Unofficial Ping G430 Max 10k Review & Update

[golfinnut]

Hey I'll take 50% fairways hit anytime!  That's great you found one that works.  I'm hoping that Titleist has gone the 10K route for their next release.  

[cksurfdude]

@RoyN good info! If I were looking for a new driver (tho am not this season) this one is def up there on the list.

[RoyN]

On 4/5/2024 at 8:48 AM, golfinnut said:

Hey I'll take 50% fairways hit anytime!  That's great you found one that works.  I'm hoping that Titleist has gone the 10K route for their next release.  

Cough... late summer... cough... New driver... cough

Not 10k.

 

[Braehead]

My local range was doing a special fitting week so I went along to try my G430LST against the Max 10K.  I've been intrigued by all the amazing reviews I've been reading about it and watching on YouTube so I wanted to see for myself.  Best way to do that was with a paid for fitting session.  
 

We tried the same configuration in both clubs - 10.5 degree turned down to 9.5 with Kaili white stiff shaft.  After I'd warmed up we took baseline data from 5 drives with my LST, then tried the Max10K.  
 

Ball speed was exactly the same - not approximately, exactly which must be a statistical anomaly! Launch and spin were higher with the Max 10K and dispersion was poor.  It's not for me and the LST remains the better fit.  But it's a must try club if you're looking for a new driver.  

[HikingMike]

On 4/4/2024 at 6:26 PM, RoyN said:

Only 2 balls lost off the tee and that's obviously more the player than the club.

2 balls lost off the tee for 6 rounds sounds great to me, haha. 

That's awesome you tested both the current gen and the previous gen on each brand. I think this was a good year to do that. I'd love to do that too. The Ping G430 line definitely has my eye. I think I would be better fit with an LST knowing my past fittings. Thanks for posting your experience here for us!

Edited April 17 by HikingMike

[RoyN]

On 4/14/2024 at 9:01 AM, Braehead said:

My local range was doing a special fitting week so I went along to try my G430LST against the Max 10K.  I've been intrigued by all the amazing reviews I've been reading about it and watching on YouTube so I wanted to see for myself.  Best way to do that was with a paid for fitting session.  
 

We tried the same configuration in both clubs - 10.5 degree turned down to 9.5 with Kaili white stiff shaft.  After I'd warmed up we took baseline data from 5 drives with my LST, then tried the Max10K.  
 

Ball speed was exactly the same - not approximately, exactly which must be a statistical anomaly! Launch and spin were higher with the Max 10K and dispersion was poor.  It's not for me and the LST remains the better fit.  But it's a must try club if you're looking for a new driver.  

Well now you know! But great example like I said, the 10K seems to be the max version of the LST and some won't see a difference. Got to love the ball speeds being identical! And higher spin and launch is what I would expect compared to the LST.

[I like to hit bombs]

For me it's been the unicorn combo of being very forgiving while keeping the spin lowish.

[brogies]

I love my Ping G430 Max 10K! I won longest drive at Omni's PGA Frisco West course earlier this week with it and it was slightly off the toe. It's amazing.

[Marshmac]

I recently also bought the 10k. I’ve been waiting over 3 weeks for it come in(the joys of x-stiff shafts and custom orders). After testing drivers multiple times through the spring I noticed that it was really easy to keep online and didn’t matter where I hit it on the face ball stayed fairly straight. Yardage drop offs on mishit balls was minimal compared to other models. There was a few drivers that I found longer but nothing that kept the ball online like the 10k. Hopefully I’ll get it soon and can really test it out on the course. I swore I would never buy another driver off simulator results only but here I go again. 

[RoyN]

On 4/19/2024 at 11:43 AM, I like to hit bombs said:

For me it's been the unicorn combo of being very forgiving while keeping the spin lowish.

It really is. Just hit 10 of 14 FW on Sunday. And 2 of the misses were in the first cut of rough and an unlucky bounce in a FW bunker, no barely offline. The 1 shot I really missed and was headed OB hit a tree and stayed in play and got it back in the FW on a Par 5. By the 16th I had one of my playing partners asking to use it thr last few holes.