Ping G440 Max Fairway
The club most bags are missing
Nobody comes in asking for a fairway wood, and almost everybody should. It is the club that covers the gap between a driver you cannot always hit and a long iron you cannot hit at all.
£299
3, 4, 5 and 7 wood
Worth fitting before you buy it. The session fee comes off the price, and we will say so if it makes no difference.
Specifications
- Lofts
- 3, 4, 5 and 7 wood
- Use
- Off the deck and the tee
- Shaft
- Length set to you
- Fitting
- Recommended
Who it suits
Anyone with a gap between the driver and the longest iron they trust, which is most bags we see.
The gap nobody fills
- 3, 4, 5 and 7 wood
- Off the deck
- Forgiving face
- 01Four lofts. The 7 wood is the one that surprises people, and it stays in the bag.
- 02Test it off the turf, not off a tee. That is where it has to work.
- 03If you carry a 3 iron you never hit, this is the club that replaces it.
- 04Shaft length matters more here than in any other wood. Get it measured.
From behind the counter
Everyone wants to talk about the driver. The fairway wood is the club that saves the hole after the driver goes wrong.
Fairway fitting studio, St. Andrews
On the bench beside it
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If it only works off a tee, it is a second driver.
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