PING Glide Forged Pro Wedges – Key Takeaways

Glide Forged Pro replaces three-year-old Glide Forged wedgesGlide Forged Pro wedges offered in two grinds and multiple loftsPresale and fitting starts today, retail availability later in September

You could say the updates to the new PING Glide Forged Pro wedges are only skin deep. But it’s more accurate to say they’re sole-deep.

It’s been a little over three years since PING introduced its first forged wedge, the PING Glide Forged. The new PING Glide Forged Pro wedges are a logical evolution of the original design with the goal of expanding the wedge offering for better players.

“We think there are a lot of options we can do off this design, both with lofts and sole grinds,” says Stokke. “We also wanted to focus on a smaller size to get into the better player’s size and proportions.”

And, as you’d expect, PING is promising more spin and better turf interaction, along with a forged feel.

PING Glide Forged Pro: A “Shotmaker’s Wedge”

Like its predecessor, Glide Pro Forged is an 8620 carbon steel forging. A typical 8620 forging is generally cast and then finished into its final shape by a forging process. The method produces far less material waste but some forging snobs consider 8620 a forged wannabe.

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