Ping G425 MAX Fairway Wood

Ping wrapped the face around onto the sole and crown for this generation and called it Facewrap, which removed the welded seam and let the whole face flex. The crown turbulators went with it, replaced by three alignment dots. Engineers found an extra mile and a half per hour of ball speed in the change, so most golfers took the trade.

Four heads run 14.5, 17.5, 20.5 and 23.5 degrees, and the size drops as the loft climbs, from 176cc down to 148. Every one turns at the hosel for loft and lie. A maraging steel face on a cast stainless chassis, both hands. The LST is a single low-spin 3-wood and the SFT strengthens the lofts for draw bias; this is the head for everyone else.