Tour Ping G430 LST and Max drivers, G430 Max fairway wood & G430 hybrid – 2022 Shriners Children's Open

[leftycabe]

Driver Pricing:

LST - $579

Max - $549

 

Fairways:

LST - $549

Max - $349

Edited January 7, 2023 by leftycabe
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[AzSuperHack76]

Anyone have a release date yet? 
 

I’ve heard a few different ones thrown out there. 
 

Feb 24th being the latest date I’ve heard for the 430 release. 

[1puttguy]

9 minutes ago, AzSuperHack76 said:

Anyone have a release date yet? 
 

I’ve heard a few different ones thrown out there. 
 

Feb 24th being the latest date I’ve heard for the 430 release. 

 

Our first order arrived yesterday, with PING's traditional "do not display before" paperwork. I believe the date on it was January 26. Preorders start Jan 10. 

[Pleasedwith3putts]

Can't wait to see a head to head of Paradym vs G430

[Whatnogarnish]

I saw the max and lst a couple days ago. They look so much better in person. Head covers had a more premium feel compared to prior gens. 
 

My takeaway was the max having a similar shape to the g400, but did not look as big as the g400 max, if that make any sense. 
 

Lst sounds great!

[odshot68]

So excited to hit the hybrid with kaili white

[TimBuma]

Anyone know if Keegan is stilling gaming the g430 or if he has a Stealth in the bag this week?

[kerila07]

Placed my pre order today coming from the 425 max just swapping heads I saw a few hundred revs less spin and better ball speed.  My furthest drives were with the lst but it was nowhere near as forgiving and mishits were dramatic drop offs.  430 feels and sounds much better as well.  Demos should be arriving this week.

[mosesgolf]

I borrowed a 9* G430Max today set to flat and weight on toe.  Front nine played a Ventus TR 7 S Blue and back nine played with a LAGP Trono 65 x.  The G430 Max is the straightest most forgiving driver I have ever played.  Did not hit one bad drive. Only missed 1 fairway and that was a fairway bunker I didn’t carry.  Toe hits are so forgiving. It hits higher than the G425 Max that I currently bag with distance being about the same.  Whatever Ping did they hit another home run.  It’s not as left biased as the G425 Max.  I’m getting one as soon as it becomes available at retail.  Bye bye 425.

[Morry]

8 hours ago, mosesgolf said:

I borrowed a 9* G430Max today set to flat and weight on toe.  Front nine played a Ventus TR 7 S Blue and back nine played with a LAGP Trono 65 x.  The G430 Max is the straightest most forgiving driver I have ever played.  Did not hit one bad drive. Only missed 1 fairway and that was a fairway bunker I didn’t carry.  Toe hits are so forgiving. It hits higher than the G425 Max that I currently bag with distance being about the same.  Whatever Ping did they hit another home run.  It’s not as left biased as the G425 Max.  I’m getting one as soon as it becomes available at retail.  Bye bye 425.

Great to hear - one question though - g425max was "left-biased"?  I found it draw-prone myself - just wanted to check - thanks

[raywutang]

19 hours ago, littletimbo182 said:

Anyone know if Keegan is stilling gaming the g430 or if he has a Stealth in the bag this week?

From Getty, it seems like he had the Ping in the bag for round one:

[Chopper Dave]

A follow up to my 430lst driver update a few weeks back, I have moved it along. I gave it a good second chance and whilst i was getting better results than initially, they still lacked for me - the slighter miss hits dropped off pretty hard in distance. My miss hits with my 425lst keep up with the better struck ones with the 430lst. Club just wasn’t for me. Moving on.

 

side note - one of my club pros that was present for my fitting asked me how it was going and I explained all of the above and he was genuinely surprised BUT he was very quick to tell me that they have already had issues with face cracking. Apparently one fellow member cracked the face after 6 holes.

[mosesgolf]

8 hours ago, Morry said:

Great to hear - one question though - g425max was "left-biased"?  I found it draw-prone myself - just wanted to check - thanks

Yes my G425 Max is draw/left biased.  Even with a LAGP TRono 65x it’s still left biased.  -1.5 weight on toe setting.  
 

The G430 Max was not left or draw biased at all.  

[beluga99]

17 hours ago, mosesgolf said:

I borrowed a 9* G430Max today set to flat and weight on toe.  Front nine played a Ventus TR 7 S Blue and back nine played with a LAGP Trono 65 x.  The G430 Max is the straightest most forgiving driver I have ever played.  Did not hit one bad drive. Only missed 1 fairway and that was a fairway bunker I didn’t carry.  Toe hits are so forgiving. It hits higher than the G425 Max that I currently bag with distance being about the same.  Whatever Ping did they hit another home run.  It’s not as left biased as the G425 Max.  I’m getting one as soon as it becomes available at retail.  Bye bye 425.

These are also my findings after 9 rounds.  It's so solid.  Not sure it would win a long drive comp but misses seemed minimised whilst still maintaining decent numbers for very playable results.  Sound, feel, aesthetics and ball flight are all terrific.

 

 

[Morry]

4 hours ago, mosesgolf said:

Yes my G425 Max is draw/left biased.  Even with a LAGP TRono 65x it’s still left biased.  -1.5 weight on toe setting.  
 

The G430 Max was not left or draw biased at all.  

PERFECT

 

thank you 

 

[GolfTurkey]

Comparison pics of the G430 Max 5 wood versus the G425 Max 7 wood.

 

Super similar looking except for the carbon wrap, which is quite subtle and you almost have to be looking for it to notice it.

 

 

[GolfTurkey]

Before someone asks, the G430 doesn’t sit closed, that’s just how I happened to angle the clubs for the photos.

 

The G425 is slightly open because I have it lofted down a degree and the G430 is square at its standard loft. 

[Grouchykona]

6 hours ago, GolfTurkey said:

Comparison pics of the G430 Max 5 wood versus the G425 Max 7 wood.

 

Super similar looking except for the carbon wrap, which is quite subtle and you almost have to be looking for it to notice it.

 

Looks great!  If you can, would you mind weighing the G430 5W head?  I currently game the G425 Max 5W with the Ventus Red 7X (42” @ D2). My 5W head weighed in at 216g and curious to compare difference.  

[GolfTurkey]

21 minutes ago, Grouchykona said:

Looks great!  If you can, would you mind weighing the G430 5W head?  I currently game the G425 Max 5W with the Ventus Red 7X (42” @ D2). My 5W head weighed in at 216g and curious to compare difference.  

 

It's 218g, I would have guessed it was lighter.

 

It's a stock Alta CB S flex at 42.5" although Ping may have added extra weight to keep SW the same with a midsize grip. I was fitted to a different shaft but if the stock shaft keeps performing I'll gladly save the money.

[Grouchykona]

3 minutes ago, GolfTurkey said:

 

It's 218g, I would have guessed it was lighter.

 

It's a stock Alta CB S flex at 42.5" although Ping may have added extra weight to keep SW the same with a midsize grip. I was fitted to a different shaft but if the stock shaft keeps performing I'll gladly save the money.

Thank you!  Yeah, I would’ve guessed it to be about 2 grams lighter as well. 

[wjdpar1]

Hit several drives with the G430 last Saturday.  Better sound than G425 but other than that just a new paint job.  Looks aren't better.

 

 

 

[rexwrx]

It’s definitely a bit like comparing Roseanne Barr to Dua Lipa.  Not everyone will consider there to be much of a difference! 😉

[blackngold_blood]

Have a quite a few swings in with the Ping G430 lst 9* and the BGT Brava X shaft. This thing is amazing. I started with the flat -1* setting and weight nuetral Sunday night.  Really good numbers with a solid 10-15 yard draw. Moves the weight to the fade setting and hit the ground before the ball 4 straight times. Completely changed the feel and timing for me. Went back to the neutral setting and right back to the draw and solid contact. 
 

Stopped after work to get some more swings and numbers with winter league starting. From the first swing I got the same numbers and flight as last night. Just so consistent. Wanted to try the fade setting again to see if I could lessen the draw. First swing, bam hit the ground. Decided to go to  the big minus(-1.5*) instead of flat -1*.  Perfect. Ball speed up 1-2 mph, launch stayed the same but ball flight was now a 5-10 yard draw. Exactly what I’m looking for. 
 

This combo is as long(not longer) as anything I have ever hit but definitely more consistent with spin and distance. The feel of the face with the Brava shaft is intoxicating. I just wanted to keep hitting it. 

[Grouchykona]

26 minutes ago, blackngold_blood said:

Have a quite a few swings in with the Ping G430 lst 9* and the BGT Brava X shaft. This thing is amazing. I started with the flat -1* setting and weight nuetral Sunday night.  Really good numbers with a solid 10-15 yard draw. Moves the weight to the fade setting and hit the ground before the ball 4 straight times. Completely changed the feel and timing for me. Went back to the neutral setting and right back to the draw and solid contact. 
 

Stopped after work to get some more swings and numbers with winter league starting. From the first swing I got the same numbers and flight as last night. Just so consistent. Wanted to try the fade setting again to see if I could lessen the draw. First swing, bam hit the ground. Decided to go to  the big minus(-1.5*) instead of flat -1*.  Perfect. Ball speed up 1-2 mph, launch stayed the same but ball flight was now a 5-10 yard draw. Exactly what I’m looking for. 
 

This combo is as long(not longer) as anything I have ever hit but definitely more consistent with spin and distance. The feel of the face with the Brava shaft is intoxicating. I just wanted to keep hitting it. 

#dualipa @rexwrx

[GolfTurkey]

7 hours ago, wjdpar1 said:

Hit several drives with the G430 last Saturday.  Better sound than G425 but other than that just a new paint job.  Looks aren't better.

 

 

 

 

My guess is that the fairways will be the star of this generation.

 

They have kept or enhanced everything that was good about them (forgiveness, easy to launch) and fixed the stuff that wasn't great (spin, sound).

 

Hybrids may be the same because they appear to have a very similar tech story to the fairways but I haven't tested those yet.

[odshot68]

Any hybrid or fairway reviews up yet?

[rexwrx]

23 hours ago, Grouchykona said:

Looks great!  If you can, would you mind weighing the G430 5W head?  I currently game the G425 Max 5W with the Ventus Red 7X (42” @ D2). My 5W head weighed in at 216g and curious to compare difference.  

Weighed mine at 214g per below. Japan market sourced with the new Ping Tour Black 75 X.  Great stick and guards against the left side. 
 

 

[jdubya13]

The G430 is live for preorder on all the sites, so you all can stop bickering about who’s correct on the price 😆

[amuchnick]

Has anyone heard about the existence of a G730 (G710 replacement)? Know it was trademarked last spring but would have expected to hear something by now

[JungleJimbo]

 

Interesting that the 430SFT = "C9" swing weight?

https://www.golfwrx.com/702034/golfwrx-launch-report-2023-ping-g430-drivers/ 
 

G430 Pricing, Specs

Head weights: 208 (LST), 206g (Max), 200g (SFT)
Swingweights: D3 (Max), D4 (LST), C9 (SFT)
Standard length: 45 3/4″ (Alta CB Black 55); 45 1/4″ (PING Tour 2.0 Chrome/Black and optional stock)
Stock shafts: Ping Alta CB (counter-balanced) Black 55 (SR, R, S), Ping Alta Quick 35/45 (HL build only)
Optional stock shafts: Ping Tour 2.0 Chrome 65 (R, S, X), Ping Tour 2.0 Black 65 (S, X), Mitsubishi Kai’Li White 60 (S, X), PRJX HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 50 (5.5, 6.0), PRJX HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 60 (5.5, 6.0, 6.5)
Stock grip: Golf Pride 360 Tour Velvet in six sizes (Blue -1/16”, Red -1/32”, Aqua -1/64”, White-Std, Gold +1/32”, Orange +1/16”)

Available lofts

• G430 Max: 9, 10.5, 12 degrees
• G430 LST: 9, 10.5 degrees
• G430 SFT: 10.5 degrees

Price: G430 Max/SFT: $600 each; G430 LST: $630 each

At retail: January 26. Pre-sell, fittings: January 10

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 10, 2023 by JungleJimbo