{"id":258942,"date":"2025-11-03T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258942\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:25:12","slug":"new-ping-g440-k-driver-spotted-at-abu-dhabi-hsbc-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258942\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ping G440 K Driver Spotted At Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re getting closer to new driver season and we’ve already had two early looks at what might be on the way in 2026, with the TaylorMade Qi4D<\/a> emerging on the USGA Conforming List and now a brand new model from Ping.<\/p>\n

A Ping G440 K driver head has appeared on the database as well as on-site this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.<\/p>\n

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SMS on Tour posted an in-hand look at the new driver, which may be the next iteration of the popular G440<\/a> range.<\/p>\n

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Not much is yet known about the G440 K other than what we’ve seen in the short video clip on social media and the USGA database images.<\/p>\n

It looks like it could be a high-MOI model in similar vein to the G430 10K driver<\/a> that proved hugely popular and is still among the best golf drivers<\/a> nearly two years after its launch.<\/p>\n

The G440 K is fitted with a tungsten weight at the back of the head and has a forged face with ‘Spinsistency’ printed on it, a technology designed to keep spin rates more consistent on shots hit from all areas of the clubface.<\/p>\n

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It has a ‘Dual Carbonfly’ sole according to the USGA Conforming List and comes in lofts of 7.5\u00b0, 9\u00b0, 10.5\u00b0, 12\u00b0. It is also in both right-and-left-handed on the database.<\/p>\n

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The timing of the club appearing on the conforming list, and the fact that SMS on Tour has spotted it at Yas Links this week, means there is a high likelihood that one or multiple players put it in play for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.<\/p>\n

A number of Ping staff players are in the field for the first week of the DP World Tour Play-Offs, including Viktor Hovland<\/a>, Tyrrell Hatton<\/a>, Laurie Canter and Daniel Brown.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the Golf Monthly website as we learn more about the G440 K and see which pros opt to put it in play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re getting closer to new driver season and we’ve already had two early looks at what might be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-258942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}