When developing the new G440 Drivers, PING had a singular focus: maximizing speed while ensuring the same game-changing, industry-leading forgiveness the company is renowned for. PING's engineers achieved this lofty feat through two crucial design improvements.
First, innovative Free Hosel Technology removes weight from a section of the hosel, creating discretionary mass that's strategically redistributed lower in the head. By aligning closer to the force line in the head, the newly enhanced center of gravity, the deepest of any PING driver to date, generates increased ball speed and optimizes launch and spin, producing consistently longer and straighter drives.
The second speed-boosting component of the formula required a modest update to the driver's shape. A lower face height allows a much more expansive area of the face to be thinner and hotter without jeopardizing its structural integrity, resulting in routinely higher ball speed, regardless of where impact occurs.
The 450cc LST model suits faster swing-speed players and those seeking reduced spin. A weight on the trailing edge of the driver's sole can be adjusted to promote a neutral, draw, or fade-biased ball flight.
PING G440 LST Driver Features:
Traditional shaped 450cc head designed for low spin
Free Hosel Technology lowers CG, aligning it closer to the force line for faster ball speed, optimal spin, a higher launch
Thinner and hotter face, made possible by a lower face height, creates more ball speed and consistency across the club face, including the high heel region
CarbonFly Wrap Crown saves weight, which is re-allocated to help lower the CG to generate superior forgiveness and a more muted, pleasing sound at impact
Heavier 29-gram back weight maximizes forgiveness and can be adjusted into a draw, fade, or neutral position to influence shot shape and trajectory
Trajectory Tuning 2.0 Adjustable Hosel allows for loft (+/- 1.5°) and lie (up to 3° flatter than standard) adjustments to further dial in ball flight for optimal results
Stock Shafts: PING ALTA CB Blue, PING Tour 2.0 Chrome, PING Tour 2.0 Black, Project X Denali Red, Mitsubishi TENSEI 1K Black
Stock Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360
Standard length for drivers with Ping Alta CB Blue shaft is 46"
Standard length for drivers with all other shafts is 45.5"
With its G440 line, PING was on a mission to increase speed overall without sacrificing forgiveness.
Operating under constraints from the USGA in how hot the face can be and the amount of forgiveness makes it a challenge to continue to innovate. So, PING’s engineers went to work in figuring out how to modify what was an already successful club in G430 to get more club speed, more distance and even more forgiveness.
The G440 family from PING was designed to bring more ball speed and forgiveness without sacrificing one for the other.
Each club, whether it’s driver, fairway woods or irons, was uniquely optimized through a variety of methods to save weight, increase ball speed or increase forgiveness. Optimizing performance and launch conditions was at the forefront of what PING built and the results speak for themselves.
