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Ping to sell 5,000 Bubba-inspired pink G30 drivers

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If you’re ever wanted a Ping G30 driver that looks like the one Bubba Watson uses, here’s your chance. Ping is selling 5,000 all-pink G30 drivers and will donate $60 for each driver sold to the Bubba Watson Foundation.

The Bubba Watson Foundation was founded by the golfer and his wife, Angie, and states its mission as “enhanc[ing] the every-day lives of people in need with a particular emphasis on helping and inspiring children, young adults, and those associated with the U.S. Military.”

[quote_box_center]“Bubba has a huge heart and continues to use his success on the golf course to help people in need, especially children,” said John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. “As we’ve seen on the golf course with his shot-making skills, he’s a creative thinker and his decision to distinguish himself by using a pink driver and shaft helped make this program possible. We’re blessed with the opportunity to partner with Bubba and are very grateful to golfers who choose to support this program for the benefit of the Bubba Watson Foundation.”[/quote_box_center]

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The G30 drivers ($550 MSRP) are currently available for pre-order through Ping authorized retailers. They’re available in right-handed (9.5 and 10.5 degrees) and left-handed (10.5 degrees) models, and come with all-Pink Ping TFC 914D shafts (R and S flexes).

Related: Ping’s G30 driver earned the top spot on our 2015 Gear Trials: Best Drivers List. Read our full review of the G30 driver, here.

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  1. Junca valerie

    May 2, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    Hello. I am french I would like to buy Watson’s driver. Is it possible to buy it on Internet ? I am waitting your answer. Thank you

  2. Jacob

    Apr 8, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    I was looking forward to this and even thinking it would knock my G25 out of the bag from last year. Not cool only offering left hand in 10.5* and R or S regular version head . I wanted a G30 LS 9*and Xshaft. 0 for 3 for what I need and wants. $90 Pant job really?

    What is more comical are the ones on Ebay for $1000-1200 already a week before it has even shipped! 5000 is Not that limited flippers!! WTH

  3. golfiend

    Apr 7, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    I think my wife will get one of these … she loves pink.

  4. ND Hickman

    Apr 7, 2015 at 9:37 am

    Coming to the UK in specs other than a 10.5 with a Regular Shaft this time?

  5. llamont

    Apr 7, 2015 at 1:11 am

    This just end… After reading GD’s scathing article about PGA Tour pros disdain for Bubba, Ping has cut production of Bubba’s pink driver to Bubba-only personal prototypes.

  6. Kyle

    Apr 6, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    Gross

  7. Nor

    Apr 6, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    Worse than TMAG white heads or Nike Red/Volt colors, but i don’t see people mocking Ping?

    • jason

      Apr 6, 2015 at 11:16 pm

      It’s a charity thing. And a good driver. Nothing wrong with this move by PING.

      • lsf_21

        Apr 8, 2015 at 10:41 pm

        So Nike and Taylormade dont make good drivers?

  8. jonno

    Apr 6, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    bubba has a one-off custom slightly smaller and lower spinning G30, if that’s the head they sold i’d buy one.

    a pink normal g30 is rubbish and is paying for paint

    • jason

      Apr 6, 2015 at 11:17 pm

      This is not true. Bubba’s G30 is not smaller. And any modification of spin would be through the use go G-loo which WRX will do for any customer who asks.

    • John Jones

      Apr 8, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      Bubba’s driver is the same size as every G30 and is not lower spinning due to Giloo either. Bubba does however play a very low lofted G30 due to his ball speed and club head speed…Bubba is a guy whose stock shot is a 20 yard cut gonna need some spin to hit that shot…and his bomb is launched at 15 w 1800 spin because he swing up 5 at it. You sir need to talk of what you know and not try to look cool.

  9. Dirt

    Apr 6, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I wants one. Are they going on sale in Canada?

  10. other paul

    Apr 6, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    I want one. But if I was going to play a pink driver that screams Bubba long, I would have to play a long 48″ shaft to hit it that far. Otherwise, why buy one? To put on a shelf?

  11. ooffa

    Apr 6, 2015 at 12:53 pm

    I would love to play like Bubba, but look or act like Bubba, no thank you very much.

  12. johnnyb

    Apr 6, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    Bubba is a good dude. That is all.

    • Scooter McGavin

      Apr 6, 2015 at 12:36 pm

      Yeah, especially when he’s swearing and yelling at his caddie.

      • jason

        Apr 6, 2015 at 11:19 pm

        And donating heavy amounts of money to the Soldiers fund.

  13. RadioActive

    Apr 6, 2015 at 11:21 am

    So take a $350 driver, paint it pink, charge $550 and donate $50 to charity? Hmmm something doesn’t add up…

    • JE

      Apr 6, 2015 at 11:47 am

      Actually, Morton’s Golf has them for $499 so your math is off. More like 500 – 60 = $440. $60 to a foundation that supports people in need sounds like a good deal for everyone.

      • RadioActive

        Apr 6, 2015 at 3:15 pm

        Relax Archimedes, i was using the $550 quoted in this article wasn’t going out looking for actual quotes, and I’m petty sure when this article 1st went up it read that $50 was going to charity they either edited it or I was mistaken… But lets use your numbers, still an additional ~$90 profit per club or $450K over 5000 clubs under the guise of helping a charity.

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Club Junkie WITB league night, week 10: The hypothetical bag!

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Week 9 was an absolute disaster as BK shot the worst league score in years. Two balls out of bounds off the tee and one that hit a tree and was never found, so three penalty strokes right there. Then it was just battling a slice that crept into the swing for the first time in years! Week 10 is the halfway point and the league does a scramble format where everyone throws in some money and the top teams win it. Unfortunately, BK won’t be there as he will be out in California for a work-related trip, but these are the clubs he would be playing.

Driver: PXG Black Ops (9 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD XC-6x

3-wood: Titleist TSR2 (15 degrees, D1 setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 7x

Hybrid: TaylorMade Qi10 Rescue (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue HB 7s

4-6 iron: Callaway Apex Pro
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff

7-9 iron: Callaway Apex CB
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff

10-11 iron: Callaway Apex MB
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Stiff

Wedge: Mizuno T24 (56-12S)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold TI S400

Wedge: Cleveland RTX Full-Face (58-9, Bent 2* weak)
Shaft: Nippon Pro Modus 125 Wedge

Putter: Odyssey Ai One 7s
Shaft: Stroke Lab SL90 Steel

Ball: Titleist ProV1 Enhanced Alignment

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Miura launches new forged wedge series

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Miura Golf has this week announced the release of their new forged wedge series.

Five years in the making, the new Y and C grind soles were designed to interact crisply with the turf to enhance contact and encourage consistency. The lie, loft and face progression aims to create a flawless flow from the hosel through the clubhead. The clean, classic forged wedge look was developed with design to promote short game confidence for pros and amateurs alike.

“The Forged Wedge Series enhances a golfer’s three most important senses: What a golfer sees, feels, and hears brings clarity to each shot—for the part of the game where strokes are saved, and matches are won. Our newest wedge heads were carefully engineered to put the mass in the right places so golfers can get the optimum contact and control, allowing for easier turf travel through impact and more overall consistent ball flight.” – Bill Holowaty, COO, Miura Golf

The Y Grind

Beneficial for golfers who have a neutral to steep angle of attack and tend to remove some turf through impact when playing a variety of shots around the green. This grind will offer more control and more spin for that type of player and the leading edge, high bounce and cambering of the Y Grind aims to make it equally as easy to get out of bunkers, soft conditions and long rough.

The C Grind

Optimal for players who have a neutral to shallow attack angle in order to sweep the ball and pick it off the turf around the green. The additional heel and toe relief on this wedge allows for more confident open face shots and provides versatility to handle intricate shots and tight lies around the green on any type of turf condition.

Every Y and C grind wedge is stamped with the forged “Kanji” symbol, a Japanese character which translates to “striving” or “noble effort.”

The Y Grind wedge is available in 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56-degree lofts. The C Grind wedge is available in 54, 56, 58 and 60-degree lofts.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (6/20/24): Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter.

From the seller: (@bqe323): “Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 Putter, 32” 20g Weights. Headcover Included. Cameron Small/Medium Black/Green Paddle Grip. $350 OBO.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Phantom 7.5 putter

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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