Golf Australia

FORGIVING DRIVERS

PING G430 MAX 10K

$1,150

LOFTS: 9°/10.5°/12°

STOCK SHAFT: Ping Alta CB Black (mid-tohigh launch), Ping Tour 2.0 Chrome (mid launch), Ping Tour 2.0 Black (low launch), Ping Alta Quick (high launch from slower swing speeds)

If you’re the type of golfer who likes the confidence boost of standing on the tee knowing the game’s most forgiving driver is in your hands, the Max 10K has your name all over it. Drivers just don’t come any more forgiving.

It wasn’t our test pro’s fastest or longest driver of 2024, as we’d expect of a super-MOI model. But posting a carry distance just four yards back from the very longest while also being one of the two most forgiving drivers on the market is a first-class performance – and those results were posted with a stock shaft.

It’s always tough to prove/disprove dispersion claims during testing as the data is much more dependent on player rather than club. Our numbers

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