About Ping G15 Irons

  It is 50 years since Ping pioneer Karsten Solheim first ventured into his garage and began to tinker with golf clubs.

  In the half-century that has followed Karsten and his family have revolutionised the game of golf with passion, engineering skills and a desire to seek innovation and demand quality.

  To celebrate their 50th anniversary Ping has introduced what it calls "our most comprehensive product launch in history."

  Replacing the hugely successful and brilliantly performing G10 and i10 ranges was never going to be an easy task for Ping engineers, but with the launch of two new entire lines - G15 and i15 - they look to have produced another pair of winners.

As chairman and CEO John Solheim explained at the recent launch, the new hardware has clearly identified the two categories of player - 'G-Man' and 'I-Guy' - and the new ranges have been designed with differing playing characteristic and benefits for these distinct groups.

The new G15 irons from Ping have been designed with the game improver in mind.

  Like the Rapture V2's, they offer maximum forgiveness but are a subtler proposition aesthetically.

  Released to supersede the G10 range they feature a wide sole which enables them to sit comfortably behind the ball and a large offset which positions the hands forwards.

  This provides those who may have trouble getting the ball airborne with a confident feeling that this can be achieved and this indeed proved to be the case.

  There was consistent feel throughout the irons and those shots that came out of the toe (due to a dodgy swing!) still managed to make their way airborne and carry over a forgiving distance.

  One pleasant surprise was that during the backswing the club head felt weighted in such a way that I was aware of its position and so found it easier to control my current golfing curse, the over-swing.

  Ping have released another winner, one that the mid- to high-handicapper will love, and although there are never any guarantees that a new set of irons will reduce your handicap I believe that these clubs will provide you with a very good chance of doing so.