In this video Rick Shiels tests the new Ping G440 fairway wood line up. The performance of these clubs line up in typical Ping fashion. However the price of one of the woods is shockingly expensive.
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50 Comments
I picked up a G430 7 wood a few months ago and it's become my favorite club in the bag.
Rick, imagine how an oldie like myself feels when a brand new John Letters, Wilson or Ben Sayers etc driver cost me just £4 in the 1960s!
Rick you are hitting the lst all over the face so it's obviously not for you 😂
You should really try the 7 wood in your bag. You could club loft it down a little or put it in the flat setting. It would probably take out a 2 or 3 iron in your bag. They are becoming more popular on tour, even with a few players using a 9-wood.
Seems like the LST is targeted for the pros or better players that middle it every time. Could fit someone with a particular swing as well.
But yeah….SO expensive!
LST……the low spin model, and not once did you mention the spin numbers? Maybe you can’t hit a low spin club? Certainly appears that way,
You can’t give a bad review on a club just because you hit it terribly?
Deals available now on G430 range! You shouldn’t be using an LST unless you’re a very good player@
G440 fairway woods £329.
Driver £529 . Don’t know where he gets his prices from.
Ridiculous price for that LST 3 wood. Good on you Rick for being honest with us. Ping will hate this review, but rightly so. They should be ashamed of themselves for this pricing.
Most people buy second hand or last gen demo models anyway if we are price conscious.
If you're buying brand new fitted, you're not going to care as much about paying more.
Ping need boycotting . What a piss take, 0 to no difference against previous gen models
Reminds me a lot of the G and G30 range, not only the colors but back to the circular weights too
I would rather stop playing golf bevor I buy a fw for that kind of money….
Ping fairway woods adjust :6 to 1 unless 440 has changed
A 3 wood priced at a driver price, all the more reason to never purchase new ($$$$$) equipment. I’m only buying equipment that’s 2 yrs old at half the price and realistically it’s the same club or irons. The technology has been around and it’s more about marketing and looks like you mentioned, besides the MOI can’t be increased!
i think the lst is mainly used of the tee
All my clubs r from 2021 but I still play a 2012 Cleveland launcher because I can’t find any 3 wood that can beat it
Companies are just laughing at us while they take their money. Is this what Karsten Solheim would have wanted?
$575 with a stock shaft is shambolic. The one club people do NOT swap out year after year is a 3-wood. Once you find one that works, it stays in the bag. My SIM2 is the bomb, and it's going nowhere.
Don’t want to be that guy but the second and 3rd hand golf club market is where it’s at.
£570 for a 3 wood! Ok 20% goes to our lovely government so taking VAT out its £475, lets say 40% margin so we are at £285, for materials, Labour, shipping. This industry is/has gone mad! As someone that is wanting to get back in to our beautiful game the cost is a massive barrier! Rick if there’s any spare clubs knocking around a donation would be greatly appreciated 😊
I'd love to see some more updated golf ball reviews. I get that they will be quite similar, but it has been a long time and new generations of the balls have been made, and with new wedges as well I think it would be cool.
£499 online still outrageous in terms of cost I’m in no way trying to justify it
It’s so frustrating that you are so in love with Rick that you would be unwilling to play clubs that would help you play better. You struggle to break 80 yet want to play clubs that scratch golfers would play.
This looks like a marketing move to deceive people into how they look at cost. If there is a 3 wood priced the same as the driver then narrow minded people will think they are getting a good deal on the other clubs. Suddenly a $400 3 wood looks like a steal. This technique is used on many products.
The 430 lst seemed like a tour only product they decided to roll out to see if anyone would buy, and they’ve continued that trend with this club. Most normal golfers would play better with the Max but I’m sure there’s some fitting data where the LST would benefit a certain type of player / swing.
this just goes to show you need fitting.
This pricing has gone out of control. I always wait and buy when the prices come down a bit
2:57 🤣🤣
Well I was going to say you may gain an average of 2- 4 yds for the extra $200+ but apparently it's more like lose 10-15 yds. I'm sorry but that's really really bad. Two yrs ago the ls was thw same price and then last year 200 more. I work and fit for a large golf retailer and have never ever seen anyone purchase one or even ask or mention this club. It's price is so ridiculous and outrageous the only thing I can say to ping for doing this to people is F*ck you Ping. One of the worst offenders when it comes to astronomical prices of golf clubs these days.
Not sure how major that the differences are in they hybrids, but it does feel like they changed the weighting around quite a bit. Look at the middle of the bottoms and that will reveal a lot of the advancements made. The three wood issue though… I see no need for them to make it so that the miss point (low on the face) is just made worse. im sure that the top of the face is just fine if not better, but who is really gonna be hitting a 3 wood off the top like that (unless teed up)? For the price, I do not see it being much different in terms of anything but forgiveness off the deck. I get that most advanced golfers wont be hitting 3 wood off the tee, but it would be quite interesting to see differences from that point as well as off the deck
This video proves that the LST is for the pro’s. Not even Rick can hit it consistently centered. Max is the way.
That’s a stupidly ridiculous price for a 3 wood ! I got a whole new Callaway Reva set of 11 clubs for £970. It has a driver, 3 wood, 5 hybrid, 6 hybrid, 7 iron, 8 iron, 9 iron, pitching wedge, sand wedge and an Odyssey mallet putter in the set.
Rick, the advantage with the Ping’s is that they can go flatter without changing face angle or loft.
Most good golfers either pull or draw a hybrid or FW. Changing the lie angle helps that tremendously. Hence why so many people buy ping FW and Hubrids
The money you can save Rick you can take a lesson 😂 maybe Ping may pay you to delete this video 🤫
What golf shoes is he wearing? Biom?
No one mentioning the high pitch voice @2.57 nice clubs though. I love my three wood.
Is this pings way of diverting the casual golfer’s attention away from the clubs for lower handicappers?
I just bought last years QI10 for half this price. Manufacturers are out of their minds to release every year with little to no differences.
Total waste of money to buy clubs more frequently than every 4-5 years
Who would actually buy this ? Insane money that saying some peoople will just buy to sbow it off
your swing fell apart when you picked up the LST.
Lets all be honest with ourselves, the current limitations on equipment have been maxed out for about 10 years now – the whole “more ball speed more distance” is a marketing tactic because they literally cant make them with anymore bounce off the face or it would be an illegal club, same with balls. This is whats allowed small brands like takomo to catch up to everyone else cause the benchmark hasnt moved.
If you want to say theres improvement its on looks – possibly feel (both subjective) and MAYBE 1% forgiveness per cycle
They charge theses prices because us golfers are dumb arses and pay these prices!! 😂😂
I have 425 Max Driver, 3 Wood and 5 Wood got 3 and 5 a year ago £180 each new they all fantastic, why buy the latest model 🤷🏻♂️
I just got a Callaway maverick used but it's basically brand new for like 100$… 585 is absurd
These clubs look like the original ping G range to me
Is it not the case that you just need to hit the LS out of the middle of the club?
Wow.need a mortgage for that three. 🏌♂️👍