{"id":19052,"date":"2014-07-15T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T07:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/mygolfway\/ping-discovering-the-origin-of-the-new-g30-driver-turbulator-technology\/"},"modified":"2014-07-15T08:04:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T07:04:25","slug":"ping-discovering-the-origin-of-the-new-g30-driver-turbulator-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/ping-discovering-the-origin-of-the-new-g30-driver-turbulator-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping – Discovering the origin of the new G30 driver Turbulator Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July 15, 2014 –<\/strong> The launch of the Ping<\/a> G30 driver<\/strong> has been tremendous. The immediate victory of Angel Cabrera<\/strong> at the first PGA Tour<\/strong> event<\/a> in which it was played has pushed up the credibility of the innovative Turbulator Technology<\/strong><\/a> included in its crown. So we find ourselves asking… how it has been developed and how does it work?<\/p>\n

Last week we had the chance to attend an exclusive presentation of the G30, invited by Ping Spain<\/strong> to the European headquarters of the company at Gainsborough<\/strong> (Lincolnshire, United Kingdom). So we know from a good source that players like Bubba Watson<\/a>, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Louis Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood, Alejandro Ca\u00f1izares, Azahara Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>… and many other members of the Ping staff are already testing it, and the feedback is really good. While we amateurs expect to see the driver soon in golf stores, we\u2019ll be watching the players using it this week at The Open Championship and looking at its performance.<\/p>\n

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By the way, for those who are rather impatient, all new G30 Series will be on sale worldwide on 31st of July<\/strong> exclusively through Ping Fitting centres, and will be generally availability in mid-August.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While waiting for that moment, these are some of the best-kept secrets around the G30 driver, and the origin of Turbulator Technology.<\/p>\n

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In a survey on golfers conducted by Golf Datatech<\/strong> in summer 2013 regarding the most valued aspects of a driver, 96% cited \u2018help to hit more fairways\u2019, 74% \u2018help them correct their biggest mistakes\u2019 and 64% \u2018help to hit further\u2019. So the main goal for Ping engineers is to provide greater clubhead speed, but without sacrificing the virtues already offered in the G25.<\/p>\n

Starting from the basis of the applications in airplanes and Formula 1, Marty Jertson<\/strong>, Ping senior design engineer, worked on the idea at Sheffield University thinking up a way of giving the clubhead a few spoilers that would serve to reduce aerodynamic drag by significantly delaying the airflow separation. Then the concept was transferred to Dr. Paul Wood<\/strong>, Ping Director of Innovation at Phoenix (USA), for development at Arizona State University.<\/p>\n