2 fairway woods tie as the lowest-lofted among PING fairway woods: PING G425 LST and PING G425 MAX, both down to 14.5°.

fairway woods

2023

median model year

16°

median lowest loft

All 16 fairway woods with a loft are ranked below, along with 7 more lists: highest opening loft, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, most upright lie, flattest lie, longest, shortest.

Every PING fairway wood on record, ranked against each other and never against another maker's. A brand cut compares a line with itself: it answers "the most offset iron Ping publishes", and it cannot be read as a claim that one manufacturer out-specs another.

Each figure is ranked from both ends — strongest and weakest, most and least — over the same clubs, and each list counts only the clubs that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Loft, lie, offset and bounce are fitting specifications — a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name, not a better one, and neither end of any list here is the good end. How this is worked out.

Who they are built for

The 20 fairway woods by handicap band — DERIVED from published loft, offset and length by the same classifier the fitting uses, never taken from a maker's marketing copy. A club whose category publishes nothing to read keeps its own row rather than being sorted into a band nobody computed.

Handicap band	Share
Low handicap	3	15.0%
Mid handicap	8	40.0%
High handicap	9	45.0%

Lowest published loft

— all 16 clubs with a loft

#	Club	lowest loft
1	PING G425 LST	14.5°
1	PING G425 MAX	14.5°
3	PING G430 LST	15°
3	PING G430 MAX	15°
3	PING G440 LST	15°
3	PING G440 MAX	15°
3	PING G440 MAX HL	15°
8	PING G425 SFT	16°
8	PING G430 SFT	16°
8	PING G440 SFT	16°
8	PING G440 SFT HL	16°
12	PING G Le3	18°
12	PING G Le3 Fairways	18°
12	PING G Le4	18°
15	PING Fairways - G LE	19°
15	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	19°

The lowest loft the model is sold in. A driver line opening at 8° and one opening at 10.5° are aimed at different players; this is that difference, stated in the manufacturer’s own numbers. Irons are excluded — their lowest loft is whichever long iron the set happens to start at, which measures set composition rather than the club.

Highest opening loft

— all 16 clubs with a loft

#	Club	lowest loft
1	PING Fairways - G LE	19°
1	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	19°
3	PING G Le3	18°
3	PING G Le3 Fairways	18°
3	PING G Le4	18°
6	PING G425 SFT	16°
6	PING G430 SFT	16°
6	PING G440 SFT	16°
6	PING G440 SFT HL	16°
10	PING G430 LST	15°
10	PING G430 MAX	15°
10	PING G440 LST	15°
10	PING G440 MAX	15°
10	PING G440 MAX HL	15°
15	PING G425 LST	14.5°
15	PING G425 MAX	14.5°

Widest loft range

— all 14 clubs with two or more lofts

#	Club	loft range
1	PING Fairways - G LE	11°
1	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	11°
3	PING G Le3	10°
3	PING G Le3 Fairways	10°
3	PING G Le4	10°
6	PING G425 MAX	9°
6	PING G430 MAX	9°
6	PING G440 MAX	9°
6	PING G440 MAX HL	9°
10	PING G425 SFT	6°
10	PING G430 SFT	6°
10	PING G440 SFT	6°
10	PING G440 SFT HL	6°
14	PING G440 LST	4°

Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.

Narrowest loft range

— all 14 clubs with two or more lofts

#	Club	loft range
1	PING G440 LST	4°
2	PING G425 SFT	6°
2	PING G430 SFT	6°
2	PING G440 SFT	6°
2	PING G440 SFT HL	6°
6	PING G425 MAX	9°
6	PING G430 MAX	9°
6	PING G440 MAX	9°
6	PING G440 MAX HL	9°
10	PING G Le3	10°
10	PING G Le3 Fairways	10°
10	PING G Le4	10°
13	PING Fairways - G LE	11°
13	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	11°

Most upright lie

— all 20 clubs with a lie angle

#	Club	lie angle
1	PING G Le3	58.5°
1	PING G Le3 Fairways	58.5°
1	PING G Le4	58.5°
4	PING G410 Fairway Wood	58°
4	PING G425 MAX	58°
4	PING G425 SFT	58°
7	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	57.8°
8	PING Fairways - G LE	57.5°
8	PING Fairways - G400 SFT	57.5°
8	PING G430 MAX	57.5°
8	PING G430 SFT	57.5°
8	PING G440 MAX	57.5°
8	PING G440 MAX HL	57.5°
8	PING G440 SFT	57.5°
8	PING G440 SFT HL	57.5°
16	PING G425 LST	56.5°
16	PING G440 LST	56.5°
18	PING Fairways - G Stretch	56°
18	PING Fairways - G400 Stretch	56°
18	PING G430 LST	56°

The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.

Flattest lie

— all 20 clubs with a lie angle

#	Club	lie angle
1	PING Fairways - G Stretch	56°
1	PING Fairways - G400 Stretch	56°
1	PING G430 LST	56°
4	PING G425 LST	56.5°
4	PING G440 LST	56.5°
6	PING Fairways - G LE	57.5°
6	PING Fairways - G400 SFT	57.5°
6	PING G430 MAX	57.5°
6	PING G430 SFT	57.5°
6	PING G440 MAX	57.5°
6	PING G440 MAX HL	57.5°
6	PING G440 SFT	57.5°
6	PING G440 SFT HL	57.5°
14	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	57.8°
15	PING G410 Fairway Wood	58°
15	PING G425 MAX	58°
15	PING G425 SFT	58°
18	PING G Le3	58.5°
18	PING G Le3 Fairways	58.5°
18	PING G Le4	58.5°

Longest

— all 20 clubs with a length

#	Club	length
1	PING Fairways - G Stretch	43"
1	PING Fairways - G400 SFT	43"
1	PING Fairways - G400 Stretch	43"
1	PING G410 Fairway Wood	43"
1	PING G425 LST	43"
1	PING G425 MAX	43"
1	PING G425 SFT	43"
1	PING G430 LST	43"
1	PING G430 MAX	43"
1	PING G430 SFT	43"
1	PING G440 LST	43"
1	PING G440 MAX	43"
1	PING G440 MAX HL	43"
1	PING G440 SFT	43"
1	PING G440 SFT HL	43"
16	PING G Le3	42.5"
16	PING G Le4	42.5"
18	PING Fairways - G LE	42"
18	PING G Le3 Fairways	42"
18	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	42"

Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.

Shortest

— all 20 clubs with a length

#	Club	length
1	PING Fairways - G LE	42"
1	PING G Le3 Fairways	42"
1	PING Women’s G Le2 Fairway Woods	42"
4	PING G Le3	42.5"
4	PING G Le4	42.5"
6	PING Fairways - G Stretch	43"
6	PING Fairways - G400 SFT	43"
6	PING Fairways - G400 Stretch	43"
6	PING G410 Fairway Wood	43"
6	PING G425 LST	43"
6	PING G425 MAX	43"
6	PING G425 SFT	43"
6	PING G430 LST	43"
6	PING G430 MAX	43"
6	PING G430 SFT	43"
6	PING G440 LST	43"
6	PING G440 MAX	43"
6	PING G440 MAX HL	43"
6	PING G440 SFT	43"
6	PING G440 SFT HL	43"

When they launched

Model year, where the record carries one — 13 of the 20 in this cut. A model year is when a club launched, not when it was designed or when it left the shops. Each year with enough clubs behind it links to that year's own boards.

Model year	Share
2021	3	23.1%
2022	0	0.0%
2023	4	30.8%
2024	0	0.0%
2025	5	38.5%
2026	1	7.7%