Ping G425 closer than we think? (In hand Pics Pg. 16)

[Brooks_Cupcake]

1 hour ago, GolfTurkey said:

What does the “pre-sale” date mean, is this when fittings can commence and/or review NDAs lift?

Usually close to or slightly before.

Srixon announced their new line of irons and woods recently, and pre sale is January for example.

[jongalt55]

14 hours ago, j_murphy said:

Ping G425 Launch Date - 2/4/2021

 

And the depressing part of this is that there is no iron listed in the Ping category (though there is in others).  Assuming that means mid 2021 at the earliest for the new ping i series...

[Celeras]

Called my local place to try to get an early fitting day based on that chart, but they still didn't have a specific date they could give me for availability. 

[philt90]

Got my 9 degree LST testing today with Diamana BF 60 TX 

[Davethegolfer]

3 hours ago, philt90 said:

Got my 9 degree LST testing today with Diamana BF 60 TX 

We need to see that bad boy

[philt90]

I’ll take some pictures first thoughts incredibly straight and fast.. shaft might be a little high launching but love it.. coming from SIM sound might need some

getting used to but was hitting hard range balls.. need to get on GCQUAD or Trackman now to give proper evaluation.. but fairways should be scared !!!

[UnderPar18]

Any idea about shape relative to the 410 LST model?

[Brooks_Cupcake]

2 hours ago, philt90 said:

I’ll take some pictures first thoughts incredibly straight and fast.. shaft might be a little high launching but love it.. coming from SIM sound might need some

getting used to but was hitting hard range balls.. need to get on GCQUAD or Trackman now to give proper evaluation.. but fairways should be scared !!!

I love when dudes say that they hit it high. 
Day, Rory, DJ are 130 feet and higher with driver so I’m always curious about us real world dudes when we say we hit it too high.

Sick combo though, can’t wait for mine.

Edited December 18, 2020 by therealjonzone

[AzSuperHack76]

Mine showed up. Can’t wait to get it out on the course, golfpartnerUSA is legit. 
 

 

[endy]

15 minutes ago, AzSuperHack76 said:

Mine showed up. Can’t wait to get it out on the course, golfpartnerUSA is legit. 
 

 

Looks so CLEAN!! Love the backyard putting green flex as well 🙂

[philt90]

Shape is perfect and yer about 120ft.. which is nice but not in a cold England.. 100ft is my number.. need to check spin didn’t look to be climbing at the range 🥰.. shaft was just a swap from my sim shaft.. Hzrdus blue or a Ventus is probably going to be the gamer 

[Brooks_Cupcake]

4 hours ago, endy said:

Looks so CLEAN!! Love the backyard putting green flex as well 🙂

Looks a bit long for my liking, but I’ve only seen and hit the LST so I won’t pass judgement until I’ve seen and hit them both 

[Mookie91]

7 hours ago, AzSuperHack76 said:

Mine showed up. Can’t wait to get it out on the course, golfpartnerUSA is legit. 
 

 

Interested in your thoughts as I’m looking at SIM, SIM2 and G425 LST

[philt90]

Iv moved on from SIM unless you have a strong draw shape it’s a no go to fade biased... No doubt a bomber.. Ping will be as fast but higher spin.. but you won’t find a club as long and forgiving it’s like automatic.. sound is totally ping too 

[philt90]

Only thing I’m not loving the sound with proper balls it’s ace range balls I’m not sure lol

[J13]

2 hours ago, philt90 said:

Only thing I’m not loving the sound with proper balls it’s ace range balls I’m not sure lol

 

 

I hotmelt a ton of Ping heads in my shop for that very reason.  With that said, Ping has gotten better acoustically.  I remember the days (pre G25) when the ears would bleed if you were hitting range balls lol.  

[Holy Moses]

4 hours ago, J13 said:

 

 

I hotmelt a ton of Ping heads in my shop for that very reason.  With that said, Ping has gotten better acoustically.  I remember the days (pre G25) when the ears would bleed if you were hitting range balls lol.  

My ears would ring all the time in the winter hitting range balls before I had my G30 hotmelted

[toofdocta]

Where can I get a lefty G425 head now?! 

[Kentsp1]

Is it possible to order hot melt through ping? Noticed a few comments in here. Any insight is appreciated.

[cz13X4]

3 hours ago, Kentsp1 said:

Is it possible to order hot melt through ping? Noticed a few comments in here. Any insight is appreciated.

Yes you can

[endy]

4 minutes ago, cz13X4 said:

Yes you can

Yep! I ordered all 3 of my G425 heads with hotmelt. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by endy

[rwhitlock]

1 hour ago, endy said:

Yep! I ordered all 3 of my G425 heads with hotmelt. 

Just curious if you're ordering them with hotmelt to deaden the sound or for a swing weight related reason. 

 

If it's for the sound, how many grams are you adding?  

 

Thanks,

Rod

[cz13X4]

9 hours ago, rwhitlock said:

Just curious if you're ordering them with hotmelt to deaden the sound or for a swing weight related reason. 

 

If it's for the sound, how many grams are you adding?  

 

Thanks,

Rod

I do it for both. I request d4 at 44.75 and neutral hotmelt. Not sure how much they add. 

[endy]

9 hours ago, rwhitlock said:

Just curious if you're ordering them with hotmelt to deaden the sound or for a swing weight related reason. 

 

If it's for the sound, how many grams are you adding?  

 

Thanks,

Rod

I do it for both as well, I know I’ll need right around 6 grams so I asked for that. I think typically people will do right around 2-4 grams for sound 

[th6252]

On 12/20/2020 at 10:07 AM, J13 said:

 

 

I hotmelt a ton of Ping heads in my shop for that very reason.  With that said, Ping has gotten better acoustically.  I remember the days (pre G25) when the ears would bleed if you were hitting range balls lol.  

the ironic thing is their earlier g-series(think G2 and G5) drivers had a very pleasant, muted sound to them.

[AzSuperHack76]

On 12/18/2020 at 6:40 PM, Mookie91 said:

Interested in your thoughts as I’m looking at SIM, SIM2 and G425 LST

I was able to get out to the range today with the 425 Max. I played the Sim Max all year, loved it, longest driver I have played but at times it was all over the place. Just the initial thoughts of the 425 Max is that it was a nice mid launch with tons of roll out, much more low spin than my experience with the 410 Max. The 425 Max was just incredibly straight, over, and over again. I didn't mess with any of the settings or the weights. I hit about 30 drives or so. I'm not the biggest fan of the Ping Tour 65 Shaft so I'm going to drop the Fujikura Mortore X F3 in it and see what that does. 

 

I don't have any numbers, but I know where I hit my driver on the range and the 425 Max was just as long as the Sim Max but just so straight. Not the biggest fan of the sound but after a few balls that went away. 

 

I think Ping has a winner with this driver. Once I get out on the course I'll follow up as well. 

[cz13X4]

12 minutes ago, AzSuperHack76 said:

I was able to get out to the range today with the 425 Max. I played the Sim Max all year, loved it, longest driver I have played but at times it was all over the place. Just the initial thoughts of the 425 Max is that it was a nice mid launch with tons of roll out, much more low spin than my experience with the 410 Max. The 425 Max was just incredibly straight, over, and over again. I didn't mess with any of the settings or the weights. I hit about 30 drives or so. I'm not the biggest fan of the Ping Tour 65 Shaft so I'm going to drop the Fujikura Mortore X F3 in it and see what that does. 

 

I don't have any numbers, but I know where I hit my driver on the range and the 425 Max was just as long as the Sim Max but just so straight. Not the biggest fan of the sound but after a few balls that went away. 

 

I think Ping has a winner with this driver. Once I get out on the course I'll follow up as well. 

Need to see that baby down by a ball. 

[AzSuperHack76]

1 minute ago, cz13X4 said:

Need to see that baby down by a ball. 

Crap, didn't even think about it. It's big, like Sir Mix a Lot, Baby Got Back Big. That doesn't put me off though, it inspires a ton of confidence. Driver is easily the weakest part of my game, the more confidence I can get the better. 

[belh22]

What’s the loft you have the max in?  What was your sim max loft?  Think they’re similar in spin? 

[AzSuperHack76]

On 12/18/2020 at 10:59 AM, endy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by AzSuperHack76