PMookie Ping Proving Grounds 2024

[PMookie]

Yep, headed there Thursday for my 3 hour fitting! Wedges, putter, and putting my G430 Max against the new Max 10k, going to be a lot of fun!!! I’ll post info here after I’m finished.

[revkev]

Awesome - enjoy.  I will look forward to a full report.  

[Owengeorge13]

Looking forward to this review.  Hopefully they let you hit the new i530 if you have time!

Edited February 27 by Owengeorge13

[PMookie]

4 hours ago, Owengeorge13 said:

Looking forward to this review.  Hopefully they let you hit the new i530 if you have time!

I’m sure they will. I forgot about those, not looking to replace my i230s but I do need to hit the i530 just to see how they feel

[BreakfastBall15]

Looking forward to reading your review. Love a good fitting review

[PMookie]

I have arrived, signed my NDA and now waiting in the lobby for my fitter.

[PMookie]

Had a great day! I did show improvement with the 10K over the G430 Max I have, and we had a pretty big change in shaft. I’m going from the Ping Tour 75X to the Mitsubishi Kai Li 60X. Not only gained reduced dispersion but picked-up 10+ yards of carry. 10k is higher launch and lower spin, I’ll get my Trackman numbers later to show y’all.

The new wedges are really good! Brought down my peak height by over 20 feet!!!! Going with X100 shaft’s in them, a 54 and 58. The 58 T grind was silly good out of the sand! Loved it. The 54 will be S grind.
 

Putter is the new 2024 PLD Milled Oslo slight arc, loved it. I hit a ton of putts from different lengths, and they used the Ping Putting app and cradle to get some numbers. My overall handicap with it was +1.6, with numbers as high a +3.6 in certain categories. 
 

Such a great day out there, and my fitter was awesome, so accommodating, asked a TON of questions. 

Edited March 1 by PMookie

[BreakfastBall15]

Wow that facility just looks immaculate. Looks like you came away with a pretty solid set up. The wedges are something I’m looking forward to trying in the future so if you do a review I look forward to reading it. 

[Owengeorge13]

On 2/29/2024 at 7:11 PM, PMookie said:

Had a great day! I did show improvement with the 10K over the G430 Max I have, and we had a pretty big change in shaft. I’m going from the Ping Tour 75X to the Mitsubishi Kai Li 60X. Not only gained reduced dispersion but picked-up 10+ yards of carry. 10k is higher launch and lower spin, I’ll get my Trackman numbers later to show y’all.

The new wedges are really good! Brought down my peak height by over 20 feet!!!! Going with X100 shaft’s in them, a 54 and 58. The 58 T grind was silly good out of the sand! Loved it. The 54 will be S grind.
 

Putter is the new 2024 PLD Milled Oslo slight arc, loved it. I hit a ton of putts from different lengths, and they used the Ping Putting app and cradle to get some numbers. My overall handicap with it was +1.6, with numbers as high a +3.6 in certain categories. 
 

Such a great day out there, and my fitter was awesome, so accommodating, asked a TON of questions. 

Did you get to hit the i530 by any chance?  

[PMookie]

17 hours ago, Owengeorge13 said:

Did you get to hit the i530 by any chance?  

I did not, took a few swing with the Blueprint S, but that was it.

[PMookie]

Here’s a picture I think y’all will like. My G430 Max is in brown/olive, my newly ordered G430 Max 10k is in light blue. The hype is real…

[PMookie]

I’m posting this pic to show all of the driver combos we tried just so yall can see how big a difference there is just between shafts, weight location, loft, etc. For those that think “off the rack” will be best, I hope you see that’s not the case.

Edited March 9 by PMookie

[brogies]

That Kai Li shot dispersion, though 

[PMookie]

14 hours ago, brogies said:

That Kai Li shot dispersion, though 

Yeah, CRAZY!!! I’ve always done well with stiff tip, stiff butt (there’s a joke there I’m sure), like Ventus Black, RIP Alpha, etc, so not surprising that type of shaft gave the best results.

Can’t wait to have it in my hands!

Edited March 10 by PMookie