This 5-wood comparison features a head-to-head test of the PING G430 Max and Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max fairway woods. Our fitters have seen more and more that higher-lofted fairway woods, such as a 5-wood, are beneficial for many golfers. This video features two of the best available in the PING G430 Max and Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max.
0:00 Intro
2:22 Testing (Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max)
6:11 Testing (PING G430 Max)
9:20 Data & Conclusions
In this video, 2nd Swing’s Drew Mahowald is joined by master club fitter Jake Montgomery to test and review the PING G430 Max 5-wood and the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 5-wood.
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8 Comments
I’m so glad you’re comparing forgiving 5 woods no one shows the difference between 5 woods. How does the 430 compare to the 425?
Guarantee the 1st gen paradym is the same and g425 😂😂👀👀
Good review. This is exactly what i was looking for.
Just bought the ping 5 wood. It came down to these two. Extremely similar. Went with the ping because of the adjustable hosel (and its on sale).
Thanks guys! Excellent demo. I would add that I love my PING G430 fairways. My G430 3 wood is the first 3W I have been able to hit off the deck easily and consistently since the early 2000s. My G430 7 wood is a dream from every lie and condition.
Just played a course that had a full loaner bag of calaway Ai. Irons and woods blew my mind. The driver not so much but the accuracy, distance, and ease of connecting even off the fairway of the 3&5 woods was incredible. Coming from a ping guy. Mid-high hc.
The callaway is very prone to scratches
I’m a 5 handicap and that g430 is amazing. I have played cobra woods for a minute but I immediately switched when trying the ping