This is one of the most forgiving drivers on the planet, but what exactly does that mean for the average golfer? Does it mean it's longer? Is it straighter? Is the sweet spot bigger? What does forgiving actually mean? Because I think we're all getting a little confused. The reference to 10K is the Holy Grail number in the eternal quest for forgiveness. Sorry, can't use the word quest, that's the Taylor-made phrase now. The M.O.I in the new Ping G413 max 10K is off the charts. Well, it isn't exactly off the charts because we know it's 10K. So as a golfer, all I want to know is is it going to make me a better player when I'm working a golf ball off the tee? And by better, I mean longer and straighter than my playing partner with his ancient Ping G413 max. So I'll be testing both in today's video to find out what am I paying that extra money for? Well, as I see it, the tech within these two heads is almost identical, except for the carbon flight wrap crown, which can be found in the G413 max 10K and was only previously seen in the G430 LST model from the original release. That crown reduces weight, which is relocated for a lower CG. The weight in the rear position was 25 grams in the max and is now 28 grams in the 10K. But here is the first question, why is it not a movable weight in the max 10K? Is that not a possible negative before we start? There is also a change in shape. It is flatter and a larger visible footprint, but it still falls into the 460cc category. Now that price difference is 549 for the new model against 469 for the existing. Is it worth extra and can we confirm if 10K MOI is no to sleep better performance? Now just to clarify what MOI means, the higher the MOI, the greater resistance to twisting or reduced torque, but should that really be interpreted as forgiveness. And we should remember, the G430 max is a drive that already produces extremely high MOI, so is the gain that great? I'm going to show you what happened out on the golf course and also what happened in terms of the dribble distance when comparing the two. There's one thing we cannot discuss and that is the design of the head cover. I'm not talking about visually, I'm talking about how it fits on this 10K head driver. It's slightly bigger than the original line up, but it's clearly got exactly the same head cover and I can't recall how it fitted on originally, but that is ill fitting to say the least and it's a poor effort and I think paying at 550 quid, you really do need to up your game in terms of that head cover market. And before we go any further, it's worth noting for those of you haven't watched this channel before, I'm a 9 handy gap golver, I hit very much inconsistent off of the tee and I will test out the theory of 10K in terms of forgiveness and what it actually means in reality out here on the golf course. Okay, so the first six shots hit out on the golf course was pretty much straight out the car park, no warmup, exactly how I'd start my round of golf and did I notice anything hugely different between the two? The answer in all honesty would be no. It's so hard to gauge what this forgiveness actually means and if you take a closer look to the variables in my swing what you'll see across the six is none of them are fantastic, I would guess and there's probably variables in each of them and I think they play a huge part in the end result and I'm not sure how much forgiveness can really eradicate the problems with my swing. That said, all the balls were relatively straight, my swing curvature is left to right, didn't do a great deal to straighten that out and they all ended up in a very similar position in terms of down range. Now before we go any further, we're just going to change the head out of this 430 into the 10K model. The one notable difference don't forget, I've already touched on it, is there is a movable weight in the 430 max, the original and a fixed weight in the 10K and just wonder how many of you think that is a possible negative and I'm a little bit surprised in many ways because from a custom fit perspective it reduces a few of the possibilities and I'm surprised that we're paying more for a driver with less adjustability which isn't quite the norm. So I'm a bit surprised the fact is are you? Today's video is sponsored by our friends at Huck Golf, the online golf retailer for all major brands and if you want new golf gear then please support us by supporting them. I mean to be honest with you that is straight out with the old driver as good as I can hit a golf ball and it's very difficult to see how we would get better results than that but we'll move on to shot number two. Well again absolutely a bullet straight, three on the balance is a bit of a shock for me just as to how good they are, as good as I can hit the ball as a first one back into the 10K version and I found it really difficult to separate these two in terms of performance, I really really do right. One more with the 10K, well do you know what I think that's made on, I don't need to learn anymore out here on the golf course and I think in many ways you know I think PIN could be a victim of their own success because let's not forget the strongest point in PIN's line or is just how forgiving it has always been. So to try and emphasise that point I think it's not a huge leap forward and that's not because the 10K isn't a very good driver it's just that they're already in a very very strong position in that state as it stands. Right that is how there are the golf course finished and the next thing you're going to do is see me collect drive all data and also want really interesting reveal about the fact that PIN have already achieved near on 10K in that M.O.I. number in a previous model that might surprise you but let's start off with the indoor hit in which was up at Hollywood Golf Club on Lewis's new simulator software, I'm playing a dare manner and hit a number of balls with both drivers. Now to be quite honestly we could run this for quite some time but essentially what you'll see is the only difference between performance or whether I hit a fairway or not is based on my swing and not on the capabilities of each driver. So I learned nothing there however we did of course carry and capture drive ball data. That drive ball data is up in front of you now and the one glaring thing to note is that at first glance the G430 max driver the older driver of the two perform better if you look at carry distance however where you also need to note is club head speed and it is very much relative in other words I swing a little bit faster with the 430 max 90 with the 10K model and therefore produced a little bit longer results in terms of that carry distance. There is however a few other noticeable things of note. The spin number on both was very very good however one is a 10.5 degree model notch down a degree or two. The other is a 9 degree head and whilst it was suggested to me the 9 degree head on the new max version will launch the ball very very high because of that 28 gram weight and whether CG is placed. I actually found that still for me the max model the older version I keep on to refer to launched the ball higher which as you can see produced a steeper descent angle without a huge loss in spin. So pick the bones out of both sets and numbers there is a case for both as to why each different thing happened but essentially they both performed extremely well. The fact is whether or not it's the 10K or whether or not it is the 430 max. These are very very good drivers there is no denying that but my idea setting out today's video should really decide why I'm paying extra money for the new version and how much difference is that and I've got to say on the evidence that I found at least it's not huge and it's not measurable and it's not something that I noticed even in dry ball data nor out on the golf course and everything that separated the two was down to my own personal performance. As I've continued to say throughout this video that is not a discredit to the 10K it's very much the opposite it's a credit to ping on what they do in the forgiveness steaks if you want a driver right now that is easy to play does a lot of things in terms of the performance attributes that you would want because an average golfer then you would now no doubt be looking at this 10K model whether you want to pay the extra money as opposed to the max well that's very much up to you. This is the latest and greatest arguably what ping will be saying is that that 28 gram weight where it's positioned and other things they've changed in terms of perimeter weighting is going to help produce a balance of high launch low spin and no loss in terms of that forgiveness that torque and twistness in fact and increase compared to the previous models however I say models if we go back to the G4 25 you will see that they already pushed the boundaries of that 10K number so it's surprising to me that nobody has picked up on this as yet or at least not that I'm aware I've heard glowing endorsements on every view just how good the 10K model is yes it is but I'll draw you back to the fact that I've made throughout this video ping already produced incredibly forgiving drivers my question is just how much of a leap is it for them at least in that forgiveness steaks and what difference will it ultimately mean to you as an average golfer out on the fairway and of course the only person that can really decide that is you so I hope you give you all the information you need the truth about this model and others follow me subscribe hit that like button give me your feedback and what you're going to get is the truth from the average golfer and you're going to get to learn about how models differ and are they really a vast improvement to help you play better golf right thanks for watching see you soon