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Why We Like It
- A faster face and a range of adjustable lofts make these hybrids among the most versatile in the game.
- Ping lowered the face height by 8 percent and made it thinner. This encourages center-face contact for a higher launch and more ball speed.
- A redesigned interior section of the hosel removes mass that helps to lower the center of gravity by 12 percent for higher launch and less spin.
- A lightweight carbon-composite section wraps around the back half of the crown to make room for a rear sole weight for improved stability.
- A slimmer rear section helps keep the sole flush to the ground so that the face angle changes less when the hosel is adjusted.
- The specs of these hybrids target the players most likely to use them: The 2-hybrid is designed for faster swingers who prefer a lower, fade-bias ball flight, and the 3- and 4-hybrids have ample loft to help approach shots hold the greens.
- Top 5 in Performance, low-, middle-, high-handicaps
- 17, 20, 23, 26, 30, 34 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel)
what our testers said
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Ryan
49, Handicap 10
7 years testing
The contrasting lines on the face of the club make it easy to align properly. It's not overly heavy or light, but the ball marries nicely to the face at impact. I would have liked to have seen a bit more forgiveness than it gave me.
Alan
30, Handicap 1
1 year testing
It's forgiving and long. I love how flighted each shot was—the ball never got too high into the air and drifted away from me. It was a bullet; you just need to make sure to fire it in the right direction.
Molly
37, Handicap 0
4 years testing
Classic shape and design suffer from painted grooves. Forgiveness is high and launch and spin are excellent. It's not often I hit a club that consistently stops between 170 and 175 yards. Misses were mitigated by not being overly spinny.
Gary
37, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
I like the versatility of this club. Its compact proportions allow you to hit the ball off the ground and work it from left to right, but not in a way that's too spinny. I was also able to flight the ball at different trajectories. Easily playable off the fairway turf or as a teeing club. Good thump at impact.
Jason
48, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
I love the blending of the carbon at the back of the clubhead. The white lines on the face give the appearance of added loft, which I like. The sole design glides through the ground well and gets the ball up in the air.
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Ryan
49, Handicap 10
7 years testing
The contrasting lines on the face of the club make it easy to align properly. It's not overly heavy or light, but the ball marries nicely to the face at impact. I would have liked to have seen a bit more forgiveness than it gave me.
Alan
30, Handicap 1
1 year testing
It's forgiving and long. I love how flighted each shot was—the ball never got too high into the air and drifted away from me. It was a bullet; you just need to make sure to fire it in the right direction.
Molly
37, Handicap 0
4 years testing
Classic shape and design suffer from painted grooves. Forgiveness is high and launch and spin are excellent. It's not often I hit a club that consistently stops between 170 and 175 yards. Misses were mitigated by not being overly spinny.
Gary
37, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
I like the versatility of this club. Its compact proportions allow you to hit the ball off the ground and work it from left to right, but not in a way that's too spinny. I was also able to flight the ball at different trajectories. Easily playable off the fairway turf or as a teeing club. Good thump at impact.
Jason
48, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
I love the blending of the carbon at the back of the clubhead. The white lines on the face give the appearance of added loft, which I like. The sole design glides through the ground well and gets the ball up in the air.
Ricky
46, Handicap +3
10+ years testing
Absolutely pure, very appealing sound at impact. It's loud enough to get your attention but quiet and respectful so as to not scare you. Easy to swing and the ball jumps off the face. I would play this thing and I'm not a hybrid guy.
Wayne
60, Handicap 6
2 years testing
For my swing speed, the ball speed was much higher compared to other hybrids I hit. When I hit the ball off the heel or toe, it would go straight. If I pulled it left, it stayed left. Same thing on shots I hit to the right. It just won't let you exaggerate your misses. I think you could use this all over the course and get good results, even on mis-hits.
Scott
37, Handicap 14
9 years testing
Smooth, simple. The white lines on the face sort of cradle the ball at address and tell you exactly where you need to hit it. For a slicer, this club really feels like your jam. It just kept wanting to draw even when I tried to slice it, and always with massive distance. It just will not slice.
John
55, Handicap 11
1 year testing
I like that this club presents a large sweet spot with the color of the grooves—it shows me exactly where I need to hit the ball. Not many mis-hits; the ball flew nice and high and landed softly. I definitely feel like I can attack a green with this club and not worry about it skipping over.
Skylar
26, Handicap 7
2 years testing
Really easy to hit. Super lightweight with great distribution. Very easy to control and forgiving without sacrificing any distance.
Sean
53, Handicap 6
8 years testing
This is butter. Very easy to work from left to right and the distance is crazy. I love the sound and feel. I didn't mis-hit a single shot.
Jack
35, Handicap 1
2 years testing
The face is really hot. Shots just exploded off the club. The ball launched high but the spin was very controllable. You're not cheating the height: It gets into the air because it's launched. A long but not overly deep surface area on the face gives you tons of room on the heel and toe, so you don't lose much distance on off-center hits.
Paul
63, Handicap 4
10+ years testing
My favorite thing about this club was the lie angle. My hands were positioned perfectly at address and the club sat down nicely behind the ball. Because of that, it was easy to get dialed in and get exceptional distance. It was very fast through the ball.
Matt
27, Handicap 5
1 year testing
Perfect-sized head, easy to line up. I felt each mis-hit drastically in my hands. But when I hit the sweet spot, the sound was pure golf bliss. A perfect flush feeling. I found it very unforgiving, but if you can consistently find the center of the face it's fantastic—the ball goes a mile and is very accurate.
Peter
57, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
If you make a smooth, disciplined swing, the ball will go where you want with good distance. It is long and fast, for sure. I lost some distance on off-center hits, but the dispersion wasn't terrible. I like that there's some adjustability. You can make some tweaks to maximize performance.
Shane
36, Handicap 15
5 years testing
Nuclear explosive. The ball jumps off the face at impact and is gone in a flash. Super-forgiving as well: Off-center hits perform like center hits. The center of the clubface always finds its way back to the ball. Very fun.
Megan
39, Handicap 0
1 year testing
The matte finish comes off as a little boring to me. I'm not excited to hit it. Impact was firm and not very responsive. Center and off-center hits felt the same.
Alejandra
26, Handicap 5
4 years testing
It was easy to hit a good shot and repeat the same ball flight—which, for me, was a baby draw. Impact can be a little loud and harsh, but I didn't find it too disturbing, especially considering the performance I got from the club.
Wei
55, Handicap 13
9 years testing
I really like the matted black crown and the minimal embellishments to it. The exposed carbon is a good look. At impact, there is a very quiet but powerful feel and sound. You feel like you're crushing the ball. Very good forgiveness—mis-hits tend to go very straight with a minimal loss of distance.
Ryan
46, Handicap 14
2 years testing
Love the size and shape—it's smaller, but not distracting or intimidating. I felt like I could smoke it just on its appearance. The performance was there, too, as I was able to work the ball in either direction. It's a perfect blend of forgiveness and workability.
Jamie
51, Handicap 5
2 years testing
Best in class. Simple to align with the painted grooves on the face, and just the right proportions and depth to the head. It's Impossible to mis-hit. You can reach back and go for any distance you want with a reliable, high, straight ball flight. I could hit this all day.
Daniel
33, Handicap 12
5 years testing
Very easy to get the ball up in the air and hold the green. Crisp tone off the face. Carry wasn't exceptional because there was a little more spin on some shots. Easy to slide through the ground.
Sándor J.
36, Handicap 9
2 years testing
Nice looking club. Smooth. The way the head sits behind the ball at address gives me confidence. It's a forgiving club but it fell short in terms of the distance I wanted to see.
Thomas
60, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
My initial impression was confirmed in that it's an absolute launcher. Super easy to hit with large sweet spot across the entire face. When you catch one in the middle of the face the numbers blow the competition out of the water. Had a great ringing feel and sound to go along with it.
Robert
28, Handicap 2
1 year testing
Smaller Ping head with minimal items on top. The singular alignment dot is all you need. Solid feel coming through the ball and piercing, high ball flight that carries. Forgiveness was good: I hit several shots that came back to the center and didn't overdo the miss.
Jin
30, Handicap 13
1 year testing
Feels and performs more like an iron than a hybrid. Spin is lower than average and ball flight is firm, penetrating. Forgiveness is there in terms of distance and left and right dispersion. I like the uniform design on the crown but am not a fan of the two-tone grooves on the face.
RC
63, Handicap 7
2 years testing
Very forgiving club with consistent, high ball flight. Aesthetically very pleasing with matte and carbon look to it. There's a good amount of technology in there. Not as good when it comes to distance, but a solid performer everywhere else.
Alex
40, Handicap 11
6 years testing
Definitely forgiving. I left the face open a few times and thought those shots were going to be off the planet, and they were just baby cuts. Soft feel to impact but still explosive enough that I hit my distances. Clubhead sits very flat and low to the ground, which makes me more confident when I address the ball.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
The ball launched super-high, with low spin, and was extremely forgiving. Very consistent distance, too—I hit four balls within five yards of each other. The sound was typical Ping, on the louder side, but it feels soft. It's got that spring-like effect off the face. The face isn't super-thin and has a little meat behind it. I love that!
Matt
52, Handicap 11
3 years testing
This club produced great distance for me. Has a get-up-and-go attitude and wind-busting, piercing trajectory to ball flight. This is a trusty partner with easy distance and a confidence-inspiring sound and feel.
BK
41, Handicap 1
9 years testing
I like the head shape overall. It's a little more on the compact side, but looks forgiving at the same time. The adjustability of the head is clutch. One tweak made a massive difference in terms of launch and spin. Pow, it's a great club!
Gary
37, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
I like the versatility of this club. Its compact proportions allow you to hit the ball off the ground and work it from left to right, but not in a way that's too spinny. I was also able to flight the ball at different trajectories. Easily playable off the fairway turf or as a teeing club. Good thump at impact.
Scott
37, Handicap 14
9 years testing
Smooth, simple. The white lines on the face sort of cradle the ball at address and tell you exactly where you need to hit it. For a slicer, this club really feels like your jam. It just kept wanting to draw even when I tried to slice it, and always with massive distance. It just will not slice.
Shane
36, Handicap 15
5 years testing
Nuclear explosive. The ball jumps off the face at impact and is gone in a flash. Super-forgiving as well: Off-center hits perform like center hits. The center of the clubface always finds its way back to the ball. Very fun.
Wei
55, Handicap 13
9 years testing
I really like the matted black crown and the minimal embellishments to it. The exposed carbon is a good look. At impact, there is a very quiet but powerful feel and sound. You feel like you're crushing the ball. Very good forgiveness—mis-hits tend to go very straight with a minimal loss of distance.
Ryan
46, Handicap 14
2 years testing
Love the size and shape—it's smaller, but not distracting or intimidating. I felt like I could smoke it just on its appearance. The performance was there, too, as I was able to work the ball in either direction. It's a perfect blend of forgiveness and workability.
Daniel
33, Handicap 12
5 years testing
Very easy to get the ball up in the air and hold the green. Crisp tone off the face. Carry wasn't exceptional because there was a little more spin on some shots. Easy to slide through the ground.
Jin
30, Handicap 13
1 year testing
Feels and performs more like an iron than a hybrid. Spin is lower than average and ball flight is firm, penetrating. Forgiveness is there in terms of distance and left and right dispersion. I like the uniform design on the crown but am not a fan of the two-tone grooves on the face.
Ryan
49, Handicap 10
7 years testing
The contrasting lines on the face of the club make it easy to align properly. It's not overly heavy or light, but the ball marries nicely to the face at impact. I would have liked to have seen a bit more forgiveness than it gave me.
Wayne
60, Handicap 6
2 years testing
For my swing speed, the ball speed was much higher compared to other hybrids I hit. When I hit the ball off the heel or toe, it would go straight. If I pulled it left, it stayed left. Same thing on shots I hit to the right. It just won't let you exaggerate your misses. I think you could use this all over the course and get good results, even on mis-hits.
John
55, Handicap 11
1 year testing
I like that this club presents a large sweet spot with the color of the grooves—it shows me exactly where I need to hit the ball. Not many mis-hits; the ball flew nice and high and landed softly. I definitely feel like I can attack a green with this club and not worry about it skipping over.
Skylar
26, Handicap 7
2 years testing
Really easy to hit. Super lightweight with great distribution. Very easy to control and forgiving without sacrificing any distance.
Sean
53, Handicap 6
8 years testing
This is butter. Very easy to work from left to right and the distance is crazy. I love the sound and feel. I didn't mis-hit a single shot.
Peter
57, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
If you make a smooth, disciplined swing, the ball will go where you want with good distance. It is long and fast, for sure. I lost some distance on off-center hits, but the dispersion wasn't terrible. I like that there's some adjustability. You can make some tweaks to maximize performance.
Sándor J.
36, Handicap 9
2 years testing
Nice looking club. Smooth. The way the head sits behind the ball at address gives me confidence. It's a forgiving club but it fell short in terms of the distance I wanted to see.
Thomas
60, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
My initial impression was confirmed in that it's an absolute launcher. Super easy to hit with large sweet spot across the entire face. When you catch one in the middle of the face the numbers blow the competition out of the water. Had a great ringing feel and sound to go along with it.
RC
63, Handicap 7
2 years testing
Very forgiving club with consistent, high ball flight. Aesthetically very pleasing with matte and carbon look to it. There's a good amount of technology in there. Not as good when it comes to distance, but a solid performer everywhere else.
Alex
40, Handicap 11
6 years testing
Definitely forgiving. I left the face open a few times and thought those shots were going to be off the planet, and they were just baby cuts. Soft feel to impact but still explosive enough that I hit my distances. Clubhead sits very flat and low to the ground, which makes me more confident when I address the ball.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
The ball launched super-high, with low spin, and was extremely forgiving. Very consistent distance, too—I hit four balls within five yards of each other. The sound was typical Ping, on the louder side, but it feels soft. It's got that spring-like effect off the face. The face isn't super-thin and has a little meat behind it. I love that!
Matt
52, Handicap 11
3 years testing
This club produced great distance for me. Has a get-up-and-go attitude and wind-busting, piercing trajectory to ball flight. This is a trusty partner with easy distance and a confidence-inspiring sound and feel.
Alan
30, Handicap 1
1 year testing
It's forgiving and long. I love how flighted each shot was—the ball never got too high into the air and drifted away from me. It was a bullet; you just need to make sure to fire it in the right direction.
Molly
37, Handicap 0
4 years testing
Classic shape and design suffer from painted grooves. Forgiveness is high and launch and spin are excellent. It's not often I hit a club that consistently stops between 170 and 175 yards. Misses were mitigated by not being overly spinny.
Jason
48, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
I love the blending of the carbon at the back of the clubhead. The white lines on the face give the appearance of added loft, which I like. The sole design glides through the ground well and gets the ball up in the air.
Ricky
46, Handicap +3
10+ years testing
Absolutely pure, very appealing sound at impact. It's loud enough to get your attention but quiet and respectful so as to not scare you. Easy to swing and the ball jumps off the face. I would play this thing and I'm not a hybrid guy.
Jack
35, Handicap 1
2 years testing
The face is really hot. Shots just exploded off the club. The ball launched high but the spin was very controllable. You're not cheating the height: It gets into the air because it's launched. A long but not overly deep surface area on the face gives you tons of room on the heel and toe, so you don't lose much distance on off-center hits.
Paul
63, Handicap 4
10+ years testing
My favorite thing about this club was the lie angle. My hands were positioned perfectly at address and the club sat down nicely behind the ball. Because of that, it was easy to get dialed in and get exceptional distance. It was very fast through the ball.
Matt
27, Handicap 5
1 year testing
Perfect-sized head, easy to line up. I felt each mis-hit drastically in my hands. But when I hit the sweet spot, the sound was pure golf bliss. A perfect flush feeling. I found it very unforgiving, but if you can consistently find the center of the face it's fantastic—the ball goes a mile and is very accurate.
Megan
39, Handicap 0
1 year testing
The matte finish comes off as a little boring to me. I'm not excited to hit it. Impact was firm and not very responsive. Center and off-center hits felt the same.
Alejandra
26, Handicap 5
4 years testing
It was easy to hit a good shot and repeat the same ball flight—which, for me, was a baby draw. Impact can be a little loud and harsh, but I didn't find it too disturbing, especially considering the performance I got from the club.
Jamie
51, Handicap 5
2 years testing
Best in class. Simple to align with the painted grooves on the face, and just the right proportions and depth to the head. It's Impossible to mis-hit. You can reach back and go for any distance you want with a reliable, high, straight ball flight. I could hit this all day.
Robert
28, Handicap 2
1 year testing
Smaller Ping head with minimal items on top. The singular alignment dot is all you need. Solid feel coming through the ball and piercing, high ball flight that carries. Forgiveness was good: I hit several shots that came back to the center and didn't overdo the miss.
BK
41, Handicap 1
9 years testing
I like the head shape overall. It's a little more on the compact side, but looks forgiving at the same time. The adjustability of the head is clutch. One tweak made a massive difference in terms of launch and spin. Pow, it's a great club!
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