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hi there, was at the driving range hitting my ping g5 driver and started to notice a different sound that my club made on impact, as this sound was not abnormal, it was just slightly different, i never gave it a thought to look at the club face..... i since realised after looking at the club face there is a massive crack right in the sweet spot on the face and bent slightly in... surely this should never happen to a club of that quality... i do hit the ball hard but no matter how hard, a club head of this stature should never give in like this surely....

any ideas if this sort of problem can be fixed or is it not fixable?? hope i dont have to buy a new driver, ive spent £330 ($650) on this club with the re shaft and hope i dont have to buy a complete new driver any replies appreciated thanks

Bubba Watson

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Driver: Titleist 910d3 9.5* Stiff Projext X-7A3 Rescue: Taylor Made Burner TP 20* X-stiff 3 Iron: Titleist AP2 Projext X Rifle Irons: Titleist 710mb NS PRO 105T Stiff Wedges Cleveland CG12 60* Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 56.07 Cleveland CG14 52* Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio 2.5 (2008) Ball: Titleist Pro-V1

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u will just have to buy a new head, unless Ping replaces it. u can take the shaft off and stick it into a new head if u have to

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i think ping will replace it, i know several other major OEMs will do the same. My friends G2 cracked like 2 years ago and they sent him a new head, im pretty sure it was free. Get in touch with your ping rep or call them, theyll help you sort stuff out.

Driver: r7 460 TP 10.5 w/Ozik Altus SX
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As mentioned above, get in touch with your Ping Rep. In some cases the place where you bought the club will send it back to Ping for you. That happened to a friend. His 3 wood head was damaged, and the Golfsmith sent it back for free (shipping) as a "sorry for the inconvience." The Golfsmith also gave him a demo to use until he got his club back. Check with the place you purchased first.
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I had the old ping SI3 driver that did the same. I took it into the shop and they sent it to ping. I had to pay the shipping to ping but that was it
Driver - TaylorMade R9 460 10.5°
3 Wood - TaylotMade Burner Tour
3 & 4 Hybrids - Adams a7
Irons - R7 tp 5-PW
Wedges - Vokey SM Black Nickel - 52º - 56º - 60ºPutter - Scotty Cameron California - SonomaSkyCaddie - SG4Lowest Round - 68 - Par 72 /67.6/120Lowest Tournament Round - 69 -...
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hi, many thanks for the replies, i thought about sending it to ping, but then i thought they wouldnt accept responsibility because ive had a new shaft put in it by the local driving range. When i first took it for a reshaft, I was told it invalidates the gurantee on it i suppose i can always try because its obviously a club fault and not mine, its right in the sweet spot so shouldnt do that..... do you still think its worth taking it to ping or not???? many thanks

Bubba Watson

In the Bag:

Driver: Titleist 910d3 9.5* Stiff Projext X-7A3 Rescue: Taylor Made Burner TP 20* X-stiff 3 Iron: Titleist AP2 Projext X Rifle Irons: Titleist 710mb NS PRO 105T Stiff Wedges Cleveland CG12 60* Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 56.07 Cleveland CG14 52* Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio 2.5 (2008) Ball: Titleist Pro-V1

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give it a try, at this point you have nothing to lose.
Driver - TaylorMade R9 460 10.5°
3 Wood - TaylotMade Burner Tour
3 & 4 Hybrids - Adams a7
Irons - R7 tp 5-PW
Wedges - Vokey SM Black Nickel - 52º - 56º - 60ºPutter - Scotty Cameron California - SonomaSkyCaddie - SG4Lowest Round - 68 - Par 72 /67.6/120Lowest Tournament Round - 69 -...
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yea they will replace it for free. I broke my RCH Callaway shaft on an old VFT Hawkeye just at the beginning of the summer and Callaway replaced it still. As long as the break comes in the course of normal play, I believe they have to replace it.

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Driver: Superquad 10.5* Aldila NV-S Shaft
3w: 975 F
Hybrid: 22 Degree Baffler Multimetal3-PW: LCG Burner IronsSW: 56 Degree 588 GunmetalPutter: DfX No 2Balls: ALWAYS NXT Tour #3's, or NXT Extreme #3'sHome Course: Glenmoor Country Club: Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. 7015...

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