PING G400 Max & its competition

Eguller

Many have put the G400 Max to Holy Grail status and deservedly so. I've had one in the main bag
for quite some time with a few close challengers but none who have replaced it.........yet.

A range session this afternoon with a Cally Mavrik Max in the same loft was interesting. In fact, so interesting that
I am going to put it in the bag for a round tomorrow. I'm using a shaft that I have tried in the PING,
so it is apples to apples in length, flex, etc. (same exact shaft with a new Cally adapter). Hope springs eternal.
Hopefully, some thoughts on the Mav tomorrow.
🏌

Par4QC

Eguller I'm using a shaft that I have tried in the PING,
so it is apples to apples in length, flex, etc. (same exact shaft with a new Cally adapter).

Rex likes doing it this way also. But, he makes sure the heads are close in weight also. A couple g's +/-, is OK with him.

😂

bigshank

Eguller my Mavrik max with tensei blue bumped mine. I still have it. The ping feels heavy to me compared

Eguller

Par4QC

Yep. 0.5 SW difference. 👍

sdandrea1

Par4QC Rex likes doing it this way also

Rex also talks about himself in the 3rd person. PapaD has been known to as well.

Par4QC

Eguller "Swing weight is not interesting". 🤣

Jelopster

sdandrea1 Rex also talks about himself in the 3rd person. PapaD has been known to as well.

Don’t sleep on Jelopster. Where do you think Bob Dole got the idea? Jelopster’s so into the Third person, he’s been making up his own nicknames: Lopster, Poppy Jelopy, the Saucy Jelop.

Eguller

Par4QC "Swing weight is not interesting". 🤣

Sure it is....just not in this case as they are the same. 🤔

Not to derail my own thread, but I tried irons with a C8 SW and it was 'thin city' consistently.

colej

bigshank

You would be right. Most ping heads weigh heavy compared to everyone else.

Natpharm

I recently picked up a Rogue ST Max and have been very pleased thus far. It’s extremely forgiving and as long as anything else I’ve hit. I can’t say it’s impossible to lose one right with it, but it takes a really bad swing to do so.

Ordered it with a Ventus Blue 5 to try a low spin/mid launch shaft and found out pretty quickly it wasn’t for me. So I swapped it with the Aldila Synergy 50 from my previous Rogue Draw and it’s been very good/consistent.

Good luck with the Mavrik Max, hopefully it turns out to be your Holy Grail!

Eguller

Natpharm I recently picked up a Rogue ST Max

Intersting - I did hit a Rogue ST Max demo on the range today. Very nice driver and could
easily compete with the Mav Max/G400 Max battle. I actually liked it as well as the Mav Max.
We'll see tomorrow how it goes.

Is yours the 'D' version or the standard. ?

Eguller

Natpharm Good luck with the Mavrik Max, hopefully it turns out to be your Holy Grail!

I'm not as quick to declare it the Holy Grail as....ummmm....you know who. 😉

I used the Mav Max for play today and it held up nicely and will make the bag
for the next time I play. However, I may use a different shaft just for grins. I need
to try it with a slightly softer, lighter shaft for comparison. Nice sound/feel and
good distance today. The experiment continues. 🏌

Natpharm

Eguller
It’s the standard version, I’m not sure there is a D version of this one. But the company line is that it has a “slight draw-bias”. I’d say this is accurate as it pretty much stays on the left side of the course for me.

ode

PXG Gen2 XF is 📢Legit. I am impressed with the forgiveness factor!😉

Jelopster

ode Jelopster’s got the Gen 2 0811 XF in the bag and is loving it.

wishbone

Jelopster

Wishbone also has the Gen 2 PXG XF in his bag, Wishbone is very happy with their feel and performance.

Typhoon

G400 Max IS the holy grail. Like someone else mentioned though, it is a heavy head. Last weekend I hit it with a Paderson Velocity amd hit everything long and straight. I was hoping for more speed but it’s the weight. I then hit a Stealth Plus with a Tour Ad DI6 and it was so much lighter. Picked up 3-4 mph in ball speed with limited time to dial the it. Didn’t have the same shaft either but would love to hit the Velocity is the lighter head.

bogeypro

I prefer the weight & heft of the G400 MAX, I've tried a few of the light & super light head/combos years ago and I was wilder and more all over the place with them than I usually am. I like being able to feel (sense) where the clubhead is & I don't care if it costs me a few mph in swing speed, I'll take quality shot results over quantity (yards) every time.

G400 MAX with a 44-1/4" UST V2 "r" works nicely for this 70yr old, but YMMV. The stock Alta shaft just didn't feel right to me. Also, wasn't worth the time & effort to go back & edit this for 3rd person content 😁

bigshank

I’ve thought about cutting down my ping tour 65 gm shaft to play at 44.5” to minimize the heavy feel. I think it plays at 45”. I end up choking way down anyways. I love the sound and feel of the g400 max better than my others. I have the g425 max as well. It’s loud and the Alta still sucks for me in that too.

candukid

I have several shafts for my Max but the favourite is an Aldila VS proto 70 at 45.5 inches. Longer than most everything I have tried over the years.

Spuzz

candukid

The ghey is strong in that shaft.