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Ping to sell 5,000 Bubba-inspired pink G30 drivers

Published

11 years ago

Apr 6, 2015

If you’re ever wanted a Ping G30 driver that looks like the one Bubba Watson uses, here’s your chance. Ping is selling 5,000 all-pink G30 drivers and will donate $60 for each driver sold to the Bubba Watson Foundation.

The Bubba Watson Foundation was founded by the golfer and his wife, Angie, and states its mission as “enhanc[ing] the every-day lives of people in need with a particular emphasis on helping and inspiring children, young adults, and those associated with the U.S. Military.”

[quote_box_center]“Bubba has a huge heart and continues to use his success on the golf course to help people in need, especially children,” said John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. “As we’ve seen on the golf course with his shot-making skills, he’s a creative thinker and his decision to distinguish himself by using a pink driver and shaft helped make this program possible. We’re blessed with the opportunity to partner with Bubba and are very grateful to golfers who choose to support this program for the benefit of the Bubba Watson Foundation.”[/quote_box_center]

The G30 drivers ($550 MSRP) are currently available for pre-order through Ping authorized retailers. They’re available in right-handed (9.5 and 10.5 degrees) and left-handed (10.5 degrees) models, and come with all-Pink Ping TFC 914D shafts (R and S flexes).

Related: Ping’s G30 driver earned the top spot on our 2015 Gear Trials: Best Drivers List. Read our full review of the G30 driver, here.

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23 Comments

Junca valerie

May 2, 2015 at 2:08 pm

Hello. I am french I would like to buy Watson’s driver. Is it possible to buy it on Internet ? I am waitting your answer. Thank you

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Jacob

Apr 8, 2015 at 12:51 pm

I was looking forward to this and even thinking it would knock my G25 out of the bag from last year. Not cool only offering left hand in 10.5* and R or S regular version head . I wanted a G30 LS 9*and Xshaft. 0 for 3 for what I need and wants. $90 Pant job really?

What is more comical are the ones on Ebay for $1000-1200 already a week before it has even shipped! 5000 is Not that limited flippers!! WTH

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golfiend

Apr 7, 2015 at 1:42 pm

I think my wife will get one of these … she loves pink.

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ND Hickman

Apr 7, 2015 at 9:37 am

Coming to the UK in specs other than a 10.5 with a Regular Shaft this time?

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llamont

Apr 7, 2015 at 1:11 am

This just end… After reading GD’s scathing article about PGA Tour pros disdain for Bubba, Ping has cut production of Bubba’s pink driver to Bubba-only personal prototypes.

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Kyle

Apr 6, 2015 at 11:13 pm

Gross

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Nor

Apr 6, 2015 at 7:11 pm

Worse than TMAG white heads or Nike Red/Volt colors, but i don’t see people mocking Ping?

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- jason
  
  Apr 6, 2015 at 11:16 pm
  
  It’s a charity thing. And a good driver. Nothing wrong with this move by PING.
  
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  - lsf_21
    
    Apr 8, 2015 at 10:41 pm
    
    So Nike and Taylormade dont make good drivers?
    
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jonno

Apr 6, 2015 at 6:58 pm

bubba has a one-off custom slightly smaller and lower spinning G30, if that’s the head they sold i’d buy one.

a pink normal g30 is rubbish and is paying for paint

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- jason
  
  Apr 6, 2015 at 11:17 pm
  
  This is not true. Bubba’s G30 is not smaller. And any modification of spin would be through the use go G-loo which WRX will do for any customer who asks.
  
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- John Jones
  
  Apr 8, 2015 at 10:33 pm
  
  Bubba’s driver is the same size as every G30 and is not lower spinning due to Giloo either. Bubba does however play a very low lofted G30 due to his ball speed and club head speed…Bubba is a guy whose stock shot is a 20 yard cut gonna need some spin to hit that shot…and his bomb is launched at 15 w 1800 spin because he swing up 5 at it. You sir need to talk of what you know and not try to look cool.
  
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Dirt

Apr 6, 2015 at 5:46 pm

I wants one. Are they going on sale in Canada?

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other paul

Apr 6, 2015 at 1:20 pm

I want one. But if I was going to play a pink driver that screams Bubba long, I would have to play a long 48″ shaft to hit it that far. Otherwise, why buy one? To put on a shelf?

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ooffa

Apr 6, 2015 at 12:53 pm

I would love to play like Bubba, but look or act like Bubba, no thank you very much.

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johnnyb

Apr 6, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Bubba is a good dude. That is all.

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- Scooter McGavin
  
  Apr 6, 2015 at 12:36 pm
  
  Yeah, especially when he’s swearing and yelling at his caddie.
  
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  - jason
    
    Apr 6, 2015 at 11:19 pm
    
    And donating heavy amounts of money to the Soldiers fund.
    
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RadioActive

Apr 6, 2015 at 11:21 am

So take a $350 driver, paint it pink, charge $550 and donate $50 to charity? Hmmm something doesn’t add up…

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- JE
  
  Apr 6, 2015 at 11:47 am
  
  Actually, Morton’s Golf has them for $499 so your math is off. More like 500 – 60 = $440. $60 to a foundation that supports people in need sounds like a good deal for everyone.
  
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  - RadioActive
    
    Apr 6, 2015 at 3:15 pm
    
    Relax Archimedes, i was using the $550 quoted in this article wasn’t going out looking for actual quotes, and I’m petty sure when this article 1st went up it read that $50 was going to charity they either edited it or I was mistaken… But lets use your numbers, still an additional ~$90 profit per club or $450K over 5000 clubs under the guise of helping a charity.
    
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    - JE
      
      Apr 6, 2015 at 3:53 pm
      
      Thanks for the compliment. 🙂
      
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    - lsf_21
      
      Apr 8, 2015 at 10:44 pm
      
      Sounds like good business.
      
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Putters that never made it: Check out some of the best tour builds that didn’t make the cut

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2 weeks ago

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Alistair Cameron

Arguably, the best perk of being a professional golfer on the PGA Tour is the ability to request or even just be handed pretty much any club you could think of. It happens more often than you think, usually with putters around the practice green from one event to the next. Come Wednesday, the Tour bags lining the edge of the putting surface become resting places for fallen flatsticks that never made the cut.

So let’s take a look at some of the best we’ve seen out on Tour this year that never made it to the competition. (You may notice none of Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Scotty Cameron putters made this list. There are too many.)

Let’s start with this custom Damascus Milled Odyssey Rossie made for Ryo Hisatsune. Featuring a single line and the short-slant hossel, we’ve seen plenty of Number 7 and jailbird heads featuring the Damascus Milled insert, but this is the first and only one we’ve spotted in a Rossie. Hisatsune primarily putts with an Odyssey Black Series iX #9, but we have seen him recently with a TaylorMade TP Collection SOTO, so there could be potential that the Damascus Milled Rossie could end up in the bag.

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Harry Hall was the third-best putter on Tour last year, so when Bettinardi made him a custom proto, you know it was going to be good. The custom BB28 blade features VDF face milling, a custom-welded single-bend shaft, and the owner’s initials – HH – on the sole of the putter. Hall, who usually games an Odyssey O-Works #7 W, has dabbled with a TaylorMade Spider Tour X already this year. Maybe there’s a chance this Bettinardi might make his bag.

Honestly, this one doesn’t need a description. It’s Kieth Mitchell’s custom Scotty Cameron Napa. One Scotty Cameron face stamp, two Scotty Dogs, two Scotty Cameron 7-Point Crowns and one Circle T. That is all. Oh, except for the Cashmere Cameron headcover.

Finally, and just for fun, how about we pour one out for this TaylorMade Spider Tour X made for Scottie Scheffler in its new torched finish. It’s unlikely we’ll see a putter change anytime soon from the best golfer in the world. In fact, he hit just two putts with it on the Harbour Town practice before going back to his trusty gamer.

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In our forums, our members have been discussing their favorite major winning irons used by Tiger Woods. WRXer ‘golferdude54’ kicks off the thread saying:

“Mizuno MP 14/29. Titleist 681T. Nike Forged Blades. TaylorMade P7TW.

Among these irons that helped Tiger win 15 majors, which is your favorite in terms of looks?”

And our members have been naming their favorites and why in response.

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