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2018 Official Forum Member Review - PING G400 Drivers


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5 hours ago, PING Apologist #9 said:

Keep us posted on your journey for sure. The way you've talked up that SLDR over the past several months (or longer), I'd be real interested to see if anything you test gives it a run. Have fun!

Ha yeah. I do love that thing.

If I wait until too late in the spring I'll not switch. So if anything; I'll need to act on it between now and April. We'll see.

 

My Sun Mountain bag currently includes:   TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png 771CSI 5i - PW and TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges

                                                                               :755178188_TourEdge: EXS 10.5*, TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png 929-HS FW4 16.5* 

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Tried the G400 Max and LST yesterday. Indoors with a GC-Quad. Kind of a mixed bag I suppose. I liked how the club felt but spins for both were all over and distances were just odd too. Tried a few shafts, etc. Actually I didn't believe the distances it was producing from the LM. 200-215!!! Honestly, I'm not sure the LM was set up correctly if you axe me. I'll have to try again and hopefully get them out on the range or course.

(see my comments today posted for the Titleist TS2) 😃

My Sun Mountain bag currently includes:   TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png 771CSI 5i - PW and TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges

                                                                               :755178188_TourEdge: EXS 10.5*, TWGTLogo2.png.06c802075f4d211691d88895b3f34b75.png 929-HS FW4 16.5* 

                                                                                :edel-golf-1: Willimette w/GolfPride Contour

 

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1 hour ago, PlaidJacket said:

Tried the G400 Max and LST yesterday. Indoors with a GC-Quad. Kind of a mixed bag I suppose. I liked how the club felt but spins for both were all over and distances were just odd too. Tried a few shafts, etc. Actually I didn't believe the distances it was producing from the LM. 200-215!!! Honestly, I'm not sure the LM was set up correctly if you axe me. I'll have to try again and hopefully get them out on the range or course.

(see my comments today posted for the Titleist TS2) 😃

Never know how launch monitors are setup;  should take your gamer with you to do comparisons.  

Driver:  :ping-small: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven
Fairway: :titelist-small: TS3 15*  w/Project X Hzardous Smoke
Hybrids:  :titelist-small: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype
                :titelist-small: 915H  24*  w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype        
Irons:      :honma:TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite
Wedge:  :titleist-small: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite
Putter:   :taylormade-small:TM-180

Testing:   SPGC_logo.jpg

Backups:  :odyssey-small: Milled Collection RSX 2, :seemore-small: mFGP2, :cameron-small: Futura 5W

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Never know how launch monitors are setup;  should take your gamer with you to do comparisons.  

Agree completely


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Left Hand, 

Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior  
5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr       
7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr      
5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2     
Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2
Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56*

Putter; Waaay too many to list

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Just a little bump here.  Adam and Tony were both talking about next year being a banner one for drivers with all the OEMs releasing new ones.
I'm curious of any of the G400 devotees are interesting to switching away from their driver?  I played yesterday and was hitting it well past a friend who was hitting it 20 yards farther than me at this time last year - he has the G30 LST.  He hit my G400 LST a few times yesterday and picked up 5 yards plus over his old one. 
Mind you I'm doing the Superspeed test so that's where a lot of my yardage gain is coming from but I'm struggling to imagine that I would get much additional yardage or accuracy out of a new driver at this point.  I will check to see if I have the ideal shaft for my swing in the Spring (once my swing speed test is done) - I'm guessing not but we'll see.


I just saw this so I apologize. I can’t imagine hitting anything better than the LST head. If it’s out there the next battle would be explaining it to my wife 🤣

In all fairness I would be surprised to see superior technology only a year removed from its introduction.


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  • PING S159 50-S 55-H 59-T DG X100
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https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/63483-testers-announced-ping-s159-wedges/

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https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/60456-titleist-t-series-irons-2023-forum-review/

 

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I may be looking at the G400 when I hit Florida in March as there's a PGASS about 20 minutes from where we're staying.

In the bag:
Driver: :titelist-small: TSR2 Project X HZRDUS Black 5.5
Fairway: :callaway-small: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5

Irons: :mizuno-small: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Wedges: :mizuno-small: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Putter :Sub70: Sycamore 005 Wide Blade
Bag: 
:Ogio: Alpha Convoy 514
Balls: :callaway-small: Chrome Soft X

Cart: :CaddyTek: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8


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21 minutes ago, MattF said:

I may be looking at the G400 when I hit Florida in March as there's a PGASS about 20 minutes from where we're staying.

I'll most likely do the same in the spring when pricing is down, I'll put my F6 up against it to see if there's any measurable difference for me. I'm looking more for dispersion than yards (although I won't say no to more distance!) and the 400 Max seems to have straight down to a science. 

In my  :wilson_staff_small:  carry bag:
:mizuno-small: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex
:cleveland-small: Launcher 5h
:cleveland-small: Launcher CBX 6i-PW
:cleveland-small: CBX 54* & 58*
:cleveland-small: Huntington Beach #10
:bridgestone-small: e12 Contact
CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game

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  • 3 weeks later...

I took the plunge and was properly fitted for a G400 LST 2 months ago and I would never go back. I love the feeling when you get the middle of the club but even mishits still fly well. The only thing I need is to find a draw but that's the user not the tool 😁😎

 

In my :titleist-small: cart Bag:

Driver:    :cobra-small: King F9 9° - LH - Atmos Blue TS 6 Stiff
Woods:   :cobra-small: King F9 - LH - 3/4 Wood - Atmos Blue 7 Reg
               :srixon-small: Z U85 2 Iron
Irons:     :titelist-small: T200 4 Iron AMT White S300
  :titelist-small: T100S - LH - 3-48* - AMT White S300
Wedges:               Indi FLX- LH - 52° 56° 60° - True Temper Spinner Wedge shafts
Putter:    :rife-putters-1: 2 Bar Hybrid
Ball:        :titelist-small: Pro V1x

Testing: Haywood CB/MB Combo Iron Set, 4-7 Cavity backs, 8-PW Muscle Backs, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 Stiff, 2 Degrees stronger lofts.

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  • 11 months later...

 

I made a fitting for the driver with trackman, I tried about 30 shafts of various brands and driver heads such as epic flash, m6, cobra F9, ping g410 and g400, titleist, mizuno, etc. After doing a technical analysis of the numbers, the result was G400 with ALTA CB  55 an stock shaft!!!. Incredible, I saved several dollars and the distance and dispersion improved substantially. It seems that ping made the driver and shaft for me. Take note that the G410 did not work as well as the G400. Totally satisfied with Ping.

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