Ping’s new K15 driver emphasizes straightness

Last year Ping released two new drivers, the i15 for players who like to work the ball off the tee and the G15 for players who wanted slightly more forgiveness and a higher launch angle for more distance. Now, for players who simply want to cream the ball as far and as straight as possible, the company has released the K15. When Ping's club designers and engineers, including Vice President John K. Solheim, decided to make a new super game-improvement driver, they saw that most of the clubs already on the market have closed faces. That made sense because many golfers in the market for super game-improvement drivers are slicers. “But what we thought these players really wanted was to aim at a target and hit the ball in that direction,” Solheim said. “So when we designed the K15, that's what we had in mind. Let's just create a driver that is really easy to hit straight.” The key to making that happen is Ping's Straight Flight technology, which is essentially a weight positioned near the heel of the club ( in red in the graphic on the right ) which encourages the face to square at impact. “As you start to swing down, the weight wants to rotate the clubhead and close it to square,” said Solheim. “The nice thing is that the K15 doesn't have a draw face or a closed head, so it really doesn't want to go past the square position. It really just wants to go back to square and stay there.” To lower the club's center of gravity and help golfers get the ball into the air more easily, the crown of the K15 was made especially thin. In some areas it is about the width of two business cards. “We've tried other stuff, but we keep coming back to the traditional shape that's been evolving since the Ping G2 driver,” Solheim said. “We've been pretty successful with that shape and haven't seen a big reason to go too far from it.” While the K15 and the G15 are both 460cc heads, the K15 will play bigger. “It's got a larger profile when you look down at it,” Solheim points out. “It's face is also larger.” The K15 drivers are arriving in pro shops now in 9.5, 10.5 and 12 lofts. They come standard with Ping proprietary TFC 149D graphite shaft for about $300, but custom shaft options are available. See-Try-Buy: Learn more about

Winner’s Bag: Matt Kuchar at the Barclays

DRIVER: Bridgestone X Drive J38 Prototype 435 (10) with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Tour Edge Exotics CB2 (16) with a Graphite Design Tour AD MD-7X shaft HYBRID: Callaway Big Bertha 3H Heavenwood (20) Aldila NV 95X shaft IRONS: Fourteen Golf (4), Bridgestone J38 (5-PW) with Aerotech 95 shafts WEDGES: Bridgestone J38 (52, 58), Fourteen MT-28 VS Forged (62) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts PUTTER: Rife Barbados BALL: Bridgestone B330S See-Try-Buy: Learn more about Bridgestone , and Callaway clubs and schedule your fitting with GolfTEC . Related: Follow David Dusek on Twitter | Facebook (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Winner’s Bag: Matt Kuchar at the Barclays

Winner’s Bag: Matt Kuchar at the Barclays

DRIVER: Bridgestone X Drive J38 Prototype 435 (10) with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Tour Edge Exotics CB2 (16) with a Graphite Design Tour AD MD-7X shaft HYBRID: Callaway Big Bertha 3H Heavenwood (20) Aldila NV 95X shaft IRONS: Fourteen Golf (4), Bridgestone J38 (5-PW) with Aerotech 95 shafts WEDGES: Bridgestone J38 (52, 58), Fourteen MT-28 VS Forged (62) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts PUTTER: Rife Barbados BALL: Bridgestone B330S See-Try-Buy: Learn more about Bridgestone , and Callaway clubs and schedule your fitting with GolfTEC . Related: Follow David Dusek on Twitter | Facebook (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Winner’s Bag: Arjun Atwal at the Wyndham Championship

DRIVER: TaylorMade Burner SuperFast (9.5) with a Matrix Ozik HD6 shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Burner (13) with a Matrix Ozik HD6 shaft HYBRIDS: TaylorMade Rescue TP (19, 22) with UST Mamiya ProForce V2 Hybrid 89 shafts IRONS: Ping S56 (4-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts WEDGES: Fourteen MT-28 V4 (54, 60) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts PUTTER: Ping Karsten Craz-E BALL: Titleist Pro V1x See-Try-Buy: Learn more about

Winner’s Bag: Arjun Atwal at the Wyndham Championship

DRIVER: TaylorMade Burner SuperFast (9.5) with a Matrix Ozik HD6 shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Burner (13) with a Matrix Ozik HD6 shaft HYBRIDS: TaylorMade Rescue TP (19, 22) with UST Mamiya ProForce V2 Hybrid 89 shafts IRONS: Ping S56 (4-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts WEDGES: Fourteen MT-28 V4 (54, 60) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts PUTTER: Ping Karsten Craz-E BALL: Titleist Pro V1x See-Try-Buy: Learn more about

My Bag: Martin Kaymer at the 2010 PGA Championship

DRIVER: TaylorMade R9 SuperTri (8.5) with Mitsubishi Rayon Fubuki 70 Alpha shafts FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade R9 (13), Burner (17.5) and with Mitsubishi Rayon Fubuki Tour shaft IRONS: TaylorMade RAC TP (3-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts WEDGES: TaylorMade RAC (54), TP with xFT (58) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue shafts PUTTER: Ping Karsten Anser 2 BALL: TaylorMade Penta TP See-Try-Buy: Learn more about

My Bag: Bubba Watson at the 2010 PGA Championship

DRIVER: Ping G15 (7.5) with a Grafalloy prototype shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: Ping G15 (17) with a Project X 8A1 shaft IRONS: Ping S59 (3-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts WEDGES: Ping Tour-W (52, 56, 63) with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts PUTTER: Ping Redwood Anser BALL: Titleist Pro V1x See-Try-Buy: Learn more about

My Bag: Dustin Johnson at 2010 PGA Championship

DRIVER: TaylorMade R9 (10.5) with Fujikura Motore F1 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade R9 (15, 19) with Aldila RIP 90 shaft IRONS: TaylorMade R9 (3-9) with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts WEDGES:

My Bag: Rory McIlroy at 2010 PGA Championship

DRIVER: Titleist 909D2 (8.5) with a Fujikura Rombax 7V05 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Titleist 906 F2 (13.5) with a Project X 7A3 shaft, (18.5) with a Fujikura FitOn 11 Pro 95 shaft IRONS: Titleist AP2 (3-4),

My Bag: Matt Kuchar at the 2010 PGA Championship

DRIVER: Bridgestone X Drive J38 Prototype 435 (10) with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Tour Edge Exotics CB2 (16) with a Graphite Design Tour AD MD-7X shaft HYBRID: Callaway Big Bertha 3H Heavenwood (20) Aldila NV 95X shaft IRONS: Fourteen Golf (4), Bridgestone J38 (5-PW) with Aerotech 95 shafts WEDGES: Bridgestone J38 (52, 58), Fourteen MT-28 VS Forged (62) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts PUTTER: Rife Barbados BALL: Bridgestone B330S See-Try-Buy: Learn more about Bridgestone , and Callaway clubs and schedule your fitting with GolfTEC . Related: Follow David Dusek on Twitter | Facebook

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