Ping Introduces New G430 LST Three-Wood By Ed Travis Complimenting PING’s current G430 fairway woods, SFT and MAX, the company announced the G430 LST for high swing-speed players looking for low-spin and added distance in low profile tour-type head. LST stands for Low Spin Technology and this beefy 3-wood is designed for Tour players and elite amateurs so don’t look for it in the bag of a guy in your Saturday foursome. It fills out the fairway wood line for Ping who introed the MAX (game-improvement category) and the SFT Straight Flight Technology (super game-improvement) models in January. Note the titanium alloy face wraps into both the crown and sole which improves distance by additional flex at impact. The use of a carbon fiber crown and a tungsten sole lowers the center of gravity and moves it towards the rear for higher launch, low-spin hits. The crown is an 8-layer 8.5-gram composite and saves 5.5 grams versus the more usual titanium crown and partially wraps the heel and toe parts of the head’s rear or skirt. The saved weight was moved to lower the center of gravity even further. John K. Solheim, PING CEO & President said, “We’re excited to bring this score-lowering technology to golfers during the heart of the Michigan Golf Journal
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