Ping G430 Max/LST Fairways-tee performance

VanTheMan0519 · August 8, 2023

Are these still fairly shallow compared to the 425? Yes, I know, I can tee the ball lower. My use of a 3 wood is more of a second tee option. Very little off turf use. Courses are short here in West Virginia. Slick, tight fairways with grown in brush in landing areas. 3 wood becomes a necessity off the tee.

eric61 · August 8, 2023

Yeah, they're shallow. I've actually liked my G430 Max 3 wood a lot off the tee. I know I'm giving up a little distance because it's higher spinning than some others I've tested, but it goes straight every time. I just tee it really low and it's fine -- I have a slightly negative angle of attack but have never like sky-marked it.

What actually freaks me out more is fluffy lies in the rough, where it feels like I just might slide my club completely under the ball. I moved on from the G430 Max 7 wood recently for exactly this reason. Once it happens a couple times, it gets in your head and you'll always worry about it. But my 3 wood isn't a club I'm really trying to blast out of those types of lies, so it works.

VA_Astra · August 8, 2023

Great thing about the LST 3w...its easy to hit from the deck. Shallow face, goes a mile.

I enjoy the stock shaft too!

Nixhex524 · August 10, 2023

On 8/8/2023 at 3:52 PM, VA_Astra said:

Great thing about the LST 3w...its easy to hit from the deck. Shallow face, goes a mile.

I enjoy the stock shaft too!

Agreed, I have played both the Max and now the LST. Both are easier to hit from the deck than the 425 and I thought those were easy too. I went to the LST as the Max seemed to be a draw monster on me, the LST being a little more fade bias has been fantastic. Stock Tour black is really nice in it, too.