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Ping, Ryder Cup

Ping – Lee Westwood, 4th all-time in Ryder Cup points for Europe

Lee-Westwood-Ping-Ryder-CupOctober 1, 2014 – In helping his mates defeat Team USA 16 ½ to 11 ½ points for a third-straight Ryder Cup victory, the Ping staff player  Lee Westwood passed the legendary Seve Ballesteros (22.5) into fourth place on Team Europe’s all-time points list with 23, only behind Nick Faldo (25), Bernhard Langer (24) and Colin Montgomerie (23.5).

By posting two wins at the Gleneagles Golf Club in Scotland, he is only 2 ½ points from becoming the all-time points leader in European Ryder Cup history.

Westwood became one of only eight players on either side to amass 20 Ryder Cup victories. This was his ninth-straight appearance.

“Obviously, I’m pleased I’ve put so many European points on the board over the past years, but more proud that I’ve been on seven winning Ryder Cup sides,” says Lee Westwood.

From the Ping staff, European Vice Captain Miguel Angel Jiménez shared Westwood’s sentiments on the victory, while Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson played in the defeated Ryder Cup Team USA.

Equipment, Hybrids / Rescues, Ping

Ping – A look inside the new G30 Hybrids with hotter faces

September 23, 2014 – Together with the Ping G30 Drivers and G30 Fairway Woods, the G30 Hybrids have also been introduced. Take a look inside them, and you will know why they have hotter faces to achieve distance with forgiveness and reliability.

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Their greater ball velocity and longer distances with a higher trajectory ensure the stopping power to attack pins. The thin, uniform 17-4 stainless steel face is processed with a H900 heat treatment to maximise face deflection and increase ball speed for added distance with a higher peak trajectory and a steeper landing angle.

Ping G30 Hybrids feature the heel-toe weighting which elevates MOI for extreme forgiveness. Weight in the low sole creates a low-back centre of gravity (CG) for consistent impact and high launch. And the progressive CG locations and offsets ensure efficient gapping and trajectories that maximise distance.

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To inspire confidence, the top rail is flatter and the heel section is higher, providing a very square face at address that helps with aim and alignment consistency.

The high-balance-point TFC 419H shaft has a CG closer to the grip end, promoting a simultaneous increase in energy, momentum and inertia for longer, straighter results.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

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  • Available: 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H
  • Loft: 2H (17º), 3H (19º), 4H (22º), 5H (26º), 6H (30º)
  • Lenght: 2H (40.75”), 3H (40.25”), 4H (39.75”), 5H (39.25”), 6H (38.75”)
  • Lie: 2H (58.00º), 3H (58.50º), 4H (59.00º), 5H (59.50º), 6H (60.00º)
  • Swing weight: D1
  • RH/LH
  • Stock graphite shaft: Ping TFC 419H (Soft R, R, S, X)
  • RRP: € 216

More information at www.ping.com.

PGA Tour, Ping, Tournaments, What's in the bag…

Ping – Horschel captures the FedExCup with the new G30 driver in the bag

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September 16, 2014 – Ping staff player Billy Horschel took the limelight from world No1 Rory McIlroy to win the biggest title of his career at the Tour Championship on Sunday, along with FedExCup honours and an eye-popping $10 million bonus.

Tied for the lead overnight with Northern Irishman McIlroy in the PGA Tour’s season-ending playoff event, American Horschel held his nerve to triumph by three shots, clinching his third career victory on the PGA Tour and second in two weeks, after the BMW Championship.

Helped by a clutch par-saving putt from 30 feet on the 16th hole, the in-form Horschel signed off with a two-under-par 68 on a damp day at East Lake Golf Club for an 11-under total of 269.

“I’m on cloud nine, it’s unbelievable,” Billy Horschel said after being presented with the Tour Championship and FedExCup trophies. “It’s just unbelievable, everything that’s happened the last two weeks, and especially having a kid on the way. I’m not sure life can be better than this.”

Horschel’s wife, Brittany, is scheduled to give birth to their first child in two weeks’ time.

The key, his new G30 driver in his bag…

When Horschel made the move to the 9º Ping G30 driver with the Aldila Rogue shaft, he was averaging 277.0 yards off the tee, ranking him T-103 on tour in Driving Distance. Since that time has upped his season’s average to 291.6 yards, and finished the season ranked T-76. Horschel is averaging more than 300 yards off the tee with the G30 in his bag, and won a pair of FedExCup playoff events as well as the overall title.

Horschel also uses an interesting combination of grips. On his woods and irons he uses Golf Pride’s V55 Cord with a rib reminder that helps him position his hands in the same place each time. On his wedges, however, he uses round Golf Pride’s Niion (orange color). Horschel prefers no rib reminder on his wedges because he needs to alter his hand position on this clubs to play a variety of shots.

…and his new Karsten TR B60 putter

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Also in April Horschel ditched his Ping Redwood Piper S putter and added a Ping Karsten TR B60 in the bag instead. He ranked 91st on PGA Tour in Strokes Gained Putting through the Masters, his last tournament with the Redwood, but finished the season 53rd. The B60 made a quantifiable and immediate difference.

But perhaps the most important and lucrative putting change Horschel made all year was a subtle grip alteration that he addressed in his post-round interview Sunday.

“We just made a little tweak in the putter grip and allowed my hands to get a little bit further away,” said Billy Horschel, referring to his instructor, Todd Anderson. “It gave me a little bit more control of the speed of the putts. The ball started rolling better with the speed I wanted.”

Horschel was 12th in strokes gained/putting during his T-2 finish at the Deutsche Bank. In his consecutive victories to close out the season, he finished first in strokes gained/putting and distance of putts made (BMW Championship) and sixth in strokes gained/putting and third in distance of putts made (Tour Championship).

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What’s in Billy’s golf bag?

  • Driver: Ping G30 (9º, Aldila Rogue 60 X, tipped 1”, 45.25”, D4, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Fairway woods: Ping G25 3 & 5 (15º & 18º, Oban Kiyoshi Black 75-05, tipped 1.50”, D2, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Irons: Ping S55 (3, 5-PW, Ping ZZ65 shaft w/Cushin, +0.25”, D1+, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Wedges: Ping Tour Gorge (50º, 56º & 60º, True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Tour Issue, D3+, D4+, standard length, Golf Pride Neon Orange 60 Rnd, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Putter: Ping Karsten TR B60, 34”, SuperStroke Flatso Ultra, D5
  • Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
  • Apparel: RLX Ralph Lauren
  • Footwear: FootJoy Icon
  • Glove: FootJoy StaSof
Equipment, Fairway Woods, Ping

Ping – A look inside the G30 Fairway Woods with crown turbulators

September 15, 2014 – Next to the G30 and G30 SF Tec drivers you will find at the golf shop the new Ping G30 adjustable Fairway Woods, with crown turbulators. Take a look inside them, and discover why they are longer and more forgiving than its predecessors.

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Faster ball speeds and greater distance come from a larger face made of a uniform-thickness Carpenter 475 steel, creating a thin but strong hitting surface that maximises face deflection (Carpenter 475 steel is 44% stronger than 17-4 stainless steel.)

Weight saved by thinning the face was redistributed to optimise the centre of gravity (CG) and elevate MOI for added forgiveness.Launch angle and spin can be fine-tuned by adding or subtracting up to 1 degree of loft with Ping’s five-setting Trajectory Tuning+ Technology, utilising a lightweight hosel that offers adjustments of + 0.6°, + 1°, – 0.6°, and – 1°.

Crown turbulators create a captured appearance with the ball, and help with aim and alignment to inspire confidence.

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The high-balance-point TFC 419F shaft has a CG closer to the grip end, promoting a simultaneous increase in energy, momentum and inertia for longer, straighter results.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

  • Available 3w (14.5º), 5w (18º), 7w (21º) (adjustable +- 6/10 or 1 degree)
  • Length: 3w (43.00”), 5w (42.50”), 7w (42.00”)
  • Lie: 3w (57.0º), 5w (57.50º), 7w (58.00º)
  • Head size: 3w (167cc), 5w (151cc), 7w (145cc)
  • Swing weight: D1
  • RH/LH
  • Stock graphite shaft: Ping TFC 419F (Soft R, R, S, X)
  • RRP: €259

More information at www.ping.com.

PGA Tour, Ping, Tournaments, What's in the bag…

Ping – Billy Horschel, the ultimate putting machine with his Karsten TR B60

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September 9, 2014 – Billy Horschelcaptured his second career PGA Tour title with a two-shot victory over Masters champion and fellow Ping staff player Bubba Watson at the BMW Championship, played in Cherry Hills CC.

Billy-Horschel.BMW-Ch-2After tying second at his previous event at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the 28-year-old American carded past Sunday a solid 1-under 69 with 11 consecutive pars up to the clubhouse.

Horschel, a full bag Ping player who uses the new Ping G30 driver like Bubba Watson, who came second on the leaderboard, held off one of the strongest fields of the season, particularly after he lost his chance to win on the 72nd hole at the Deutsche Bank Championship just a week before.

“I haven’t had the greatest season but I had my game today,” said Billy Horschel, who ranked second in Greens in Regulation with an exceptional 76.39%. He was also Nº1 in Strokes Gained-Putting with his Karsten TR B60.

Horschel moves into second place behind Chris Kirk heading into the final leg of the lucrative FedEx Cup Playoffs at the 30-man Tour Championship.

What’s in Billy’s golf bag?

  • Driver: Ping G30 (9º, Aldila Rogue 60 X, tipped 1”, 45.25”, D4, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Fairway woods: Ping G25 3 & 5 (15º & 18º, Oban Kiyoshi Black 75-05, tipped 1.50”, D2, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Irons: Ping S55 (3, 5-PW, Ping ZZ65 shaft w/Cushin, +0.25”, D1+, V55 F/C 58 Rib grip, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Wedges: Ping Tour (50º, 56º & 60º, True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Tour Issue, D3+, D4+, standard length, Golf Pride Neon Orange 60 Rnd, +3RH, +2LH)
  • Putter: Ping Karsten TR B60, 34”, SuperStroke Flatso Ultra, D5
  • Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
  • Apparel: RLX Ralph Lauren
  • Footwear: FootJoy Icon
  • Glove: FootJoy StaSof
Drivers, Equipment, Ping

Ping – A look inside the G30 Drivers with Turbulator Technology

September 8, 2014 – Ping has introduced the new G30 series putting emphasis on significantly increasing ball velocity and accuracy through a combination of advanced aerodynamics, plus new face designs and materials. Take a look inside the new G30 adjustable drivers with Turbulator Tecnology.

Turbulators on the crown of the G30 460cc Ti 8-1-1 head reduce aerodynamic drag, leading to faster clubhead speed and ball velocity for long, accurate drives. Turbulators also assist with aim and alignment.

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The higher strength/weight ratio of the T9S face material allows for a thinner, hotter face and saves 4 grams of weight. The weight savings are allocated to help position the centre of gravity (CG) lower and farther back than any Ping driver to date, ensuring high launch and optimised spin with a high MOI.

The G30 SF Tec head promote a right-to-left ball flight for players whose shots typically end up right of the target. To optimise launch angle and spin, golfers can add or subtract up to 1 degree of loft using Trajectory Tuning+ Technology.

A high-balance-point TFC 419D shaft has a CG closer to the grip end, promoting a simultaneous increase in energy, momentum and inertia. The custom tuning port can accommodate a range of fitting weights and allows Ping to achieve the desired swing weight across a variety of proprietary and after-market shafts.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

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  • Lofts: 9° & 10.5° (standard head); 10° & 12° (SF Tec head), adjustable +- 6/10 or 1 degree)
  • Std. Lenght: 45.75”
  • Offset: No
  • Lie: 59.00º
  • Head weight: 206g (standard); 203g (SF Tec)
  • Head size: 460cc
  • Swingweight: D3 (standard); D1 (SF Tec)
  • RH/LH
  • Stock graphite shaft: Ping TFC 419D (Soft R, R, S, X)
  • RRP: €368

More information at www.ping.com.

Amateurs, Fitting & Demo Days, Ping

Ping – Calendar of September 2014 Ping Club Fitting Demo Days in Spain

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September 4, 2014 – Here you have the Calendar of Ping Fitting Days for the month of September in Spain, which visit specially Madrid and Málaga this month.

Don’t miss the opportunity to test for yourself the latest Ping products in 2014, including the new G30 Series with the innovative Turbulator Technology in the drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, as well as the new G30 irons. You can get to know the most appropriate golf clubs for your game and preferences, and see how they improve your game under the supervision of a Ping professional fitter, with your data reflected by the Trackman.

You can then buy the Ping clubs fitted to you at the golf club which has organised the Ping Fitting Day, with the incentive of participating in the latest promotion of the Brand: ‘Buy PING and enjoy a day with Miguel Angel Jimenez, Azahara Muñoz and Alejandro Cañizares.’

DATE PLACE TIME
3-sep-14 Golf Park (Madrid) De 16 a 20 h
4-sep-14 Golf Estudio (Madrid) De 15 a 19 h
5-sep-14 CC Villa de Madrid De 15 a 19 h
6-sep-14 Decathlon Castellana (Madrid)
10-sep-14 Decathlon Guadalmar (Málaga) De 16 a 20 h
11-sep-14 Marbella Golf (Málaga) De 10 a 16 h
12-sep-14 Baviera Golf (Málaga) De 15 a 19 h
13-sep-14 CG Guadalhorce (Málaga) De 10 a 14 h
25-sep-14 Decathlon Alcobendas (Madrid) De 16 a 20 h
26-sep-14 El Corte Inglés Castellana (Madrid)
27-sep-14 Somontes Golf (Madrid)

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