Let’s not kid ourselves—if you’re over a 15-handicap, you want to hit and hold more greens. The key to that goal is to get the ball in the air, traveling as long as you can hit it, and helping when you don’t quite catch it on the centre of the face. That’s the goal of PING’s G730 irons, which fly high, stop quickly, and are the company’s longest and most forgiving irons to date.
“There’s a larger head on these that really adds a lot of forgiveness and distance,” says Adam Vickerman, who leads PING Canada’s fitting program. “It is the most forgiving iron we’ve created to date, and that also comes with increased height on shots to help you hold greens.”
That’s one of the keys to success in the G730. As lofts continue to get stronger on game-improvement irons, allowing players to hit it farther than ever, you still have to be able to stop the ball on the greens. PING has worked tirelessly to get irons that are not just long, but have stopping power. The G730, which isn’t a hollow iron unlike previous generations, offers a great feel, in addition to an estimated 5 yards per club in distance.
Key Technologies
Increased Flex
By using heat treating 17-4 stainless steel, PING engineers thinned the face to increase flexing and help lower the centre of gravity, which delivers higher ball speeds of two miles per hour, adding an estimated five yards.
Larger Head And Wider Sole
A cast iron with a higher moment of inertia for more forgiveness, the G730 offers greater forgiveness. With more offset, this cavity-back iron uses a PurFlex cavity badge to improve sound and feel. A tungsten toe screw and shaft tip weights for swing weight fine tuning.
Wedges That Grab
PING machined the faces of the set’s four wedges to offer greater control on shorter shots.
Pushing Lofts
The lofts on G730 help increase distance and improve club gapping. The lofts come in standard, power, and retro, depending on the player’s preference.
Are They For Me?
PING has long been known for bringing a ton of performance to all of its iron sets. By increasing shot height and pushing distance, while providing the highest MOI of a PING iron set to date, the company is offering a winning combination for the mid-to-high handicap golfer.
How are these compared to the g700s. I had them and now playing the g430s. I actually played better with the older set. So that is why I’m intrigued with the g730s yet you don’t mention the maraging steel face again.