Ping K15 Driver Review
The majority of high-handicappers struggle to contain a slice - especially when hitting a driver. Over the years several manufacturers have developed drivers to combat this problem. Ping is the latest to do so with their K15 Driver, but does it work?
Online, March 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - The Ping K15 Driver was launched in Summer 2010. It utilises Ping's Straight Flight Technology (SFT) to help to prevent the bane of most high-handicappers - the dreaded slice. In simple terms, SFT consists of moving more of the club-head mass towards the heel of the club.
Now that it's been on the market for a little while, I thought it would be good to get some feedback regarding it's effectiveness.
In the article below you will find a quick video review by the guys at Golfalot.com, and a very detailed written review by the guys at MyGolfSpy.com
Ping K15 Driver Review:
Just about every golfer who has ever been fitted for a club, whether he knows it or not, was almost certainly in part fit using the process PING pioneered nearly 40 years ago.
In recent years, with the birth of the fitting cart, and tools like Mizuno's shaft optimizer, other OEMs have raised the stakes, and built upon PING's foundation, but to this day, PINGs color code system remains the gold standard for length and lie fitting.
Of course, it's not like PING has been resting on their laurels since 1972 either. Their newish nFlight system, which among other things includes gapping analysis, is arguably the most sophisticated fitting tool in the industry today.
While it's easy to get caught up in the fitting, that's not the reason we're here. This is, after all a review of the PING K15 Driver. Released in the fall of last year, the K15 rounds out PING's "15 series", which also includes the G15 and I15. Though it hardly seems possible, the K15 is engineered to be even more forgiving than the G15. According to PING, the all titanium K15 offers golfers a high trajectory ball flight with low to medium spin.
In reality, the K15 is very much a replacement for the G10 Draw model. Unlike the G15 or I15, the K15 features what PING calls "Straight Flight Technology" or SFT. SFT is PING-speak for "we moved 10% of the total clubhead mass toward the heal of the club". PING has made that extra weight visible via a slight bumpout which is visible on the clubhead (occasionally so at address).
While the I15 is for better players, and the G15 is probably a good fit for most of the rest of the golfing population, the K15 is specifically designed to help those golfers who struggle to contain their big fade, or slice as it's more commonly called.
How We Tested:
The 6 golfers for whom we collected detailed performance data were asked to hit a series of shots on our 3Track Equipped simulators from aboutGolf. As usual, testing was done at Tark's Indoor Golf, a state of the art indoor golf facility located in Saratoga Springs, NY. Detailed data for each and every shot for which we collected data is now viewable in the interactive portion of this review. This data serves as the foundation for our final performance score.
As a supplement to our 6 performance testers, a subset of additional golfers were given the opportunity to test the Ping K15 Driver and provide feedback in our subjective categories (looks, feel, sound, perceived distance, perceived accuracy, perceived forgiveness, and likelihood of purchase). This information, which we also collected from our performance testers, is used as the foundation for our total subjective score.
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