{"id":271,"date":"2011-09-19T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetgolfreview.co.uk\/?p=271"},"modified":"2011-09-24T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T10:33:28","slug":"on-tour-with-the-ping-k15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/golf\/equipment\/271\/on-tour-with-the-ping-k15","title":{"rendered":"On Tour with the Ping K15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ping K15 on Tour.mp4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TetryHTf5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_272\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2011\/09\/Ping-K15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2011\/09\/Ping-K15.jpg\" alt=\"golf, driver, ping, on tour\" width=\"300\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ping K15 face and sole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I first picked up the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ping.com\/clubs\/drivers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Ping K15<\/span><\/a><\/strong> I had to admit its not the best looking driver on the block, but then again I\u2019m more interested in hitting fairways than how good a club looks sitting in my bag.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I realised I could be onto a winner with Ping\u2019s K15 was standing on the 10th tee at Shirley Park Golf Club in Surrey, England with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf-monthly.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Golf Monthly\u2019s<\/span><\/a><\/strong> Deputy Editor Neil Tappin. Now if you know Neil he hits a mean ball, not always on the fairway mind, but when he connects it goes a long long way regularly well over the 300-yard mark.<\/p>\n<p>So when I hit a beautiful little fade just 10 yards behind Neil\u2019s ball I was surprised, believe me I hit mine well, so I turned to Neil and said did you hit that ball well, \u201cI nailed it \u201ccame his reply. I knew then this was the club to take on tour this year.<\/p>\n<p>From the Greg Norman inspired Links that is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dananggolfclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Danang Golf Club<\/span><\/a><\/strong> in Vietnam, via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiangmaihighlands.com\/golf.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Chiangmai Highlands<\/span><\/a><\/strong> in Chiang Mai, Thailand, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arcadiabluffs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Arcadia Bluffs<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pointowoods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Point \u2018O\u201d Woods<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/harborshoreslife.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Harbor Shores<\/span><\/a><\/strong> in Michigan, USA, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riadevigogolf.com\/spa\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Club de Ria de Vigo<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balneariomondariz.es\/index.php?V_dir=contents&amp;V_mod=articulos&amp;id=2&amp;PHPSESSID=qrp2qkdj3sctnrlt9lh86qma46&amp;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mondariz Golf Club<\/span><\/a><\/strong> in Galicia, Spain, drive after very long drive, splitting fairways around the globe, this is the driver for me and for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #6f0\">Technology:<\/span><\/strong> Ping\u2019s Straight Flight Technology incorporates an \u2018ultra-thin\u2019 crown for the K15, with 10% of clubhead mass being concentrated in an external weight pad towards the heel of the clubhead. This helps square the clubface at impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #6f0\">Conclusion:<\/span><\/strong> Although this driver is designed with slower swing speeds in mind, using Ping\u2019s custom fitting process and the range of shafts that are on offer, the distance and accuracy the K15 offers will appeal to all standard of golfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first picked up the Ping K15 I had to admit its not the best looking driver on the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/golf\/equipment\/271\/on-tour-with-the-ping-k15\" title=\"ReadOn Tour with the Ping K15\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112767,9,3600,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment-reviews","category-golf","category-world-golf-tour","category-equipment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2011\/09\/Ping-K15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}