How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest. More importantly for most golfers, its also one of the longesthitting drivers on the market. Im guessing this is your problem, since you would hardly be using a draw bias driver. Ideal for customizing the swingweight and feel of the ping g30 drivers, the ping g30 head weights are offered in 8g, 10g, 12g, 14g and 16g weight options. This results in less distance lost for those notsoperfect hits as well as less side spin created by offcenter impact. The science of adjustability is about minimizing your swing flaws, and its designed. At 323cc the tisi is the largest, totally customfit titanium driver available today.
The all titanium head is smaller than modern drivers at 323cc to offer workability and control while still retaining the forgiveness that comes with a larger clubhead. Golf replacement weight with screw for ping g30 driver. New adjustability in ping s g410 plus driver was well worth the wait. You can change them with your adjustment wrench that comes with your driver. The most noticeable change is the inclusion of a moveable tungsten weight in the rear of the g410 plus driver head. The gbb was a great club that i was able to hit with a controllable draw and. Titleist 915 driver head weights available is 4g 7g 9g 11g 14g 17g the gdw titleist 915 weights provide multiple options to adjust your titleist 915 driver s swingweight to your preferred feel.
Its a bit complicated in the math, but it would take a pretty good amount of weight. When taylormade launched the r9 family of drivers, they talked about hosel adjustments in terms of left and right, i. The pga merchandise show is a good place to make introductions, especially when it comes to new equipment. While ping might be best known for the putters and wedges they created, they have brought plenty to the world of drivers as well. Ping offers a variety of grip sizes and styles to fit different hand sizes and texture preferences. We are clubmakers designing, developing and producing parts for clubmakers. The oval weight in the back of the club makes the club more resistant to twisting at impact. Adjustable hosels and movable weights arent affectations. In my more subjective field tests, and mind you, i do not bag a ping driver adams f11, nor do i bag ping irons, wilson staff ci9s, i have hit plenty of both. Xtremeamazing new golf weights with screw for ping g30 driver head clubs 6g 8g 10g 12g 14g 16g.
When it comes to adjustable weights, there are essentially two types of systems. The biggest impact in those weight ranges is going to be in the overall swing weight feel, not ball flight. These clubs may not literally add weight, but the principle is the same as adding tape. The development of golf drivers has changed the game forever. Movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired. The gear effect with the driver is more pronounced at higher clubhead speeds. These authentic ping g400 head weights allow for customization of swingweight and feel for optimized performance. The ping tisi driver is designed to give golfers of all abilities increased length and accuracy off the tee. The custom fit hosel feature of this driver is unique among competing manufacturers and puts ping out front of the pack.
The development of golf drivers has changed the game. Swinging a hollow metalheaded driver meant the overall weight of the club. First post, new restoration project ping tisi tec driver diy golf. The tisi tec features a patented variablethickness face which optimizes. Titleists 917 driver features a surefit cg weight port to dial in your shot shape. New adjustability in pings g410 plus driver was well worth the wait. To change weight settings, loosen and remove both weights using the. In the late 90s, the ping tisi driver hit the market with a focus on custom fitting. We adjusted the hosel to add 2 degrees of loft, from 9. You are covered by the ebay money back guarantee if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing. It wont fix a swing fault which causes slices and fades. Ping launches its new g410 drivers, featuring a weight. Billy bobs golf clubmakers, designing developing and.
Also the weights only really help people out if they have high swing speeds. Tips for changing your loft on an adjustable driver golf. How to adjust your ping g30 driver in this installment of fried eggs we explain how to make necessary loft adjustments to the ping g30 driver. In this short video he takes us through the 5 different loft adjustments you. One of the most confusing things i see after a demo day is a shiny new adjustable driver in someones bag set on the standard setting.
There are three weight locations draw, neutral and fade that ping says. Ping tisi drivers use variablethickness face technology so the face is thinner around the perimeter with more mass behind the ball to create a high cor. The ping tisi tec fairway wood features the same technology as the tisi tec driver that makes it easier to hit and more forgiving. The sf tec is heel weighted as it is, so any increase in weight will merely increase the static swing weight and weaken the flex slightly. Ping g410 driver and woods overview ping g410 plus driver. Billy bobs golf has designed and patented new parts for the golf industry since 1995. Pursuant to the rules of golf, dont change the weight settings in the middle of a. Weights in driver head instruction and playing tips. You should be able to purchase the kit or individual weights.
Use the torque wrench included with the r7 driver to remove and tighten all four weights. After three days seeing all that the major equipment companies have to offer, we put together our list of the top five drivers that deserve your attention in 2019. Ping year club model shaft description shaft manufacture. The all around performance of this driver will appeal to golfers of all hadnicaps. Ping made an effort to keep the adjustable hosel from being a distraction by keeping the hosel the same diameter and mass as hosels on ping s non adjustable.
Fits the g30, g, g sftech and lstech drivers and fairways. The g400 weights fit the entire g400 family of drivers, fairway woods and hybrids. Three positions draw, neutral, fade for the 16gram tungsten back weight shift the center of gravity cg location by onetenth of an inch to influence left or right shot shape approximately 10 yards 20 yards of correction between draw and fade settings. How to configure the weight of a taylormade golf r7 quad. Like with previous drivers from ping, there will also be a ping 410 sft version withe the same hosel adjustment options but it will have no custom moveable weight. While moveable weights have been designed into drivers for years, ping s movable weight in the g410 plus has been built on the seam in the back of the club that joins the sole and the crown, so regardless of the setting, the moment of inertia moi remains very high and the driver remains forgiving on offcenter hits.
Of course, when the mygolfspy owner golfspy x starts hitting balls over the huge fence with the g30 driver ping built specifically to contain bubba watsons monster drives, data or no data, we quickly get to thinking that ping might have something special. The high moi on the tisi driver is due to the back weight being positioned directly behind the impact area. Title charlie rymer demonstrates what happens when you change your loft on an adjustable driver. This is by far ping s best driver for the average joe all the way to pro category since the days of the tisi tech craze. This is because ping has once again improved on the previous 400 sft and placed 50 percent more heel weight in. Moment of inertia, or moi, relates to an objects resistance to twisting, and the more a golf club twists on a mishit, the less forgiving that particular club is. Ping g30 sf weights general equipment talk mygolfspy forum. Details about golf replacement weight with screw for ping g30 driver head clubs adjust weight. Clubs with movable weights typically have ports into which weights are screwed. New adjustability in pings g410 plus driver was well. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight. First post, new restoration project ping tisi tec driver. Year club model shaft description shaft manufacture flex shaft weight tip dia. Add weight to your driver golf club for more distance pga.
Essential when reshafting ping tisi and tec i3 drivers and isi and i3 fairway woods. Various versions of the r7 contain differentsized weights, but the configuration strategy remains the same. The king f9 speedback drivers feature adjustable center of gravity cg and myfly. As a result, our facility is closed until early may and we are not accepting any repair orders until we return to operations. We met up with marty jertsen who helped in the design of the ping gseries driver and asked him about the adjustment. Many golfers believe they can add yards to their drive by making their driver golf club longer and lighter. Some drivers have weights that can be moved forward or back to produce a.
The stock length for the ping g400 driver is 45 34 inches and the swingweight is d3. To reduce a slice, heavier weights are placed by the clubheads heel, while the clubs lighter weights. My past drivers have been a 10 degree great big bertha, regular shaft and a taylor made 320 with a 9. The tour 65 shaft is available at an upcharge default standard length is 45. The ball flight is perfect and penetrating in this setup anywaywhich allows good. Most adjustable drivers allow you to rotate the hosel to decrease loft. An oral history of phil mickelsons callaway x hot phrankenwood gear.
If you need to flight the ball a little higher or lower off the tee, you can adjust the loft. Movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired ball flight so you can hit a lot more. The ping tisi driver is among the longest and most forgiving drivers available today. The weights are available in 8, 16 and 18 gram options. Since grip size influences your wrist action, and therefore the direction of your shots, it is commonly used by fitters to affect ball flight. Many golfers do indeed fit into a standard setting, but the majority of golfers i teach on a daily basis do not. Moving weight around to different places can influence forgiveness moi and ball flight slightly, but simply adding weight to the same place is going to be primarily a feel thing, which can change ball flight based on how it may change your delivery and impact location, but indirectly. Six years later, the conversation has changed to adjusting loft. A look at the moveable weight on the ping g410 plus driver. If you have a neutral set up on a driver, adding 15 grams to the outside to promote a draw. Golf replacement weight with screw for ping g30 driver head clubs adjust weight.
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