Ping reveal new G Iron

Ping G Irons

Whether you’re a Ping lover or hater you’ve got to admit their irons are functional, even if they haven’t always topped the pile when it comes to beauty. If you must have super sexy irons then we reckon you’ll love the new G. It’s a wolf in sheeps clothing. A full out game improvement iron but disguised as a sleeker, slimmer super model…who said game improvement irons had to be ugly ducklings? Intrigued? This is what they’ve changed from G30.

Cor-Eye Technology

Ping used Cor-Eye on their GMAX iron that launched last summer. It allows the club face to act like a spring board and flex at impact. Ping say the “eye” helps power shots an average of 5 yards further than the G30. The face is also 32% thinner than the G30 and 4 times as springy.  

Hyper 17-4 Stainless Steel

You can’t create a flexible iron face without using some fancy metals, as standard steels are just not up to the job. Ping have worked out a way to heat treat the G ‘s 17-4 SS heads which includes baking them at 1040°C in a vacuum furnace to align grain structure. The heads are then cooled over 4 hours at 550° to strengthen the material. The process creates what Ping call Hyper 17-4SS.    

Concealed weight port

Years ago game improvement irons had weight located at the bottom of the cavity to help get shots airborne, but current thinking has changed. The area that used to be metal now needs to be space to allow the face to flex fully. So Ping have uncoupled their usual tuning port (which allows them to offer lots of weight options) from the face, creating two benefits. One is the face can flex into the space created, and two by moving this weight back the MOI is improved so you get extra forgiveness and a tighter shot dispersion.

AWT 2.0 shaft

Did we mention Ping are an engineering company? Well they’ve not only completely redesigned the G iron head from the ground up but they’ve also come up with a new steel shaft for it too.  They’ve partnered with leading Japanese steel shaft manufacturer Nippon to create what’s called an Ascending Weight shaft. The idea is for the shafts to be lighter in the longer irons to allow you to launch shots easier in the more difficult to hit clubs. The new shaft is also closer to the weight of your hybrids, fairways and driver so there’s a smoother progression from longer clubs to the irons. The shorter iron shafts get heavier to aid control and shot making but also match the weights of your wedges much more closely. Its not rocket science but to us it’s a theory that’s makes a lot of sense.  

RRP: £92 (s) £104 (g) per club

Availability: 4-PW, UW, SW, LW

Stock steel shaft: AWT 2.0 R / S / X

Stock graphite shaft: CFS Graphite Soft R / R / S 

For further information visit www.ping.com