Only one coupon code is valid per customer per order. Pings rapture 3wood is the only new entry that brings titanium into the mix. While we discussed the stretch as a mini for a guy who doesnt want to hit a mini, its definitely not a club that exhibits any sort of tee bias. Ill take a g5 driver and fairway wood for the same price. The rapture looks nice too and sounds pure at impact due to acoustic. Find great deals on ebay for ping rapture driver and ping rapture v2 driver. Tungsten weighting closer to the face promotes low, stable spin. What brought this to my attention was taylormade golf having pingrapture. In fact it looks like a 2wood compared to the modern 460cc drivers. More punch than a 3wood, more accuracy than a driver. Both callaway and ping also have introduced oversized.
This mini driver is about half the size of a typical driver but with the same construction. It is true that 2 woods and stronglofted 3 woods have been available for a while, but these clubs are a little different. It was 2001 when taylormade golf launched the v steel fairway woods, and over the past 19 years, its not uncommon to see one occupying a spot in a players bag. If youd like a full recap of the taylormade sldr mini driver, you should check out this article. Ping rapture 3wood first hit todays golfer youtube. The ping rapture v2 is by far the best driver i have ever hit. Check out the ping i25 3wood if you want to stripe it to or from the fairway. Taylormade original one mini driver vs m6 3wood with shot. Nov 26, 2015 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 purchased the ping rap ture 3 wood, with 14 degree and could not be happier. Ping rapture 219cc degree fairway wood clubs, grips. Finally fiund the original ping rapture fairway wood. Taylormade 2017 m2 v ping g driver test national club golfer. It features a titanium body, highstrength betatitanium face and a tungsten.
New tour issue taylormade m3 t3 fairway wood tensei stiff. This multimaterial 3wood is designed as a longer 3wood or driver alternative. Mini drivers have it both ways, power and accuracy. Due to manufacturer restrictions, all new not including closeouts items including logo overruns from adams, adidas, ben hogan, callaway, cleveland, club glove, cobra, footjoy, mizuno, never compromise, nike, odyssey, ping, sun mountain, taylormade, titleist and some others are excluded. Taylormade extends aeroburner line with mini driver golfwrx. They all claim to be long, and many are, but if you really want distance, you want a fairway wood made out of the same stuff your driver is made of. I like a 12degree loft, which is unusual, but the trajectory is perfect. Its made my 3 wood perform like a driver, he told me last fall during a. Designed to be the longest of the g fairways, the stretch is nearly as long as pings rapture fairway from a couple seasons ago. Since i use rapture irons, hybrids and fairway metals, i recently decided to tradein my taylormade r7 to get the ping rapture driver.
Its degree, deeperface profile sits between a driver and a fairway. Oct 21, 2015 are you looking for a longer 3 wood off the tee or have trouble controlling your driver. The taylormade sldr mini driver comes in a variety of lofts from 1216, sized at 260cc and playing 43. It was that snowflake fairway wood that launched high. Given the emergence of clubs like callaways 2 deep, pings rapture, and taylormades mini driver, future fairway wood tests will almost certainly involve a tee component.
Taylormades latest driver might be another mini with maxed. Find great deals on ebay for ping rapture 3 wood and ping rapture 3 wood 2014. Apr 07, 2014 the sldr mini driver almost certainly wont be longer than your driver, and it may not prove to be more forgiving or more accurate than your driver either, but as a hybrid of sorts between a driver and a 3wood, it fills the space nicelyeven if were only hearing about that space for the first time today. Players who want driverlike distance from the fairway.
A lot of times the mini driver for some is a bit easier to hit than a main driver, helps keep the dispersion tighter whilst going a bit further than a 3 wood. Lightweight composite crown insert allows the thin, fullymachined variable thickness face increases ball speed and is robotically plasma welded for consistency and durability. It could serve as a true driver replacement, a 3 wood replacement or a 2 wood thriver. It could serve as a true driver replacement, a 3wood replacement or a 2wood thriver. As the courses i play on depending on wind call for something with a little less distance than a driver or the rapture. Whilst it has degrees of loft and says 3 on the sole, ping are describing it as a versatile driver alternative. August 14, 2015 innovating to fill gaps within the woods category, last year taylormade golf launched the mini driver sldr. Mar 21, 2014 mix play all mix todays golfer youtube nicklaus vs snead at pebble beach. The ping rapture fairway wood is the longest of the new fairway drivers. An injectionmolded tungsten sole plate in the ti 811 head accounts for nearly 25% of clubhead mass, which positions the cg much lower than a traditional fairway wood, resulting in high launch and. The result, pings rapture fairway wood, is a 212cubiccentimeter titanium fairway wood with a deep face and a tungsten sole weight that pulls the center of gravity extremely low in the head. The rapture 3wood is a premium club aimed at golfers seeking a versatile driver alternative or hotterfaced 3wood. Mix play all mix todays golfer youtube nicklaus vs snead at pebble beach. The sldr mini driver almost certainly wont be longer than your driver, and it may not prove to be more forgiving or more accurate than your driver either, but as a hybrid of sorts between a driver and a 3wood, it fills the space nicelyeven if were.
This minidriver is about half the size of a typical driver but with the same construction. Why not find the largest profile 3 wood for driving with a 43 inch shaft. Buy new and used ping rapture fairway wood from the best golf shop. Nov 26, 2015 the rapture 3 wood is a premium club aimed at golfers seeking a versatile driver alternative or hotterfaced 3 wood. Ping, taylormade and callaway all have introduced new or updated. If yes to either, then taylormade sldr mini driver and the taylormade aeroburner mini driver are clubs you should be looking at.
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. 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. Ping rapture 3 woodmini driver, fujikura pro65 shaft, rh, good. Because of this i go with my 3 wood and deal with the lack of distance off the tee. At degrees and with a 219cc head, the rapture is essentially a 2wood aiming to provide more spin and therefore accuracy than a driver without giving up too many yards. Buzz around the mini driver category reached new heights after the 2015 honda classic, where it earned its first pga tour win. Ping rapture 2014 degree 3 woodmini driver with fujikura x.
Ping rapture 3 woodmini driver, aldila tour blue stiff. Nice ping rapture 14 fairway 3 wood vs proto graphite 85 stiff. This club is made in a crescent shape and has weights made of tungsten in the heel and toe. A 3 wood shaft will have been tipped by at least 1 and will therefore be stiffer than a driver shaft. This multimaterial 3 wood is designed as a longer 3 wood or driver alternative.
Pings original rapture golf clubs introduced multi. The i25 3wood would definitely be considered that in comparison to the g25 3wood. The 2nd swing tradein program gives you the best value for your used golf equipment so you get the best price along with our bestinclass selection. Mark talks about the two mini drivers from taylormade and callaway golf and why they might or might not help your golf game. Due to manufacturer restrictions, all new not including closeouts items including logo overruns from adams, adidas, ben hogan, callaway, cleveland, club glove, cobra, footjoy, mizuno, never compromise, nike, odyssey, ping, sun mountain, taylormade. In theory making it go slightly further in distance than a 3wood but also making it far easier to. Call to action the ping rapture driver from the fantastic selection of new and used options at 2nd swing and get a great deal when you trade in your used golf clubs. As they only come in one loft i was thinking about picking up a 16 mini driver to use as a fairway wood. Minidriver taylormade golf aeroburner august 14, 2015 innovating to fill gaps within the woods category, last year taylormade golf launched the mini driver sldr. The rapture 3 wood is a premium club aimed at golfers seeking a versatile driver alternative or hotterfaced 3 wood. With such a strong offering in pings recent past, the expectations for the stretch were high. There are lots of fairway drivers out there this year. Taylormade mini driver vs callaway x2 hot deep how to. Ping has pulled out all the stops here a compositetitanium head, a web crown design, robotic plasma welds all in an effort to make the best driver on the market.
Many of the other fairway drivers have produced numbers that are driverlike, but theyve all given up something to my gamer driver. This is made possible since it offers a low spin rate and mid launch. The mini driver is, in a nutshell, a larger headed 3wood with perhaps a slightly stronger loft. By todays standards it is mini, but i remember playing a driver smaller than that when i first started. It is much easier to keep on the fairway than the g10 or the r7. In theory making it go slightly further in distance than a 3wood but also making it far easier to hit than a traditional larger headed, longer. May 12, 2014 all shots were hit from a fairway lie.
I will use this club for a long time, the ping rapture. Ping rapture 219cc degree fairway wood sign in to follow this. Ping rapture for that but it fills the gap between my driver and hybrid nicely. Find golf club tradein and resales values for over 4,000 models of used golf clubs at the pga value guide, from leading manufacturers such as callaway, taylormade, taylor made, titleist, ping, odyssey, nike, cleveland, mizuno, cobra, adams, wilson. Ping rapture clubs can still be found available for sale used online today, including on offered by ping itself although the rapture v2 clubs are more common, given that they are a couple years more recent than the original ping rapture clubs.
Apr 07, 2016 long time readers and equipment geeks with good memories will recall that the ping g stretch fairway wood isnt pings first venture into mini drivers. It is smaller, shallower and less forgiving, especially for left to right golfers slicers. With that said, if you have a decent 3wood swing, this can really be an amazing club. Ping s rapture 3 wood is the only new entry that brings titanium into the mix.
Ping rapture driver for sale in uk view 54 bargains. The alltitanium design of the rapture afforded ping the luxury of placing weight farther around the perimeter, therefore enhancing the clubs moi. Our pros stats backed this up and we think this is a fab choice for golfers looking for extra carry, hangtime and distance. The degree ping rapture says 3 wood on the sole, but ping describe. By mike stachura increasingly on tour, the fairway wood off the tee is the.
Keeping with the trend of driver alternatives, ping announced the release of a deeperfaced rapture 3wood degrees that combines the versatility of a fairway wood with an extremevariable. I find it well balanced and that it naturally promotes a nice draw. Since grip size influences your wrist action, and therefore the direction of your shots, it is commonly used by fitters to affect ball flight. Jan 02, 2014 the design of pings newest fairway wood started with a simple question among the design team. Each club group was hit over the course of 2 sessions by each each of our testers. Ping rapture fairway 3 wood tfc 949 stiff 2014 for sale. How can we make the hottest fairway wood out there. I have a ping fairway wood 4 gd fairway club recommendation about 4 years ago. Why not find the largest profile 3wood for driving with a 43 inch shaft. I will use this club for a long time, the ping rapture golf driver probably took 3 or 4 strokes off my round. 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.
The sldr mini driver captivated golfers on all skill levels by delivering better 3wood performance from the tee, said brian bazzel, taylormades senior director of metalwood creation. Fairway woods buyers guide 2007 golf tips magazine. Ping offers a variety of grip sizes and styles to fit different hand sizes and texture preferences. One mini driver is an interesting choice off the tee, but only strong fairway wood. The ping g was up first but wed like to stress that randy had a good warm up before the test started so he was nice and loose. Tungstenweighted with a forged face, creating a faster, more forgiving driver. Padraig harrington used taylormades original mini driver a 12degree sldr s as a driver. Something i could use for tight fairways or on drives that required less distance. Randy managed to get ball speeds with the ping g up to 169mph which is really impressive. The next generation ping womens driver maximizes forgiveness and distance through a higher moi, faster face and lighter overall club weight.
Ping g30 driver taylormade sldr 430 tp driver taylormade sldr mini. Pings i series is meant to be the players line of clubs. If it is an r shaft, it will be stiffer than a driver r shaft, and if it is an s shaft, it will be slightly stiffer than an s driver shaft. Pings original rapture golf clubs introduced multimaterial. Highmoi model generates low, stable spin with the shotshaping control provided by.
Jul 28, 2014 i will par 4 or 5 holes, birdie one and blow 4, the rest are bogies. Get our take on the taylormade original one mini driver here. Ping rapture fairway 3 wood tfc 949 stiff 2014 for sale online. This club was originally designed for those who usually get off the tee with a 3wood, but its shown that it is helpful in more areas for golfers of. Movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired ball flight so you can hit a lot more fairways. Their clubs are superb especially the woods, the mini driver is something many of the brands have released over the years and itas not aimed to a. Would you recommend the ping 3 wood with my senior club speed swing and game. Designed to fit in between your fairway wood and driver, the original one mini driver celebrates 40 years of taylormades history. The design of pings newest fairway wood started with a simple question among the design team.
Taylormades aeroburner mini driver exists in the space between the companys drivers and fairway woods, and thats the beauty of it. The ping rapture driver is probably the most technologically advanced driver that the company has ever produced. It features an 811 titanium body, highstrength betatitanium face and dense. At degrees and with a 219cc head, the rapture is essentially a 2 wood aiming to provide more spin and therefore accuracy than a driver without giving up too many yards. So the latest fashion in golf clubs over the last couple of seasons seems to be the mini driver. The 2nd swing tradein program gives you the best value for your used golf equipment so you get the best price along with our bestin. Ping rapture 2014 degree 3 wood mini driver with fujikura xflex shaft. There was no real advantage by going first or second. Ping has introduced the rapture, a degree deep faced fairway and tour edge has. When shopping for a 3 wood i was looking for a club that could be my back up driver. Are you looking for a longer 3 wood off the tee or have trouble controlling your driver.