Ping hybrids g410 hybrid our firstever adjustable hybrid allows you to customize your ball flight eight different ways through more loft and lie combinations for consistently better results. Find great deals on ebay for ping rapture and ping rapture v2. The rapture v2 driver is weighted for a highlaunching ball flight and extremely low spin has excellent forgiveness due to perimeter weighting. The mass properties of tungsten and titanium are optimised in the ping rapture v2 driver to create a high launching, lowerspinning driver that delivers the performance expected from a.
When it was launched, the ping k15 driver replaced the companys pricier, earlier rapture v2 driver. Editors choice every so often at 2nd swing we like to take a look back and reevaluate some of the most popular, interesting and enduring golf clubs in modern history. Actually, the rapture comes in with a mid launch and low spin rate, making it a very desirable driver for the recreational player looking for a straight driver. Ping was founded by karsten solheim, following a career as an engineer at the general electric company. Points in a nationwide tour victory, and by karen stupples in her womens british open win.
Bubba watson ping rapture pink bimatrix prototype 9. Ping rapture v2 irons individual, single, replacement golf. Its been the games topselling driver and received testers top pick honors in our clubtest 2006. The rapture v2 driver features a 460cc titanium construction club head with incorporated tungsten weight pads located in the rear near the heel and toe. The rapture looks nice too and sounds pure at impact due to acoustic. I am going to pick up a rapture v1 with diamana shaft sometime this week. The ping rapture driver uses carbon composite and titanium in a powerful and forgiving head designed to be easy to hit, long and high fl ying.
I love them, the first two rounds i played, on different courses, i shot 75s. Unfollow ping rapture driver to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Perhaps the hardest part of analysing the new ping rapture was deciding whether it is a fairway wood or a driver. Ping has built golf clubs since karsten solheim developed a putter in 1959, and irons since 1961. Again, they dont feel like a forged iron, but so what if you are getting good results. This family of ping products was considered a complement to the ping g5 family that was also on the market at the same time. The next generation ping women s driver maximizes forgiveness and distance through a higher moi, faster face and lighter overall club weight. Golf pride grip gentle on arthritic hands good condition. The ping v2 rapture driver won a silver medal in the todays golfer 2010 drivers test in issue 269. New box of 6 3m greptile grip golf glove size large.
Highmoi model generates low, stable spin with the shotshaping control provided by the g410 driver familys movableweight technology. In 1959, he started making putters in his garage in redwood city, california. The golf world cup of 1965 brought even greater sales of the garagemade ping putters as many of the top players used the ping putters during the televised event in japan. Ping introduces g710 distance iron with arccos caddie smart grips. The ping rapture v2 driver takes ping s highlaunching, lowspinning g series drivers to the next level with premium materials the premium price tag it once carried, however, is nowhere to be found. Being i live in phoenix i went to the ping fitting center and ended up with the new ping i15 irons. The entire rapture line was introduced as a separate premium line of clubs in 2006 and also showcased ping s first carbon composite crown driver. Ping launched the original rapture range in 2006 with the aim of combining a variety of materials to produce the most technologically advanced clubs they could. I had the rapture vs before and loved those but i like these better and right now you can get them for. The ping rapture 460cc driver features a visible, webshaped titanium crown injected with lightweight composite. From a company history perspective, the rapture irons were also the very first irons to be made overseas. Pings original rapture golf clubs introduced multi. Take a look back at the original ping rapture series of golf clubs driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, their features, plus finding them used. This driver includes the original ping rapture headcover in good condition and is equipped with a white standard size lamkin crossline grip in good condition as well.
The latest driver from ping, its g2 driver, was introduced to ping s tour players in july. Ping year club model shaft description shaft manufacture. Tungsten weighting closer to the face promotes low, stable spin. I feel though that the rapture v1 was special now the ho in me wants to get it back, i am coming full circle. Great deals from mikesgolfoutlet in pinggolf ebay stores. The anser putter began a long and proud history of truly innovative equipment design throughout ping s entire product line ultimately resulting in over 400 patents that has set ping at the top of the list of golf design and manufacturing companies.
Hireko is a full line distributor of gdw golf accessories. As far as i know, this is the only driver released by ping that has a carbon fiber crown. Fits ping g series drivers g20, g15, g10, g5 and g2 plus rapture and rapture v2. I had a rapture v1 sold it got a v2 with diamana, they are both great driver. Starting at the barclays championship, ping s new 460cc rapture v2 driver right started showing up on the driving range. Ping is an american manufacturer of golf equipment, based in phoenix, arizona. Later years edit in 1966, solheim had an idea for a new putter flash in his mind. Inventory available of individual, single, replacement or addon golf irons and wedges for ping rapture v2 irons. A quick call to ping will verify this is a real ping rapture. Ping rapture driver golf club for sale online ebay. Had old g10 driver and regularly hit the sweet spot although accuracy was a bit off hence the change to the r9.
Lastly, if you can get the sw as ugly and little chance as i gave it, it is an awesome wedge. The club is standard in length and standard in lie. Ping g series g20, g15, g10, g5 and g2 driver ferrule. By utilizing the composite in the low stress areas of the crown, ping engineers repositioned 20 grams of mass inside the club for higher launch and lower spin. Ladies driver with ping ult50d ladies shaft golf pride grip gentle on arthritic hands good condition cover included pick up only, 1246324891. Iron gym workout package xtreme ab dvd creatine push up. The ping rapture driver is the flag ship model in pings range that offers ultimate forgiveness and. I lose around 20 yards more than i did with my previous tour burner and nike sumo. Whilst it has degrees of loft and says 3 on the sole, ping are describing it as a versatile driver alternative. Because overcoming a slice is one of this drivers strong points, its release also allowed the company to discontinue the draw version of the ping g15 driver the k15 resembles a. The item up for sale is a used left handed ping rapture 9 driver.
Although i had been using a ping v2 rapture driver i never regarded myself as a ping guy. The original ping rapture driver burst onto the scene in 2007 as it was in the bags of both the mens and womens u. Pings new prototype rapture driving iron will be available to golfers this week at the british open and the pga tours. This proved popular and now ping has improved these clubs further with the launch of the excellent rapture v2 range and it is the ping rapture v2 driver that has probably undergone the biggest change. The rapture series of golf clubs from ping debuted in the marketplace in late 2006 and included rapture drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons. The look and feel of the club is very similar to the excellent ping g5, but that is where the similarities end. Ping rapture drivers in stock for next working day delivery. While ping s original rapture featured a composite head made of. With the greater loft i am hitting the ball better than before and find it easier to control compared to other drivers. As far as i know, this is the only driver released by ping that has a carbon fiber crown, mostly. Movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired ball flight so you can hit a lot more fairways.
Just a month later, the ping g2 driver has been used by mark hensby to win the pga tour john deere classic, by d. Our pros stats backed this up and we think this is a fab choice for golfers looking for extra carry, hangtime and distance. Tungstenweighted with a forged face, creating a faster, more forgiving driver. Ping have maxxedout on all the available technologies for the rapture range and the driver is no exception. This a ping driver crafted with premium materials for truly worldclass performance. Ping has launched a new driver to follow on follow on from the success of the g10 line. In 1967, he resigned from his job at general electric to develop the ping company. Like other club manufacturers, ping always is trying to build a better driver, iron, hybrid or putter, so it has launched many lines over the years. The ping rapture driver is one of the best composite drivers we have tested. I demoed the rapture v1 and was disappointed with it, the sound and feel was very dull. Year club model shaft description shaft manufacture flex shaft weight tip dia. The ping rapture is similar in shape to the g10, but incorporates a crescent shape with tungsten weights in the heel and toe that allow an optimal launch combined with a manageable spin rate. I recently purchased a ping rapture v2 driver, 9 degree with graphalloy prolaunch blue 55r shaft and ping cord grip. Somehow ouisthuizen found his rapture to be acceptable enough to win the british open.
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