John K Solheim Podcast #330 – PING G425

Worldwide Golf Shops Insider Podcast

Worldwide Golf Shops INSIDER PODCAST #330! In this installment, we chat with the President of PING Golf, Mr. John K Solheim! John talks PING's NEW G425 Family of Drivers, Fairways, Hybrids, and Irons! Please Enjoy this INSIDER Podcast. Ping G425 Iron Set In a departure from recent iron models, PING’s experts re-engineered the face of the G425 iron by employing a metal-wood-style, variable face thickness(VFT)design. This greatly increases flexing for measurable ball speed gains that launch shots higher and farther with the stopping power to hold greens – a rare result with most of today’s distance-minded irons. In the process of creating the new face design, they developed a more compact head that sets a new standard for forgiveness for an iron its size. While shorter heel-to-toe than the G410 model, it boasts a 3% higher MOI due to mass savings from the new face geometry that have been re-allocated to the toe and hosel weights, which expands the perimeter weighting and greatly tightens dispersion. Extensive finite element analysis was used to help develop a multi-material cavity badge that covers more of the face to damp undesirable frequencies and ensure a superb feel and pleasing sound. The G425 irons feature a performance-improving, water-repelling hydropearl chrome finish. The grooves in the PW, UW, SW and LW are precision-milled to ensure control and touch into and around the greens. Multi-material construction: Hyper 17-4 stainless steel body, 3-piece badge (aluminum, ABS material, damping tape) and tungsten toe/shaft weightsAvailable in 10 color codes/lie angles:(Gold/4°flat, Brown/3°flat, Orange/2°flat, Red/1°flat, Black/std, Blue/1°upright, Green/2°upright, White/3°upright, Silver/4°upright, Maroon 5°upright)Stock steel shaft: PING AWT 2.0 (R, S, X). Cushin Selective Filtering Insert optional.Stock graphite shafts: PING ALTA CB Slate AWT (R, S) Club #LoftLength420.5º38.875"523.5º38.25"626.5º37.625"730º37"834.5º36.5"939.5º36"PW44.5º35.5"UW49.5º35.5"SW54º35.25"LW58º35" Ping G425 Max Driver In the G425 driver series, this model is named Max as it elevates the moment of inertia (MOI) to PING’s highest level in history and provide golfers the most forgiving driver in golf. To achieve the new performance levels in the G425 Max, PING engineers combined key technologies from the G400 Max and G410 Plus. The resulting increase in MOI in the 460cc head comes mainly from a 26-gram tungsten movable weight, which is made possible by weight savings attributed to advancements in the driver’s dragonfly crown technology. Multi-material construction: Cast Ti 8-1-1 body, forged T9S+ face, high-density tungstenbackweight, lightweight aluminum/thermoplastic adjustable hoselG425 Max loft options: 9°, 10.5° & 12°Head volume: G425 Max (460cc)Loft adjustability: 5 settings: +-1.5°(0, +1°, +1.5°, -1°, -1.5°)Lie adjustability: Up to 3°flatterStd. length: 45 3/4"(AltaCB Slate 55)Stock graphite shafts: PING ALTACB 55 Slate (SR, R, S, X) Shop everything PING at https://www.worldwidegolfshops.com/ping Podcast Transcript: Welcome to the Worldwide Golf Shops Insider Podcast episode 330. Greetings everyone Tom Brassell here. Thanks so much for joining us. So glad that you did. Today is a great day to join us. Because our special guest, he's a regular, we check in with him every year at the PGA merchandise show, if not more than once a year. We catch up with him on the phone. He is the President of Ping Golf, Mr John K Solheim, John thanks so much for joining us. Great to have you on the show with us. Oh, it's great to be here. Before we get going, it's crazy times that we're in right now. First and foremost, how are you doing? How's your health? How is your family and and everyone around you? Alright, so I'm doing good. Been healthy. I feel like I haven't had anything like a cold or anything for the last. I guess going on a year now. So things are going well, you know.