault is [...]
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Long-range thought The use of high-tech yardage devices is slowly finding its way into pro golf The USGA’s ruling last month allowing range finders to be used by local rule clearly will help everyday golfers. Because they won’t have to rely on yardage disks or stakes, weekend warriors could slash both strokes and minutes off [...]
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Out of the ordinary Even tour players have equipment quirks they simply won’t abandon By E. Michael Johnson Golf World September 30, 2005 Back when I played high school golf, I would sift through tees in search of “the right one.” I had a theory: Each color produced a certain ball flight. Black tees meant [...]
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Are they irons or woods? They’re a blend of both. Now these new ironwoods are poised to replace long irons–and even fairway woods An endangered species? The knifelike profile of a typical 2-iron (far left) and some of the new ironwood hybrids. The thought that a fairway wood could ever walk down the aisle a [...]
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Illustration: Matthew Cooley Hybrid Theory Do these things really work? Manufacturers are making them. Tour players are by them. Instructors, equipment gurus and even some golf publications are recommending them. The question remains, though: Do hybrids really work? Gene Parente, Golf Digest Technological Advisor who orchestrates the testing at his San Diego-based golf investigate firm, [...]
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