Building on the huge success of the G430 Max 10K driver, Ping has just released its new G440K driver, taking things to a whole new level. If there were a recipe for success to improve G430 Max, this is surely the mixture of ingredients: a refined, multi-material chassis; a slightly longer profile; and an even higher moment of inertia (MOI) designed to keep the clubface square through impact, launch the ball higher, and tighten dispersion.
Thanks to a new Dual Carbonfly Wrap crown and sole, a new acoustic rib structure and an adjustable backweight for the first time on this model, Ping is calling this its most forgiving driver ever at over 10.4k MOI in certain configurations. But, because of a lower CG, it doesn’t come at the expense of speed and spin.
With the G440 K, Ping may have cracked the code on the ideal CG location. It’s one of the reasons the G440 K has already generated significant Tour adoption, with several high-profile players, like Sahith Theegala, putting it in play. Simply put, when paired with the right shaft, this feels like a cheat stick no matter what level of player you are, it launches in the right window and it spins in the right window.
The “K” in G440K signals Ping’s latest pursuit of the 10,000 g/cm² threshold. The company hit that milestone with the G430 Max 10K, a driver that instantly became one of the most forgiving models on the market. With the G440K, Ping pushed the concept further by rethinking how and where every gram of mass could be saved and reassigned. The G440 K achieves the deepest CG Ping has ever created in a driver and it also has the lowest CG they’ve ever had in a driver of this class. That was enabled by a new Dual Carbonfly Wrap, which replaces most of the sole with carbon fibre compared to the existing G440 models. That saved significant weight, which was reallocated in the head, mostly to the 32 g tungsten backweight (4 g larger than on the G430 Max 10K) to lower the CG.
Ping knows that a deep CG is the most forgiving, but a low CG is what kills spin and allows this driver to appeal to higher speed players who generally stay away from high MOI drivers because of high spin. The G440 K still has well over 10,000 g/cm2 MOI forgiveness and even reaches 10.4k in certain configurations with the backweight now adjustable like the rest of the G440 line. The peak 10.4k MOI is actually achieved when moving the weight into the fade position.
If there’s one thing G440 drivers really improved on over previous Ping drivers, it was sound. The 440 K evolves with a new composite crown bridge and sole ribs to tune the sound to be more muted and pleasing to the ear. Visually, compared to the G440 Max, the K has a longer profile and a shallower face, which pulls the CG as deep and low as possible. The new Dual Carbon Wrap also allowed the reallocation of extra weight low and deep. For the first time, a 32 g backweight allows left-to-right adjustability with the highest MOI setting being in the “fade” position.
The Ping G440 K Driver is available on January 29th for an RRP of €750. You can pre-order now with McGuirks Golf and get it for €729. It will be available in lofts of 9.0˚, 10.5˚, 12˚.
My Thoughts
I wasn’t expecting a max-forgiveness head to stand out as one of the best drivers unveiled during 2026 launch week. You want to be able to hit as well on your bad days as your good days, and the G440 K just makes that happen.
All that forgiveness and speed doesn’t come at the expense of shaping ability either, the 440 K is very easy to shape and control. Ping may have made a name for itself building forgiving, easy-to-hit drivers, but with the K, it now offers one that will also attract a lot of high-speed players who will no doubt be taking a serious look. I’m not a big cereal guy, but 2026 could be the year I go straight for the Special K every time I play.
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