Ping G425 Driver Review

Ping G425 Driver Review – The new Ping G425 driver has finally arrived!Having watched Tyrrell Hatton (see his What’s In The Bag here) dominate at Wentworth in the BMW PGA Championship back in October 2020 with this new Batman-mobile-like driver, I have been waiting for this release for months so thank God it’s finally here!

Ping G425 Driver
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Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

Since Tyrell’s win, it has now found its way in to the bags of Tony Finau, Cameron Champ and many of the top LPGA players heading into the 2021 season. Should it be going into my bag, but more importantly should it be going into yours too?

The Ping G410 was the driver many of the other top manufacturers were trying to emulate, and I felt that it was the most forgiving driver on the market, especially when compared to the other offerings from the ‘big four’.

Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

So how are they looking to improve on such a high-performing driver in the G410? Well, Ping have combined two technologies from the G400 and G410 to produce the new G425. They say it’s faster, more forgiving, longer and will suit all types of golfers. Let’s get into it.

What’s It All About?

Ping are going all out with ‘extreme weighting’ in order to improve their drivers for 2021. The G400 had a fixed weight at the back, and then in the G410 we saw the first moveable weight in a Ping driver for greater adjustability.

The G425 however, features a heavier moveable weight along a shorter track at the back of the head, which is said to maximise ball speeds and improve the centre of gravity without sacrificing any forgiveness.

Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

Ping has added a new Face Wrap technology, which is a single piece of miraging steel that wraps around the cup face. This provides 100% face flex with a purported increase of 1.5 mph in ball speed. Basically, as the face wraps around the crown and sole more it increases the area that flexes, resulting in higher ball speeds.

Another big change worth highlighting is the face shape itself, it has been changed from a traditional circle to more of an ovoid (egg) shape. This shape captures those mishits from the top and bottom of the face better, and therefore keeps the spin numbers closer to a strike out of the middle for more consistency across the face.

Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

Usually strikes from the bottom of the clubface have increased spin, and strikes from the top of the face have lower spin. This new shape is said to equal those numbers out more.

Ping has made some pretty bold claims around the forgiveness of their driver from the G410 to the G425. The new weighting is said to add 7% of forgiveness in the neutral setting, 16% in the fade setting and 20% in the draw setting, whilst ball speed is also said to be increased with a T9S+ forged face, and is also “rougher” in order to reduce spin.

Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

In the aesthetics department there is a lot of change too. The red is gone and a more sophisticated slate and black colour scheme suggests more strength and quality in the product in my opinion. The turbulators and dragonfly technology are still a feature from previous drivers, with Ping claiming that they have improved dragonfly and ribbing inside the head help with acoustics.

There is also the addition of Arccos GPS tracking inside the grips. This has been a feature in Cobra equipment for years, and now Ping have included them throughout the G425 range. In fact, even if you just buy a driver you can contact Ping to get the tags for your other non-Ping clubs too.

Seems too good to be true? Remember that all of the data capture companies can get in real time play (not robots or just tour players) is vital for them to see how their product performs and where they need to get better in the future.

Ping G425 Driver Review
Ping G425 Driver

There are three head options available for the new Ping G425:

Ping G425 Max Driver – 460cc sized head with 9,10.5 and 12 degree lofts

Ping G425 LST Driver – 445cc sized head with pear-like tour shaping. Available in 9 and 10 degree lofts.

Ping G425 SFT Driver – 460cc size head, weighted in the heel to promote a straight flight for those who slice the ball. Said to be 10 yards further left in flight than G410 SFT and 25 yards further left than the G425 Max thanks to its 23 gram fixed weight in the heel.

The Test

I went to Ping in October to get fitted for the shaft length and type which best suited me in the driver. I wasn’t allowed to hit the G425 (it was top secret back then) but I did trial the G410 heads and found the LST 9 degree was best suited to me, with a Ping Tour 65 shaft. So when I received the G425 Driver it was the LST model with the same shaft, giving me the club that is best suited to me so that I could give a true evaluation.

I compared the driver against the G410 LST inside at LSH Auto, Mercedes Benz Stockport using Trackman 4 and Titleist Pro V1x balls. I then visited Reddish Vale Golf Club to test it out during a few different rounds to see whether it was worthy of a spot in my bag.

You can watch my full review via the Golfalot YouTube channel here: