PING Drivers by Year

The first PING driver, the Karsten I, hit golf shops in 1968. Iterations of the Karsten, Eye, and Zing models were the bread and butter of PING drivers for the first 30 years of PING’s driver releases.

However, in the late 1990s, drivers took on a whole new look, and PING drivers were no different. PING launched its TiSi titanium driver in 1998, and shortly after, in 2004, introduced the first in its still popular G line of drivers, the G2.

That original G2 delivered many of the technologies still used in drivers today. The G2 was PING’s first driver that maxed maxed out the USGA’s limit of 460 cc, which unlike today, was not a given in 2004. The G2 also maxed out the governing bodies’ COR allowance. Add in weight distrubited to the rear and perimeter of the club, and the G2 was long and forgiving. Perfectly on-brand for PING.

PING has moved to a fairly consistent family of drivers with each release over the last 10 years. Starting in 2014 when PING dropped the G30, each release has included an SF model, which is a draw-biased version and stands for Straight Flight, as well as an LS edition, which is the better players’ Low Spin model. Most drivers have also had some form of Plus or Max, which is the maximum forgiveness head within the line.

The year 2024 brought an onslaught of 10K drivers, OEM’s way of boasting MOI of 10,000 or more in their drivers, but PING actually released a 10K driver in 2018 with the G400 Max. PING advertised that the G400 Max had an MOI "over 9,900" but other golf equipment experts have insistend it indeed broke the 10K milestone.

Despite that, PING dropped its first head marketed to its 10K MOI in 2024, with an extension of the G430 line, the G430 Max 10K.