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Ping G430 hybrids

Ping G430 hybrids offer distance-enhancing technologies and features to improve consistency.

Gear: Ping G430 hybrids
Price: $325 each with Ping Alta CB Black 70 shaft or Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX shaft and Golf Pride 360 Tour Velvet grip
Specs: 17-4 stainless steel body with a maraging stainless steel face and carbon fiber crown with an adjustable hosel. Available in 2H (17 degrees), 3H (19 degrees), 4H (22 degrees), 5H (26 degrees), 6H (30 degrees) and 7H (34 degrees).
Available: Jan. 26

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Who It’s For: Golfers who want more speed and consistency than long irons can provide.

The Skinny: Designed to compliment the G430 drivers and fairway woods, the Ping G430 hybrids feature distance-enhancing technologies and features to improve consistency.

The Deep Dive: Ping’s latest hybrid clubs were designed with several of the same technologies found in its newest drivers and fairway woods to help golfers who want more distance and consistency off the turf and from the tee.

The G430 hybrids have a clean look in the address position, with a matte black finish on the top that has a single white dot to help golfers align the ideal hitting area with the ball.

Looking closely, players will notice a woven pattern in the crown. It was made using carbon fiber instead of stainless steel. Ping’s Carbonfly Wrap, which wraps over the toe, back edge and heel area, saves a significant amount of weight compared with a similarly shaped stainless steel crown.

Combined with a tungsten weight in the back of the sole, the lighter crown helps drop the center of gravity, encouraging higher-flying shots. The extra weight in the rear also increases the moment of inertia and makes the G430 hybrids less prone to twisting on off-center hits.

The variable-thickness, maraging stainless steel face, which Ping calls Facewrap, also extends under the leading edge. It should allow the hitting area to flex efficiently on center strikes and low-struck shots.

The G430 hybrids have a shallow profile, and designers modified the face’s curvature so low-struck shots will not over-spin, and balls hit high in the hitting area spin a little more. Ping calls this Spinsistency, and it will increase the overall spin consistency across the hitting area and should improve distance control.

To help players and fitters find a club that produces the precise distance required to fill gaps, Ping made the G430 hybrids with an adjustable hosel that allows the loft to be increased or decreased by as many as 1.5 degrees, and the lie angle can be adjusted to as many as 3 degrees flatter.

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.

Ping G425 hybrids

Ping’s G425 hybrids have been designed with a new face that broadens the sweet spot and provides more ball speed for increased distance.

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Gear: Ping G425 hybrids
Price: $292.50 each with Ping Alta CB, Aldila Rogue or Mitsubishi Tensei Orange shaft and Arccos-enabled Golf Pride Lite 360 Tour Velvet grip
Specs: 17-, 19-, 22-, 26-, 30- and 34-degree versions

For years Ping has been known for its focus on fitting and playability, making woods and hybrids that are easy to hit and forgiving. This year, with the release of the G425 hybrids, Ping has used some new features and technologies to give players more distance without sacrificing such forgiveness.

To do that, Ping designed the G425 hybrids with a new maraging steel cup face. Instead of making the hitting surface a flat piece of stainless steel and then welding it to the chassis – as is common with hybrids – the face extends into the crown, around the toe and under the leading edge into the sole. That allows more of the hitting area to flex at impact for ball-speed protection on mis-hits, and it also reduces weight.

Ping also redesigned the curvature that is designed into the face. Every driver, fairway wood and hybrid face curves from top to bottom, which is referred to as roll. To make the G425 hybrids produce a more consistent spin and therefore a more consistent flight, engineers added curvature high in the face because shots hit in that area tend to have less spin. To compensate for shots hit low in the face, which typically creates more spin, Ping made the bottom of the hitting area with less loft. The company said that should normalize spin rates across a larger area, and when combined with the added speed of the cup face, help golfers get more distance on all their shots.

Ping G425 hybrids. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Compared to last season’s G410 hybrids, Ping said the G425 hybrids have a moment of inertia that is almost 4 percent higher, yet they produce about 3.5 more yards of carry distance. However, on low-struck shots, the G425 hybrids can be about 10 yards longer.

To help golfers and fitters bridge distance gaps more efficiently, the G425 hybrids come standard with an eight-position adjustable hosel that allows the stated loft to be increased or decreased by as many as 1.5 degrees. Three settings enable the lie angle to be flattened, too.

At address the G425 features a matte-black finish with three alignment dots behind the topline to provide a clean look that helps golfers position the center of the face directly behind the ball.

Finally, all G425 hybrids 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.