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Best golf drivers in 2024: New drivers from Callaway, Cobra, Ping and more

Check out Golfweek’s list of the best drivers available to purchase in 2024.

Everyone wants to hit the ball farther, so distance is always going to be important when it comes to new drivers, but if there is a buzzword or concept that is going to dominate the scene in 2024, it’s moment of inertia or MOI.

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In golf equipment – and specifically, drivers – the higher a club’s MOI, the more it will resist twisting on off-center hits, so shots hit toward the toe or the heel will fly straighter and farther.

The USGA and R&A cap the heel-to-toe MOI in drivers at 5,900 g/cm2, but several major golf equipment makers are offering their highest MOI drivers ever in 2024, including Ping and TaylorMade, which are both now featuring a driver than as a combined MOI (heel-to-toe plus sole-to-crown) over 10,000 g/cm2, which should make the Ping G430 Max 10K and the TaylorMade Qi10 Max the most stable and forgiving drivers those brands have ever made.

These gains in driver stability are now possible because more companies are using weight-saving materials like carbon fiber in drivers, which allows engineers to redistribute mass into performance-enhancing locations. Several driver makers dropped new models in early 2024, with each driver being ideally suited to golfers who are looking for different specific traits. For instance, Callaway released four different Paradym Ai Smoke drivers including the high-MOI Max, the low-spin LS, the Max D for slicers and the Max Fast for slower-swinging players. Ping offers four G430 drivers and Titleist has TSR drivers available too, while Cobra, Mizuno, Srixon and TaylorMade each have three different options.

More drivers have come to the market since the first wave dropped in earlier this season, including the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper, the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max and the Mizuno ST-Max 230. 

The key to finding the driver that best suits your game and your budget is to work with a custom fitter and hit several different clubs using a launch monitor so you can accurately compare things like ball speed, spin rate, launch angle and carry distance. Good fitters can help you find the ideal shaft, tweak the lie angle and the loft of your driver and explain why one model might be a better option for you than another.

Below are many of the most popular drivers that you are likely to see in pro shops and golf specialty stores right now.

Most popular drivers in 2024:

Ping G430 Max 10K driver

The Ping G430 Max 10K driver has a high MOI to help golfers hit straighter, longer drives.

Gear: Ping G430 Max 10K driver
Price: $650 with Ping Alta CB shaft, Project X HZRDUS Red Smoke RDX shaft or Mitsubishi Kai’ Li White shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grip
Specs: Forged titanium face and body with carbon fiber crown and adjustable hosel. Available in 9, 10.5 and 12 degrees of loft.
Available: Jan. 9

Who It’s For: Golfers who want to maximize forgiveness and stability and moderate-swinging players who want a higher launch and lower spin off the tee to maximize distance.

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The Skinny: Along with having the largest carbon fiber crown in company history, the Ping G430 Max 10K has an exceptionally high moment of inertia to help the club resist twisting on off-center hits to promote longer, straighter drives.

The Deep Dive: Driver prices have crept up over the years, but don’t let the 10K in this driver’s name scare you into thinking it will cost $10,000. That figure, 10K, refers to something else, but this addition to the Ping G430 driver family could be priceless to golfers who struggle with consistency off the tee.

Starting in the mid-2010s, Ping drivers became synonymous with stability and forgiveness, with clubs like the G30, G and G400 Max helping golfers who struggle to find the center of face hit straighter tee shots. With the release of the G430 Max 10K, the Phoenix, Arizona-based company boasts that it has made its most stable driver ever.

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Ping G430 Max 10K driver
The G430 Max 10K has a large, reassuring look in the address position. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Like other Ping drivers, the G430 Max 10K has a 460-cubic-centimeter volume, which is the maximum allowable size, but dimensionally, from heel to toe and front to back, it is larger than the other G430 drivers.

The crown is designed using carbon fiber, and the material wraps over the edges and into the sides of the head. Ping refers to this design as Carbonfly Wrap, and it helps save 5 grams of weight from the top of the club and lower the center of gravity. Previously, Carbonfly Wrap had only been available in the G430 LST driver.

Ping G430 Max 10K driver
The G430 Max 10k was designed with a variable-thickness, forged titanium face. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The driver was designed with a variable-thickness, forged titanium face that has a unique curvature. Although you may not always see it, driver faces curve vertically and horizontally. In the G430 Max 10K, Ping reduced the roll curvature in the lower portion and increased it above the center of the hitting area. This helps normalize spin over a larger area, so low-hit drives don’t have excessive spin and high-struck tee shots retain spin.

The face is also thinner than the standard G430 to allow the hitting area to flex more efficiently over a larger area to protect ball speed on mis-hits.

The weight saved using a Carbonfly Wrap crown and a thinner face has been redistributed into a 28-gram weight in the back of the sole. It is 3 grams heavier than the G430 Max’s weight, and since it is located farther back away from the face, it helps increase the moment of inertia even more.

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Ping G430 Max 10K driver
The G430 Max 10k’s size allowed designers to push mass far from the hitting area. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Working together, Ping’s technologies in the G430 Max 10K produce a heel-toe moment of inertia of 5,860 g-cm2, which pushes up against the USGA limit of 5,900 g-cm2. Add in the up-and-down MOI, and the total reaches 10,100 g-cm2, which is why the 10K was added to the club’s name. With that number being the highest in Ping’s history, no driver the company has previously made resists twisting on off-center hits better, so golfers can expect to see straighter shots and less distance loss on mis-hits.

All of that forgiveness should make the G430 Max 10K appealing to golfers who want to hit straighter shots, but during player testing, Ping discovered the G430 Max 10K produced a launch angle up to 1 degree higher with slightly less spin. For slower-swinging golfers, that can mean more carry distance and more overall distance. It also means that fitters can use the adjustable hosel and try the club at a lower loft, which can produce more ball speed and tighter dispersion while still achieving the launch angle that a golfer needs.

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New drivers from Cobra, Ping, PXG and TaylorMade added to USGA Conforming Driver List

Here’s what we know about the latest drivers from Cobra, Ping, PXG and TaylorMade.

The holiday season is almost upon us, and while that means getting ready for Thanksgiving, starting your holiday shopping, and preparing for the bombardment of Black Friday and Cyber Monday ads to hit your email box, it also means golf equipment companies are quietly making next season’s gear available to pros.

On Monday, the United States Golf Association added new drivers to its List of Conforming Driver Heads. That means the USGA has tested the heads to ensure they meet equipment standards and comply with the Rules of Golf. Once added to the list, a driver head can be used by anyone in a competitive round or official event like this week’s PGA Tour event, the RSM Classic, or the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

We don’t have official information on the drivers that were added to the conforming driver list this week, but from the images and notes published by the USGA, there are a few things we can learn.

Ping G430 Max 10K driver added to USGA Conforming List

A fourth member of the Ping G430 family may be arriving in pro shops in the near future.

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Right now, if you walk into a pro shop or golf specialty store, you will find three different Ping G430 drivers: the G430 Max, G430 LST and G430 SFT. But it appears a fourth member of the G430 family may be arriving soon because the G430 Max 10K was added to the USGA’s List of Conforming Driver Heads on Monday.

Ping has not released any official information about the G430 Max 10K, but looking at the image on the conforming driver list, there are a few things we can learn about it.

  • Lofts: According to the USGA’s notes, the G430 Max 10K will be available in 9-, 10.5- and 12-degree versions. All three of those lofts are listed, which means the USGA separately tested heads with those stated lofts.
  • Carbonfly wrap: The USGA notes that the words “Carbonfly Wrap” are printed on the crown. This is a feature that until now was only available on the low-spin G430 LST. Carbonfly wrap is a carbon fiber crown designed to wrap over the edges and extend downward in the heel and toe areas. It saves weight on the top of the club and creates discretionary weight that designers can re-position in other areas.
  • Forged face: The previously released G430 drivers have faces that are forged from T9s+ titanium to help them flex efficiently at impact to maximize ball speed. The G430 Max 10K has the words “Forged Face” printed on the sole, so while we don’t know what material Ping used to make the hitting area, we can assume it was made in the same way.
  • Weight: The G430 Max has a sliding weight in the back that allows players and fitters to create a draw or fade bias while maintaining a high level of stability. The G430 Max 10K has a tungsten weight in the back (the weight says “Tungsten”), but there does not appear to be a track, so the tungsten may be locked into a back-center location. Adding mass in this spot would boost the moment of inertia (MOI) and increase stability.
  • Release date: The G430 Max, G430 LST and G430 SFT were released in fall of 2022 in several markets, then in the United States in January of 2023. With the G430 Max 10K now on the conforming list, players are free to use it in official tournaments and events, like this week’s RSM Classic. Ping could release it to the public at any time, but the Phoenix-based company has traditionally brought out new products in January, just ahead or during the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida. This year’s show is scheduled to start on January 23, so don’t be surprised if there is an announcement about the G430 10K around that time.

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Ping G430 Max, G430 LST, G430 SFT drivers

Ping’s new drivers for 2023 combine aerodynamic shapes with stability and enhanced ball speed.

Gear: Ping G430 Max, G430 LST, G430 SFT drivers
Price: $600 for the G430 Max or G430 SFT with Ping Alta CB Black 55 shaft, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red shaft or Mitsubishi Kai’ Li White shaft and Golf Pride 360 Tour Velvet grip. $630 for the G430 LST.
Specs: Forged titanium face and chassis with adjustable weights and adjustable hosel. Carbon fiber crown for the LST. Lofts: 9, 10.5, 12 degrees for the G430 Max; 9, 10.5 degrees for the G430 LST; 10.5 degrees for the SFT
Available: Jan. 26

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Who They’re For: The G430 Max is the most stable and forgiving of the new offerings, while the SFT version has the most significant draw bias to help slicers. The LST model creates the least spin and lowest ball flight.

The Skinny: Ping believes that the G430 drivers’ adjustability and fitting options should allow nearly any player to find a club that offers more distance with increased stability and forgiveness thanks to an improved face design, updated internal rib structures, an adjustable hosel and moveable weights.

The Deep Dive: Ping released the G425 drivers in January 2021, and pros such as Viktor Hovland and Tony Finau quickly transitioned into the new clubs. Last fall, after the 2021-22 PGA Tour season concluded, Ping made the new G430 drivers available to professionals for the first time at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas. The three new drivers – the G430 Max, LST and SFT – were designed for three different types of players, but they share some core technologies.

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Photos: Ping’s yet-to-be-released G430 driver, woods and irons hit USGA Conforming Club lists

New Ping G430 clubs hit the USGA’s Conforming Club lists on Monday, including three new drivers.

Historically, Ping has released a new family of woods and irons every year, and while the Phoenix-based company has often debuted new better-player irons around U.S. Open time, the clubs most recreational golfers will use come out in January. However, nothing new was released before the start of the 2022 season and the G425 drivers, fairway woods, hybrids and irons stayed in the line-up.

Now, however, things appear to be set to change as several new Ping G430 clubs hit the USGA’s Conforming Club lists on Monday, including three new drivers, as well as new fairway woods, hybrids and irons.

While the company is mum on the details, the clubs have some familiar markings on them that may give away some details. For instance, the three drivers are the G430 Max, G430 LST and G430 SFT. Drivers with a Max designation have been stability-enhanced clubs that are made to be forgiving on mis-hits, while LST has stood for low-spin technology and SFT has stood for straight-flight technology. So, it is probably safe to assume that Ping is sticking with the formula offering a standard, a low-spin and a slice-fighting version of its new driver.

Tyrrell Hatton re-signs equipment deal with Ping

Tyrrell Hatton has won once on the PGA Tour and five times on the European Tour, providing great exposure for Ping over the years.

Tyrrell Hatton, ranked No. 9 in the Official World Golf Ranking and winner of five European Tour events plus another on the PGA Tour, has re-signed to play Ping equipment. Terms of the deal were not revealed.

The 29-year-old Englishman most recently won the European Tour’s BMW Championship in October in the same week he put Ping’s new G425 driver into play. Hatton also uses Ping’s G425 LST fairway wood, G425 Crossover 3-iron, i210 irons (4-PW), a Glide 3.0 wedge and a Ping Vault Oslo putter.

“There’s a comfort level with the people at Ping and with their clubs tee to green that gives me a lot reassurance and confidence that I’m always in a good position to play my best golf,” Hatton said in a media release. “I have enjoyed working with Ping for a number of years now, and the team knows exactly what I need to compete at the highest level. I’m excited for the future knowing that I will continue to have Ping as part of my team”.

Hatton is also in prime position to play for Europe in this year’s Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

“You could hardly turn on a golf telecast over the past year and a half and not see Tyrrell among the leaders, and on a few occasions he’s been holding the trophy at the end,” John K. Solheim, Ping’s president, said in the media release. “Tyrrell has won six times since 2016 and has climbed to ninth in the Official World Golf Ranking. He’s brought the success he achieved on the European Tour over to the states, where last March he earned his first PGA Tour victory on a big stage at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We appreciate his competitiveness and determination, and we’re proud to be associated with a truly international player who can compete with anyone, anywhere. His record of consistency proves that.”

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Ping G425 Max, G425 LST, G425 SFT drivers

The G425 drivers feature moveable tungsten wights, adjustable hosels and a distance-enhancing face for more distance and speed.

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Gear: Ping G425 Max, G425 LST, G425 SFT drivers
Price: $540 with Ping Alta CB or Tour graphite shaft and Arccos-enabled Golf Pride Lite 360 Tour Velvet grip
Specs: Titanium body with forged titanium face, moveable tungsten weight and adjustable hosel

Over the past several seasons, Ping developed a reputation for building extremely stable and forgiving drivers. Clubs such as the G, the G30, the G400 and last season’s G410 Plus blend a high moment of inertia with custom-fitting features that help protect ball speed on off-center hits and keep shots from curling outside the fairway.

With the release of the G425 Max, G425 LST and G425 SFT, that reputation is being solidified even further.

Ping G425 Max driver
Each G425 driver has a matte-black crown and turbulators to improve aerodynamics. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Each G425 driver has an 8-1-1 titanium chassis attached to an extremely thin forged T9S+ titanium face. The variable-thickness face is designed to broaden the sweet spot across a larger area, and it has a rough texture that helps reduce spin. The clubs also have an adjustable hosel that allows players and fitters to increase or decrease the club’s stated loft by as many as 1.5 degrees and change the lie angle by as many as 3 degrees. On the crown, six fang-like pieces behind the topline called turbulators help make the clubs more aerodynamic on the downswing for increased speed.

Ping G425 driver
A moveable tungsten weight in the back of the Ping G425 driver creates a draw, neutral or fade bias. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Ping reduced the overall weight of the crown by making some areas thin while incorporating thicker, reinforcing segments in other spots. That created discretionary weight and allowed designers to add a 26-gram moveable tungsten weight to the back of the 460-cubic centimeter G425 Max. Last season’s G410 Plus driver also had a moveable weight, but this one is 10 grams heavier, pulling the center of gravity farther back while boosting the moment of inertia.

Referred to as a CG Shifter, the weight can be affixed into three settings: draw, fade or neutral. Because it is heavier, the locations do not need to be as far apart as the G410 Plus’s settings. As a result, golfers can still create a shot-shaping bias in the G425 Max, but the moment of inertia always will be higher. Ping said the G425 Max’s moment of inertia is 7 percent higher in the neutral position than with the G410 Plus, 20 percent higher in the draw setting and 16 percent higher in the fade setting.

Ping G425 LST driver
Ping G425 LST driver. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

For golfers who want added stability with less spin, Ping is offering the G425 LST (Low Spin Technology). This driver’s head is smaller (445 cubic centimeters) than the G425 Max, and it has a more traditional pear shape. While it features a moveable CG Shifter weight, it is lighter (17 grams), so the center of gravity is slightly more forward. As a result, the G425 LST produces 500-700 rpm less spin than the G425 Max. Golfers also should anticipate the G425 LST to produce a lower launch.

Ping G425 SFT driver
Ping G425 SFT driver. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

For golfers who battle a slice, Ping is offering the 460-cubic centimeter G425 SFT (Straight Flight Technology). Offered only in a 10.5-degree version, the club has a fixed 23-gram tungsten weight in the heel area that helps square the face on the downswing to reduce sidespin. Ping said the G425 SFT has 25 yards more draw bias than the G425 Max in the draw setting.

All three G425 drivers come standard with a Golf Pride Lite 360 Tour Velvet grip fitted with an Arccos sensor. Golfers who purchase one or more of the G425 driver, fairway wood, hybrid, iron (up to five) or Crossover are eligible for 14 free Arccos screw-in sensors and a 90-day app free trial for a $19.99 shipping and handling fee.