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.
Small sample but like how the GIR numbers are trending (below).
Also my scoring avg is down 2.4 strokes over my season avg.
big jump in the 6-8 range.
Yep, I start with a 6 in irons and that club is usually my achilles heel. I am only 5′ 4" so a std 6i shaft length (pretty much 38" these days) is usually a bit long for me. If I shorten it then I lose gapping with my 7i. Also with today’s modern lofts I struggle sometimes to launch the 6i. With the G425’s I went ‘retro spec" so its 28* like my i200 6i which is power spec’d to 28*. So far I like what I am seeing with the G425’s. I have tried and tried to get me some Gs in the bag…owned G25’s and G 2016’s but they never stuck. These ones seem to be the real deal for me.
So far for me the G425 Max has been the longest driver (P avg) I have logged in Shot Scope.
Last year’s data when I was doing driver testing shook out:
G425 – 244 yds
Mavrik – 238
Speedzone Xtreme – 234
Epic Flash – 228
So far this year I am at a 239 season avg with it but the last 5 rds (weather finally dried out) it has crept back up to a 244 avg which I will take anyday for a 90 mph swing.
My buddy just bought a Sim2 Max and I hit his along side my Ping a few times on the course last week and they were pretty much equal distance (usually within 1-2 yds of each other) but the Ping was easier to control.
I believe there is yes.
I was looking at my stats and the 6i-8i really keep producing for me compared to my i200 irons. But in the 9i-wedges with them being 2* weaker I need to start pulling an extra club as they tend to fly really high and come up short. Once I get the yardaged dialed in I should be good to go. Or maybe once the i230’s come out, I do a combo set…i230’s in the 9-UW (hmmmm)
GIR %
What shaft and flex you playing ?
The stock Alta 55R.
Have you tried the orange Tensei Raw 55R option ?
That’s what I’ve been gaming. I’m showing the same distance as you in Shot Scope.
Have not, the stock shaft has been pretty good to me.
Tensei Orange AV Raw 55R – Head set to small + / Weight middle
Graphite Design Tour AD MJ 5-R – set to large + / Weight fade
I’ll take the numbers for a measly 88-91mph (maybe 92mph tops swing).
That Tensei and I just gel’d ever since that first swing back in Sept 2021 with it.
I thought my G425 was the cats meow, till I hit a TSI2. Not that the Ping is bad, the TSI2 is just better. Not ready to think about a G430- TSR2 competetion.
I’ve done some more testing and I’m not sure I’m gonna keep the g430lst/max. Since the sound doesn’t bother me, the g425lst is just too good for me.
I have the G425 Max driver with the stiff Slate CB 55 shaft, but now considering making a change to the AV Orange for my driver.
My question is, would the feel and accuracy I am getting with the 4 hybrid shaft translate over to the driver? Much longer shaft for the driver, so not sure if feel would be the same, and I can’t find one locally with that shaft to try out.
how big is the difference in sound between the 430 and 425 LST’s?
The G430lst is much more muted. I’d say it’s a pretty big difference
I was gonna grab a 425 LST head to tinker with but nah ?