Ping has been producing golf clubs since the 1960s and is one of the leading golf equipment manufacturers on the PGA Tour, according to the Ping website. Ping's G5 model follows a long tradition of oversized and perimeter weighted club head designs. The Ping G5 line includes irons, fairway woods and a driver. Ping offers a multitude of shafts with several flexibilities to help improve your game.
G5 Features
The Ping G5 driver contains a 460 cc titanium head, making it one of the largest in golf. The G5 fairway woods use a low-profile design, with a large hitting surface and thin face for increased feel and distance. The G5 irons contain a large club head and wide sole, making them effective from almost any lie. The G5 irons also feature Ping's signature custom tuning port, which dampens vibration and improves the feel during impact.
G5 Shaft Information
The Ping G5 model comes in both steel and graphite shafts, as well as a variety of flexibilities. Ping uses its color-coded custom fitting system to adjust its clubs to meet your swing speed, height, angle of attack and several other swing characteristics. Ping's G5 driver carries a swing weight of D3, while its fairway wood has a swing weight of D1. Ping G5 irons possess swing weights of D0 to D6.
Flexibility Effects
Shaft flexibility affects shot distance, accuracy and trajectory, notes Golf Spyder. Ping G5 stiff-flex shafts are ideal for golfers who swing between 100 and 110 mph. Regular flex shafts are better suited for golfers with swing speeds of 90 to 100 mph. A shaft that is too stiff will help improve accuracy but may limit your distance.
Choosing a Shaft Flexibility
Choosing the correct shaft flexibility is one of the most important components of the custom-fitting process, according to Learn About Golf. Ping offers one of the most thorough custom-fitting processes in golf, and you can have your swing speed measured by a Ping club-fitter. Once your swing speed is measured, try a variety of shafts within your swing speed range to find the one that causes the ball to launch high and maintain a penetrating ball-flight.
Additional Shaft Options
In addition to shaft flexibility, you can order G5 clubs with a variety of torques and weights. For example, the Ping TFC 129 regular flex graphite shafts weight 60 g and have a torque of 4.6 degrees, while the stiff flex version weighs 63 g and has a torque of 4.1 degrees. The Ping AWT regular flex steel shaft weighs 99 g and has a torque of 2 degrees, while the stiff version weighs 108 g and has a torque of 1.6 degrees.
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