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Ping G10 wood vs R9 wood and Ping Redwood(lv44) vs Rossa

• junsung04 4 Posts

  Sat, Aug 6 2011 9:47 PM

  I currently have R11(lv33) wood, and i want to switch it to get more distance. Should i just get Ping G10 wood? or wait until lv 62 to get R9 wood?  

  Also, is Rossa any better than the Redwood? beside the meter speed. 

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sat, Aug 6 2011 10:59 PM

  There's more precision on the G10 and it's cheaper, but hits 5 yards less distance. Might be worth buying the G10 until you reach the level for the big dog clubs, that's what I did. As for the Rossa I think it's the best putter there is.

• caupo70 41 Posts

  Sun, Aug 7 2011 2:22 AM

  The master G10 3wood is better.  The key is the high trajectory which will allow you to attack the green on par 5's.   The G10 will clear a hazard/bunker, land soft and hold the green.  The R9 will not do that as well.  If you can't hold the green with the 3wood, you might as well lay up with a long iron to your favorite wedge distance.

• birdwell 561 Posts

  Sun, Aug 7 2011 7:59 AM

  caupo70:

  The master G10 3wood is better.  The key is the high trajectory which will allow you to attack the green on par 5's.   The G10 will clear a hazard/bunker, land soft and hold the green.  The R9 will not do that as well.

  This is true, however the lower trajectory of the R9 can be of great benefit on some holes. I love hitting a nice low punch shot onto the 17th green at St. Andrews and getting that near perfect roll over to the hole. You just really have to know how to manipulate the ball flight with any club. A lot of it comes down to preference.

   

   

   

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Sun, Aug 7 2011 11:42 AM

  The  Level 59 G10 3 wood is slightly better than the Level 62 R9 because it has more precision and has the same meter speed. the R9 is slightly more forgiving but if you can ding the meter then that is a moot point. In my opinion the only 3 wood in the game better than the G10 is the highest level R11. 

  As for the Rossa Daytona putter it depends on which Redwood you mean. It is much better than the level 44 Redwood and even though the higher level Redwood is better on paper, due to the faster meter speed many people like the Daytona better. I had the better Redwood and used it for about a year but recently went back to the Daytona because I was struggling with my putting due to missing the ding far too often with the Redwood. It comes down to can you ding the meter on the faster putter and what scale you like and are used to. If you have the level 44 Redwood and ding the meter well and like the 15-30-45-90-150-300 scale of it then you might wait until you can get the better Redwood.  It takes some time to get used to the 15-30-60-90-150-300 scale of the Daytona. Even though the only difference there is the 45 vs 60 scale.If you have trouble with the meter speed of the Redwood then you should seriously consider the slower meter speed Daytona.