Mark Crossfield reviews the new PING G430 driver; Ping says it’s longer but is it long enough?
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39 Comments
What driver is in your bag right now?
Titleist TSR3
Reminds me of the ping rapture with the colours on these new ping drivers???? 👌 Great video, love a new equipment video 😊👍
I love how Mark is the only one reviewing drivers that mentions "Your standard deviations". "What are your tendencies?" , "Do you tend to hit it out of the heel or high toe more often, etc? " Everyone else just covers distance and looks. Great review as always.
Is there a YouTube channel for the podcast?
I'd like you to include pricing in your reviews as it is a really relevant factor . Calloway are just taking the piss with their pricing and it would be interesting to know what the others are doing.
I use g425 max, due to injuries my miss is slice fade. Would you recommend LST FST 430 OR SRIXON X5 . LOVE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.
Love your reviews and insight, however, it would be more informative if the two clubs you are comparing have the same shaft. It seems to me that a great head, with a not so great shaft, can have a negative effect on the head's performance.
I think this year is the most competitive in Drivers….I have no idea which one i prefer Ping G430…..Callaway Paradym…..Titleist TSR2……Cobra Aerojet….Taylormade Stealth 2….all appear to be very very good Drivers…..look forward to testing them out….cheers all from Canada
Ping G25…… no reason to change until i get better
G425lst. But on the basis of this and one other review suspect it will remain in my bag as the cost to change could be better spent elsewhere. It's a small incremental gain and currently achieving a consistent 275 with my G425lst. Decent review so thank you!
Mark I am playing my Callaway ST TD, but have a g430 lst on the way. Hoping it’s as consistent as the g410 from years past.
One thing I have always like about your reviews is that you are honest, even if that goes against the grain. Length at this point is probably the third most important thing for me. At my swing speed (95mph) pretty much every driver is going to be within two to four yards from each other. What I would like is a test to show which driver is the absolute best as far as getting your ball into the fairway. I'm more than willing to give up five or six yards if I am hitting from the fairway. Ping has been good in that regard. I'd love to see if the Ping 430 is better at mishits than the 425.
Ping G410 10.5 loft with Tensei CK orange 60 S. Best $175 I’ve ever spent on golf……
got a headache watching this. camera was all over the place.
If I understand you, you are asking us to consider choosing a driver that may not be the one that goes the farthest on the one out of 50 perfect swings and contact we make and consider the one that more or less gets the ball in the fairway most frequently, even though on average it may not be as long as the one we cream every once in a while. I think that is sound advice. I recall Lee Trevino saying the purpose of the driver is to put the ball in play. Once it is in play, then we can play golf. Great video. I've made the same decision you are leaning us towards. I am using a 12 degree driver and I put a high quality shaft in it. I am hitting more fairways than ever. My golf buddies tell me the shaft was the best money I ever spent. It is confidence building to hit a lot of fairways. Great video. I really like the videos where you try to show things to be considered and ways we can approach golf to be better at it or enjoy it more just by having a better fundamental understanding of the game. Again, great job.
I’m using last year’s Callaway Rogue draw and loving it!
Thanks for the fun test.
Ping g25 but possibly looking into upgrading.
After 30 years of playing golf, my first ever Ping club was the G410 max driver and it was a complete revelation for me. It transformed my game off the tee, so really excited to give these a try.
Great review Mark, thank you. I do believe the SFT stands for Straight Flight Technology, FYI. Keep up the good work.
Hi Mark, I would love to see a club review where you try identify the first driver where all technology has been maxed out. Then compare it to these new models where marketing tries to sell us the dream of more tech and distance.
Average for one club isn't relying on outliers any more than averages for another – the std deviations do show overlap, but if one is longer on average then it's longer on average. Granted, for that to be relevant you need consistency across several tests and a big enough sample. But that half carbon two tone look is still horrific no matter what and that's disappointing.
Still rocking the 410LST with double-weights.
I always look forward to your PING reviews Mark. It’s like… you know what the new buzz and trends will be by looking to see if PING does anything new. PING… it just works! LOL.
These remind me of the Sri on review you did
Can you review the Cobra Aerojet driver please?
I’ve been playing a G430 Max for the past fortnight and have already posted my 2 best scores ever. Today I had an 84 as a 19 handicapper so I’m thinking about going pro. The game is so much easier when you’re hitting your second shot from the fairway isn’t it?
Every review of this seems to be coming to the same conclusion, its not really different to the 425….
Hey Mark, where is this filmed? It looks familiar to me. I live in Murcia
Where are you? Or better where did you record that video?
PING G430 LST, upgraded 2 months ago from the G400 LST, never thought I would but the G430 preformed better in a fitting and after I got used to it as it's a completely different shaft it's well worth it for me
Weird watching this and seeing my old man’s apartment in the background haha
I have always enjoyed your reviews over the years, but lately they've become a little stale. Yes the manufacturers have all reached the limits allowed for distance, etc. but all your reviews are 'it's a good club in line with all the other clubs'. Yet you hit this one extremely straight and long, bounces and all, but really didn't comment on it. And having Coach and Trey test the club was fun but no review comments followed? Keep up the good work but maybe shift your review more in line with Mygolfspy and state all the design and performance parameters more clearly. I appreciate the difference from the 'oooh, wow' reviews by others but maybe a little more in depth information would help. Just a thought.
Hi. Mark always mentions a ‘proper fitting’ being part lesson, part fitting and part ‘prescription’ for what grip, shaft and clubhead combination would work best for each golfer’s swing and movement.
Is anyone aware of anywhere particularly good in South Wales area for this – up to Bristol maybe. I’d gladly travel and pay up to £100 if I knew I was getting good, trustworthy advice at a fitting and could leave knowing what tech options would work best for me. Tbh if their prices for the clubs were also within about 10% of the cheapest option, I’d probably still get it from them to have peace of mind!
And the you tube ‘huge news/massive announcement’ on Mark’s channel is there is no huge news in these new driver releases apart from silly names and quite unbelievable prices. Concentrate on that chipping and putting.
Holy crap Mark. Where is the 262 mark I used follow. Those extra yards must be the drivers not all the extra work you’ve been doing physically.
If the whole every new club anyone makes is better & longer we’d all be hitting it over 300 by now 🙄
Just got fitted with the G430 10.5 with a Ventus TR stiff. I consistently averaged 10 yards farther than mi TSi 2 Titleist !