“Ultralight, high-launch women's fairway wood - rung-1 forgiveness for slower speeds; the light shaft is the fit, not a downgrade. Old but honest; buy on price, not hype.”
The Faith Fairway was part of Ping's women's-specific 'Faith' line from around 2009, sold alongside the Ping Rhapsody as Ping's parallel flagship women's game-improvement products of that era. Its defining feature is an unusually high loft range (18/22/26/30 degrees per the catalog spread) built as an ultralight, easy-launching alternative to long irons for slower-swing-speed players, fit through Ping's signature color-dot lie system and sold stock with the ladies-flex Ping ULT 200 graphite shaft.
A functional, well-executed women's game-improvement product with no cult following of any kind - steady, unremarkable demand, still present in used inventory at 2nd Swing and Golf Avenue 15+ years later simply because Ping clubs are durable and plentiful, not because collectors seek it out.
Best for higher-handicap or beginner women golfers, or any senior with a slow swing speed, wanting an easy substitute for long irons; not a fit for a low-handicap woman wanting to shape shots or use a true tee-club 3-wood, since the loft range skews toward the 18-30 degree band rather than a driving fairway wood.
Launched around 2009 alongside the Ping Rhapsody as Ping's parallel women's game-improvement lines of that decade, competing with Callaway's Big Bertha Diablo women's clubs and TaylorMade's Burner women's line; superseded within Ping's own catalog by the later G Le, G Le2 and G Le3 women's fairway woods.
High loft options up to 30 degrees put the ball in the air with minimal swing effort, and perimeter weighting in a larger head keeps mis-hits playable, consistent with Ping's broader women's game-improvement philosophy of that era. At the top of its loft range it functions more like a strong hybrid or long-iron replacement than a true power fairway wood, so shot-shaping and workability were never the design goal.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Realistic 2026 private-party pricing is roughly $30-60 for a single fairway wood, reflecting its age, the narrower ladies-flex-only demand pool, and its commodity status among used-club retailers.
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