The Newest Ping G15 Fairway Wood Review

The folks at PING have been quite busy as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary and as a gift to you, they released two new lines of clubs. One of those is the ping g15 fairway wood which has the unenviable position of following the wildly successful and much praised G10 model.
Rather than leave "well enough" alone and just slap a new coat of paint on the G10 and call it a day, PING went out and changed things around a bit with the G15. While it's more of an evolutionary change, it still boasts some pretty cool design features that should make you give it strong look.
So is the ping g15 one you should add to your list of fairway woods to try out during your next shopping trip to your favorite golf shop? What about the headcover? Is it forgiving? Most importantly, did it knock out my current occupant out of the bag?
Read on to find out the answers to those questions from golf sales online.
Design and Technology
The ping g15 features an "elongated, low profile" design for additional forgiveness and to make it easier to use on a variety of lies. That larger head gives you more confidence when standing over your next shot.
The sole features an external weight pad which allowed the PING engineers to move the center of gravity low and and farther back to give you a higher trajectory and increased that ever so important increased distance. High launch and more distance is quite fine with me.
Esthetics
As far as color combinations go, red and black have seemed to be the rave for the past few years and PING joins in with their offering on the G15. The sole mixes in a nice amount of black, red and silver to make the G15 esthetically pleasing to the eye for the rare instances you are actually looking at the sole.
The "moon-thing" alignment aid that was featured in prior models of PING woods is a thing of the past (though you can still tell it had some influence) and is replaced by some nifty red triangles which work out quite nicely in getting the club lined up with your target line. Easy to use while at the same time not being over gaudy or annoying is a good thing in my opinion.
The alignment arrows make lining up to your target line a breeze. Just point and shoot.
As far has head size goes, the G15 falls in line with your typical modern fairway wood. Not quite mini-driver size (which is nice), the G15 oozes confidence as you really get the sense that it would be quite difficult to screw up your next shot with it. Operator error is all that can get in the way.
Performance
As I've stated in prior fairway wood reviews, my primary purpose for a fairway wood was for off the tee on tighter driving holes. Recently though with some instruction and practice I've started to use my fairway wood off the deck more.
The G15 pulls off that shot quite easily as the ball is launched quickly and effortlessly. Regardless of being in the light rough or the fairway, the sole interacts with the ground smoothly and the distance was pretty impressive. The ping g15 driver makes going for par five's in two a whole lot more entertaining.
The G15's forgiveness factor is rated as Extreme and I could not agree more. There is some workability in it to be sure but I found the G15 primarily wants to go straight. The sweet spot seemed to be most of the face (not quite but pretty close) and shots where you nailed it felt pretty much the same as those where you just missed it.
As with all the newer fairway woods, tee it low or you might be faced with the dreaded balloon ball. PING lists the trajectory as High although that can change some based on the shaft you get with it.

Aritcle Source: http://amgolf18.com/