この投稿をInstagramで見る

GolfWRX(@golfwrx)がシェアした投稿

Fresh off its formal appearance on the USGA and R&A conforming club lists, Ping’s next-generation G450 metalwood family has officially made its way onto the Ping Tour truck out on the PGA Tour. GolfWRX’s Tour photographer Greg Moore was on-site early at the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions and got the first up-close look at the new drivers and fairway woods undergoing tour testing and seeding at the Omni Barton Creek Resort.

Ping typically sticks to a disciplined, two-year product cycle, making the G450 line the direct successor to the widely praised and forgiving G440 family. While the company has kept official engineering specifications under wraps, the sole geometry, tour feedback GolfWRX has been giving, and conforming registry details reveal significant tech updates, headlined by an all-new “FastFlex” sole slot and Ping’s first dedicated retail foray into the mini driver category.

In keeping with Ping’s staggered release strategy, the ultra-forgiving 10K model is absent from the initial launch window. If Ping follows the same trajectory set by the G440 10K release, golfers can potentially see that at the end of 2027.

Also spotted in the Texas Hill Country were the G450 fairways and hybrids, as well as an unexpected G450 iron.

Interestingly, only a Max model was available in the fairway wood, which has GolfWRX forum members wondering whether there will be an LST or SFT option like the G440 lineup. GolfWRX found 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-wood lofts, all in the Ping Tour truck. The lowest-lofted 3-wood features the same grooveless face as older models to allow for a thinner face to save weight.

GolfWRX：Ping G450 lineup spotted on Tour: First look at drivers, woods, hybrids, irons and the new “MiniMax”