PING G430 SFT claims 2nd place for forgiveness in our 2024 Most Wanted Fairway Wood test. Forgiveness represents how consistent a fairway wood is shot-to-shot. Our forgiveness scoring category analyzes four key golf ball metrics: ball speed, carry distance, backspin and dispersion. Using these metrics, we can determine which golf clubs i.e. fairway woods perform most consistently throughout the entirety of the test.
► You want forgiveness: PING’s SFT lines tend to be consistently forgiving in our Most Wanted tests. One of the metrics in our forgiveness scoring is dispersion. With PING G430 SFT, you have one of the most draw bias heads on the market. This plays into how tight of a dispersion G430 SFT produces.
► You want accuracy: Sometimes, tight dispersion isn’t always a positive. There are cases where a club has consistent dispersion, but is it undesirable. Although PING G430 SFT is draw bias, it produces above average accuracy, which is a bonus to its overall performance.
✖︎ You want to fade the golf ball: If you don’t like a draw shot shape, PING G430 SFT isn’t for you. This fairway wood, much like the driver, will produce a draw. On the flip side, if you are a slicer of the golf ball, this is one golf club that might lessen your wayward and undesirable miss.
Distance Taking into account total distance and carry distance, our distance scoring is a metric ultimately telling you the total yards achieved by the club.
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Accuracy Accuracy evaluates if a player’s shots with each club are above or below what’s expected based on that player’s skill level. By eliminating variables in player ability, accuracy determines how well the club improves a player’s overall score.
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Forgiveness Forgiveness measures how well a club corrects for hits that are center or off center off the face of the club. A high forgiveness rating tells you that a club does well at maintaining consistency in performance when your swing fluctuates.
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Ball Speed Ball speed measures how fast the ball is traveling off the face of the club. We eliminate variables like player swing speed or ability, so you can compare ball speeds off the face as affected by the club, not the player.
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Fairways Hit We evaluate the percentage of shots that hit the fairway compared to shots in the rough. This shows the accuracy of a club, with a higher percentage earning a higher accuracy rating.
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| Driver Titleist TSR3 | 3 Wood Titleist TSR3 |
| Driving Iron Titleist U505 | Irons (5-6) Titleist T200 |
| Irons (7-PW) Titleist T150 | Wedges (50, 56, 60) Titleist Vokey SM10 |
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