The PING G425 driver just hit the USGA conforming list. You will start to hear news about the product line, mostly the driver as irons won’t be on there, but it will be a full line. To start with, here is what we can say. The G425 driver is made up of three models.
MAX
LST
SFT
The major story for driver will be a re-engineered CG shifter (weight movement) and a larger difference between the three models than the G410. For irons will be HydroPearl Consistency and multimaterial badge for feel.

These products (the full line) will then officially be released in Japan the following week. Shortly thereafter the full line will be released in AUS. They will NOT be released in N. America and PING will have no mention of them on their websites or marketing until embargo late into 2020, with a release date of 2021.
Those countries will have the lines listed on their websites at launch time (for Japan, it will next week and AUS the week after that). Speaking with the company over the last month, they have no official statement on the release currently, but do understand that as items hit the international PING sites, that messaging and images will appear.
That’s not bad at all. I’m also about 6 weeks out minimum from getting on a course so that’s easy to deal with with all this snow right now.
Feel like this was my same spot 2 years ago. I liked a lot about g410 but the new Srixon and Callaway options then grabbed my attention more. Just kind of rambling here because it’s happening again with the same 3 players haha
Feel the same way. Sound is not an issue.
The flight off the tee is fun. My technique off the deck needs work to get some height. Encouraged that there is no left miss.
Sound is bad. Like an instrument that’s out of tune. Buddies had a good time razzing me on the range over the sound haha.
Maybe? Its less amplified than it is in a covered range stall, but the sound itself isn’t what I would call "good".
The sound pierces your ears at a higher pitch than the Max.
Performance wise it was a very nice club. I saw a consistent fade and good ball speed numbers. The shallow face is awesome off the turf but I’m not sure I’d like it off the tee long term. Combine that with the sound and it made me glad I went with another option.
Did it feel like it made the head too heavy? Those heads are already pretty hefty, I’d be afraid of adding much more weight.
No. Not at all. Had a counterbalanced shaft in it. Was expecting it to feel heavier than it did honestly.
How would you compare it to the Epic Max or Epic Max LS if you have hit either . Thats what i would end up demoing. All three seem to have some real positives and look good and right now these are the three i am considering. But i will wait because i really want to do a head to head outside and that wont be for a while around here.
I haven’t had any opportunity for a head to head. Definitely will though when I can be outside and actually watch the ball flight.
I certainly agree on your sound assessment 100%. This is all about perspective here, coming from a G400 Max it is definitely more muted and less metal sounding, loud I guess especially in comparison to composite heads. IMHO of course.
Nice – it is a great driver, needing a tiny bit of hot melt. Spin is better if you need lower spin. The 400 Max hits my numbers well at 9 deg. I probably need a 425 at 10.5 to hit 2300-2600.
It’s a nice driver but just did not do enough for me over the G400 Max to justify the same purchase. I’d rather get a different driver … as in the Epic.
As to sound, I was hitting from a large open garage to an outdoor range where sound was more accurate than an inside bay. I was hitting Max, then 425 in rotation. The 425 to my ears has a higher pitch. Too bad they did not replicate the sound of the G400 (no max).
I finished up my lesson and Rod Pampling was waiting. He had the 425 but was hesitant about the sound. I think he was trying out fairways – 425 v. Epic.
Same here. ?
i hit the 5w in the stock stiff setting. honestly i liked the sound a lot. i didn’t find it loud or thin, just very powerful and solid. the performance was also really good. there was a little draw in it, more than i would prefer, but maybe opening the face could offset that. ultimately it lost because the shape wasn’t perfect to my eye, and the ball speed was consistently 2-3 mph slower than the stz i hit it against.
still, the 425 max was a fairway i could game in a heartbeat, with a more robust fitting it could very well keep up with other fairways that suit me. just lagged behind enough today to not get my dollars.
I was fortunate enough to get in a round this morning. I was hesitant to subject my playing partners to the sound of the Ping, so I played the front with my Mizuno ST190. Unfortunately, I was not striking the ball well off the tee. The guys convinced me to switch drivers at the turn, and since it was a social round I said okay. I realize I only hit the G425 Max 7 times on the back nine, but I thought the results were interesting.
The first 5 tee shots with it were heavy draws (almost on the verge of hooks). It was noticeable enough that I considered moving the weight to the fade position. However, on the last 2 tee boxes of the day, I realized I had not been extending fully through the shots. So I let that be my only swing thought on the last 2 drives. Both were beautiful, down-the-middle baby draws (the exact shot shape I hope for) with reasonable length (for me). I realized that when I caught the ball on the sweet spot, the sound was not as noticeable and bad as before.
Is the 425 longer than my ST190? Perhaps, on well struck shots, but it’s really hard to say after just 7 tee shots. Is it more forgiving? Perhaps. The first 5 heavy draws were still fairway shots. None of them found the rough. I cannot say the same for when I hit the ST190 poorly. Is it a better driver for me than my ST190? Far too soon to say. All I can say is that (1) I’m excited to work with my 425 Max, and (2) my ST190 will remain on standby; I will not get rid of it because it’s been far too good for my game.
Every Club/shaft combo reacts different to everyone’s swing, but my impressions.
1. 425 max is much more forgiving than anything I ever hit.
2. 425 spins more than the 410LST, but was easier to launch. My mishits always seemed to turn back towards the fairway (in neutral setting) and balls that I thought I hooked bad, found the left side of the fairway.
3. It seems that in the 10.5 neutral setting, the ball wants to draw 5-7 yards, not a hard draw, but very soft compared to the 410. Am thinking it’s draw biased.
4. When put a hard swing on it and got my swing speed 110+, the club/shaft stayed with me and put out some good numbers, 300 yards total distance.
5. Seemed when I didn’t catch it square, it was out towards the toe, but the ball came back to the fairway nicely.
6. When I put the weight in the fade setting, the ball stayed on a very straight line.
7. Was a math major and am very much a numbers guy. Here are the results of the 450 shots averaged out. The 2 tests I did outside, I used a launch monitor and the 2 times I was inside, I used the same launch monitor and the True Golf simulator numbers, which were almost identical.
8. I recorded data for each and every swing, good and bad. Outside used decent range balls in about 40 and 52 degrees.
Average Swing speed: 107
Average backspin: 3142
Average launch: 13.9
Average carry: 264
Average total distance: 282
Ball speed on the average was about 158mph (didn’t record all the time)
I would like to get the spin numbers down a little, so going to try out the Tensi X-stiff AV raw orange and a lower spinning ball. My fitter suggested that originally, but was a little intimidated by the X-stiff at my age. I also used last years Pro V1x as well when hit inside.
And yes, it is loud, but so is my wife in bed and I don’t complain about that ??
Hopefully you don’t have three other golfers Around during that, but hey everybody is different.?
I’ve always felt the G410 has felt hard on my high face misses. I hit my G425 3w at the range tonight in 40* weather and the face on it felt soft to me when it was well struck. If the G425 feels anything close to the 3w feel I was getting I might have to pull the trigger. I’ve not hit the G425 driver yet but might try to go demo it tomorrow.
My G425 Max feels soft on when well struck for sure. A little high toe produces amazing distances and perfect trajectory. To me it honestly sounds pretty close to the G400 drivers. Certainly more muted than the Max, I actually like it.
Thanks the hardness I feel on the high hits on my G410 might be a perception thing with the higher pitch of the club. I know some people complain about the sound of things but I found the sound of the G425 3w to be very pleasing when I got it right in the center. I’m hoping to see similar in the G425 when I demo it.
On the sound note, I hit a G425 max in 10.5 and G425 lst 10.5 because I wanted to see what the ball flights were with higher lofts and because why not. My G425 was noticably quieter than the ones I hit from the clubhouse and I haven’t put hot melt in it. So I get why people say it’s loud. I’m not sure why the one I have sounds more muted but I’ll take it. The club pro even noticed and commented that hot melt really helped the sound but I said I hadn’t done it yet. So ?
That’s some impressive FIR numbers along with more distance. As for the hot melt Ping does add it to heads on stock builds as well as per request, this was told to me from an actual Ping rep on the phone (top notch customer service) he said it all depends on the shaft, grip, etc. is selected and what is needed to get it to the stock swing weight of I believe D4 (don’t quote me on that number) based on those factors. I’ve actually experienced this with the G400 Max as well (club hoing and reverting back) and was pleasantly surprised of the much more muted sound.
Could very well be and would make some sense of it all. I ordered mine with the orange and the ones I hit had the alta that I switched out to my project x Smoke.
When I finally got to see them I couldn’t wait to hit the max just to hear how bad or loud it was. To me it wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected, they didn’t have the LST yet so didn’t get to try that one. Unless you are sensitive to sound which sounds like you are not I don’t think these will bother you. Looking forward to hearing about your results with them
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Alta CB shaft?
Same here Tensei AV 65S orange raw. SS low100’s-105 with 10.5 Max head is $$ for me. Such a great shaft and with that head ?
Ping had a big write up about Louis playing the alta. It’s pretty cool!!!