Driver

Xtreme8722 · June 18

Debating driver for my daughter. She currently hits ping gle3 irons. She has a radspeed xb been hittting for years it now has the ladies shaft . I have a ping g425 driver was debating getting women’s shaft and adapter for it.

leezer99 · June 18

Ping heads are notorious for being heavier than other OEM's. I'd probably look at another option first but if that's all you've got then give it a try.

MB19 · June 19

On 6/17/2024 at 9:39 PM, Xtreme8722 said:

Debating driver for my daughter. She currently hits ping gle3 irons. She has a radspeed xb been hittting for years it now has the ladies shaft . I have a ping g425 driver was debating getting women’s shaft and adapter for it.

Funny you say this, my son and daughter both are in G425 heads. My daughter seems to prefer a heavier setup right now, as she is in a 326g setup. Just this week I realized I had put her into the fairway version of the (regular flex) shaft I picked up for her a couple months back which weighed about 18g more than the driver version. More on that in a second.

My son initially loved the g425 when I got it for him last week, but over the last few days he decided he hated it. He as coming from his sister’s old TSR1, and I swapped the tip on the Accra 140 3.0 M0 to hat was in it. I also stole his sister’s head weight (15g), and put the 28g weight back on her’s. That shaft performed well on the TSR1?, but spray city with the G425.

Total weight of his setup is just 280g, but he can’t control it no matter the head or weight adjustment. Total weight of her setup is 326, and she has seen an increase accuracy and distance coming from her 286g TSR1 setup.

In conclusion he’s going back to the TSR1 unless I find something else for him to try. Just a week before a DCP qualifier, it’s not exactly preferable but it is what it is.

I will likely try to find another Alta 55CB Slate shaft for her soon, as he launch was really ideal with that shaft. The only reason she switched was because the Alta slapped in the bag in a fluke accident—great shaft.

17 hours ago, leezer99 said:

Ping heads are notorious for being heavier than other OEM's. I'd probably look at another option first but if that's all you've got then give it a try.

Confirmed. Even with a very light shaft and reduced head weighting, my son dislikes it.