Ping G2 Fairway Wood Golf Club

My PING G2 7 wood on TFC100 stiff graphite came used from an E Bay win ($74) and in not as good condition as every other club or set I've bought there for myself, The Queen and our 12 yr. old grandson. At first glance I was intending to send it back to that E Bay outfit in California who sold it as an 8 of 10 with its dull and scratched crown, paint chips and sand-blasted face right after pounding a few angry balls at the range...and now, 3 months later it's still in my #1 bag along with my EBAY-bought (not from those guys) Nike Ignite 1-3-4-9 woods, snappy and shiny looking as they are. (Check my other reviews) I put the bench buffer to work over a lunch break and fixed the face and some of the crown, re-gripped it, furniture-polished the shaft and it is no longer quite as disreputable looking. In fact, my grandson is eyeing it and he soon shall receive, when my Ignite 7 wood arrives next week!

My first and lasting impression is that I might like the club better with a regular shaft. My swing speed is currently 106-110 with this club when I'm swinging well. The ringtone and high, hot, flat-top flight off the face is pure PING wood (I've hit a few Ping woods over 12 years, believe me) and I get more distance airmail by 15 yd and seem to get a much longer roll (+/- 8-10 yd) on most shots when compared to my Callaway Warbird Heavenly 7, a club I've hit for 3 years now and still love dearly. The Queen has one of those,too, and that's her go-to club on the 140-150 yd approach. I'm spanking this Ping 7 on those little 170 -190yd 2nd shots into a big green and liking the results a lot. You will, too.

What I Like:
Head shape, fantastic half-moon line-up design. This club is LONG when well struck. I can work this club left, right and straight easily: it does respond to good swing fundamentals with no surprises.

Distance: Anywhere from 160yd on a 3/4 punch to a 210yd full-out smokin' rip from a ball-sittin'-tall lie. Fantastic for gouging it LONG out of the hay (1"-2.5" stuff)and not bad off the thin. It's light feeling from the sand but they come out flying nonetheless...

What I Don't Like:
The PING TFC100 stiff is like a fire poker in the waggle and on the strike which is why I'd prefer the Regular shaft. I have stiff graphite irons and a couple of stiff drivers so it's not that. I'm now used to the flex and feel of the regular shafts in my other (Nike) fairway woods so maybe my opinion isn't valid. The grandson clobbers the heck out of it as if born to it and The Mrs. doesn't seem to mind it, though she's kept her Callaway Heavenly 7 in the bag. She hits the same Ping G2L 3 wood off the tee and from the fairway and would like it if I'd buy her some more Pings.
This club doesn't work for me chipping from just off the green. Head's too light-feeling, shaft's too stiff but that's not why I bought this wood.
Cute little blue and white headcover shape and design, you think? NOT!!! Darn thing's always cocked and about to pop off when I'm on the move. I have a Taylor 2.5 Tour carry Bag on a 3 wheeler (put a block of stiff foam between the foot activator and bag bottom, works great,no busted hardware to fix later, no barrel-rolling nonsense either!) so I can see that cover making its getaway right in front of me. Hey, put a sock on it, you PINGSTERS!!!! My grandson's liable to lose the darn thing right off anyway but there's a plastic bag full of odd covers including an AFLAC goose in the garage for him to use!