Miles of golf conducted a product comparison of the new ping anser driver against the ping g20 using players of various swing speeds. The g400 drivers streamlined shape offers a big advancement in aerodynamics and stability. Scott was playing the g ls tec driver with 9 degrees of loft. Golfers can adjust the loft by halfadegree up or down using the supplied wrench. The product rep confirmed that the standard ping putter lie is 70 degrees, and standard loft is 3 degrees. For starters, ping has reduced the size of the g400 driver from 460cc to 445cc, which is interesting because ping has always been a company that is known for producing a forgiving golf club, and reducing the size of a driver will generally make that club less forgiving. The anser driver is ping s first adjustable driver offering golfers the ability to finetune their trajectory through a combination of loft adjustment and shaft selection. It fits very nicely with their push to be custom fit, yet allows the owner to tweak the club as needed down the road. Accuracy and spin as a group, our testers missed the center line. The ping anser forged wedges offer great forgiveness and high launch characteristics that mid and highhandicappers will love, along with the amazing feel of forged steel clubheads.
Cg low and raises the moi providing a midhigh launch that adds to distance and forgiveness. Nov 09, 2012 ping has followed up the mightily impressive g20 with its first ever adjustable driver, the anser. The 20 ping anser forged irons offer players the characteristic forgiveness of a ping iron combined with the soft feel and control of a forged iron. Ping driver, along with the highest moment of inertia of any ping driver. The ball flight is also high although not as high as the g20 on first inspection, which translates to added distance. The gentleman recommended that i get a regular flex shaft and a 10. The anser iron is a thing of beauty no doubt but as far as playability is concerned according to the fitter i will score every bit as well with a set of g20s. Ping finally jumped into the adjustable driver game with the anser driver. Oct 11, 2012 forgiveness the ping g20 offers incredible forgiveness, but without the streamline looks or workability of the i20.
Hit it strong off the tee with ping golf drivers from dicks sporting goods. Nov 08, 2012 overall, the ping anser driver produced slightly above average distance numbers across the board, and well above average numbers for 2 of our testers. How to determine which loft you should get on your driver. Rounding out the top drivers for golfers with swing speeds less than 100 include the wilson d100 and the ping anser. Jul 26, 2012 the ping anser driver is an adjustable driver enables golfers to finetune trajectory through a combination of loft adjustment and shaft selection. Youre probably already familiar with the g30s turbulators. Forgiveness the ping g20 offers incredible forgiveness, but without the streamline looks or workability of the i20. The anser fills a void between the popular g20 and i20, giving the best of both worlds. Adjustable loft tuning lets you add or subtract onehalf degree of loft beyond. The anser driver is pings first adjustable driver offering you the ability to. Ping you pretty much have to order it from ping wrx or they may not honor the warranty on the driver if someone else installed a shaft. While the majority of golfers dont have enough loft on their driver and would benefit from more, for the others and those using differently designed driver heads, more loft can in fact lose them distance. Overall, the ping anser driver produced slightly above average distance numbers across the board, and well above average numbers for 2 of our testers.
Ping karsten tr technology hightech face a highenergy pebax elastomer insert behind the anodized 6061 aluminum face provides a soft feel without slowing ball speed, ensuring fullface forgiveness and consistent distance control. Ping g410 enhanced club set illegal non conforming world. Cavityback, perimeterweighted irons 6pw, sw offer extreme forgiveness and accuracy, with graphite shafts for increasing clubhead speed, ball velocity and launch angle for distance. Covering the entire hitting surface is an innovative insert combining highly responsive pebax elastomer. Lets assume for now that you have a 100 mph club speed and your driver launch is 10. Watson currently leads the tour in driving distance, averaging 3. Get the best deals on ping anser driver when you shop the largest online. Mainly because more loft meant more backspin and the straighter my shots flew at any configuration.
View the g410 plus driver three positions for the ultrahighdensity tungsten. There are four standard shaft options, pings tfc proprietary, aldila rip phenom, fujikura blur, and mitsubishi rayon ahina. Speedgenerating aerodynamics reduce drag up to 37% and increase carry distance 34 yards. Thanks to the brands trajectory tuning technology, you can finetune the club to match your. Plus, a newly designed adjustablelength shaft comes standard on every putter in the line. Nov 26, 2015 the new anser driver is the companys first adjustable big dog designed to finetune ball flight through a combination of loftalteration and shaft selection. However, today i hit on a trackman with an associate at edwin watts. Box 82000 phoenix, arizona 850712000 18004746434 mf. I currently have a g20 driver in the bag, comfortably the most consistent ive ever used and the anser features similar properties. With its lowspin head, the anser driver represents a fully optimised design solution that generates ideal trajectories for maximising distance and accuracy. By adding loft, the face angle closes, when subtracting loft, the face angle opens. The variablethickness face helps generate incredible ball velocity, while the external sole weighting positions the cg low and raises the moi providing a midhigh launch that adds to distance and forgiveness.
Using a ping wrench to loosen the clubhead and adjust the loft, you can easily add or subtract 12. The variablethickness face helps generate incredible ball velocity, while the external sole weighting positions the cg low and raises the moi providing a midhigh launch that adds to distance. The reason ping reduced the size of the g400 driver is aerodynamics. Turbulator technology reduces aerodynamic drag and creates efficient airflow for added distance. On the range the anser driver was a joy to hit and the tuning options for shaft and loft. With the g30 this level of gain came at a slower 100mph, so there is likely to be a distance improvement for amateur swing speeds, but it will probably just be a yard or two gain over g30, which is what i found in my trackman session. Ping declined to give technical details about the driver prior to the official. In the three new g le2 putters anser, shea and echo, a dualdurometer pebax face insert engineered with tr face technology provides a soft layer for precision and improved impact feel and a firmer layer for control and consistency on putts of every distance. Ping engineers brief was to offer adjustability without affecting the driver s performance.
My clubhead speed was 85 and my launch angle was degrees. I used the ping wrench to subtract and then add onehalf degree to the 12degree model and saw modest changes in my ballflight tendencies. The sigma g putter family sets new performance standards in feel, stability and touch. The anser driver is pings first adjustable driver offering golfers the ability to finetune their trajectory through a combination of loft adjustment and shaft selection. With a combined moi over 9,000 and a deep cg, improved accuracy leads to tighter dispersion. Find all toprated ping golf drivers including styles named to the 20 golf digest hot list and more.
Sldr has better low spin tech between the two and the sliding weight is heavier than most so it can make more severe corrections. The ping anser driver offers a nice allaround blend of distance, feel and forgiveness, with the added benefit of adjustable loft angles that allow you to finetune your shot trajectory. Adjustable loft tuning lets the golfer add or subtract onehalf degree of loft beyond the standard setting with the simple turn of a ping wrench. The most notable feature of the new ping anser driver is its trajectory tuning technology. Ping has followed up the mightily impressive g20 with its first ever adjustable driver, the anser. To illustrate how important these apparently subtle tweaks are, ping engineers recently conducted an experiment, customizing the driver fit of 100 average golfers from a. At times i hit all of these well but not consistently.
Adjustable loft tuning lets the golfer add or subtract onehalf degree of loft beyond the standard setting with the simple turn of a ping. Trajectory tuning technology allows you to hone in your launch angle and spin rate to increase distance. The blend of forgiveness and control is driven by technology and bridges the gap nicely between pings gameimprovement and players lines. The anser driver sits neatly between the two in terms of both looks and performance. I hit the anser at a demo day a while back and was fit into 8. This technology allows for effective loft adjustment 0. Generally, as loft goes up, so does the spin rate, as you can see in the data. This is because the construction features a stiffer sole than the other ping drivers a welcome side benefit of the adjustable design. The ping anser driver features trajectory tuning technology which allows the player to add or subtract the loft in 12 degree increments. The ping ladies faith driver comes with 2 loft options to ensure you are fitted properly for your swing speed, available in 12 and 14 degree lofts to provide you with the optimal launch angle for maximum distance. Higherlofted clubs place more backspin on the ball, making it harder to hit a hook or slice. Vortec technology minimizes wake turbulence for faster club head speeds and.
Ping also is introducing anser fairway woods that are adjustable within the same onehalf degree loft. Ping putter loft and lie angle clubs, grips, shafts. Ping golf club the anser 2 putter, cavity back irons, etc. As a result, a higherlofted driver that produces greater carry in the air is preferable to a lesslofted club that might give you a few extra yards of distance with a typical roll. The weighting of the club head optimizes it for a mid to highlaunch, but the adjustable loft allows players to tune their trajectory up or down as the shot. However, the color codes used for putters are the old color codes, not the ones they currently use for irons.
The new anser driver is the companys first adjustable big dog designed to finetune ball flight through a combination of loft alteration and shaft selection. The 11model sigma 2 family is designed for the golfer who prefers a putter on the softer side of the spectrum with the lively response of a firm face. The anser driver, which performs tremendously well, is a real looker. I talked to ping today and thought i would update this thread with current info. The ping anser driver sees ping move into the world of adjustable drivers and. They have the ahina, the rip and the blur shafts available for the new anser. The anser driver delivers a lower spinning flight than the i20, but launches the ball higher so, in theory, you should get more distance. Get the best deals on ping anser driver when you shop the largest online selection at. Jul 26, 2012 in the last year and a half i have had an adams super ls driver hot club, a cleveland custom driver, a ping i25 driver, and the taylormade sldr driver. Pings longest, straightest driver delivers forgiveness and consistency.
Ping introduces g30 series, driver, fairway, hybrid and. The ping anser driver comes available with 4 stock shafts, which i think is awesome, better than other. The weighting of the club head optimizes it for a mid to highlaunch, but the adjustable loft. Overview the ping g410 driver is the first sliding weight driver from ping, built for speed, distance, and customizable performance. Optimize driver loft for more distance true fit clubs. Jul 27, 2012 the anser driver is ping s first adjustable driver offering golfers the ability to finetune their trajectory through a combination of loft adjustment and shaft selection. Ping with its own anser for the adjustable driver game.
Traditional shaped 460cc clubhead is cast with variable wall thickness from ti 811, a light weight, low density titanium. Aug, 2012 with its lowspin head, the anser driver represents a fully optimized design solution that generates ideal trajectories for maximizing distance and accuracy. The driver is adjustable for loft half a degree up or half degree down. Jan 11, 2016 with the g driver ping has three distinct aerodynamic storiesone familiar, two new, for 2016. Trajectory tuning technologyping has added adjustable to the hosel without adding weight or bulk to to the design. Accuracy and spin as a group, our testers missed the center line by an average of 14. The anser driver with adjustable loft offers you the ability to finetune your trajectory through a combination of loft adjustment and shaft selection. The anser putter is the winningest model in history, offering heeltoe weighting for forgiveness and a sight line to help with aiming accuracy. The product rep confirmed that the standard ping putter lie is 70 degrees, and standard loft is 3.
Like the popular g30, ping s new series consists of three models the g, g ls tec and g sf tec that come with loft. Each player hit the same loft driver using a g20 and an anser and ball flight variables were gathered using trackman, a dopplerbased ball flight monitor. Nov 28, 2007 i talked to ping today and thought i would update this thread with current info. G le2 enhanced feel and forgiveness and a new adjustablelength shaft improve performance and fitting opportunities in the three new g le2 putters anser, shea and echo. I did lose a few yards, but most were still very close to normal distances. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight.
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