To facilitate the thinner face, PING moved from the 455 stainless steel it had used in previous models to maraging steel. Maraging steel is both stronger and more flexible than 455, which also means it can be made thinner.

While this is the first time the material has found its way into a PING fairway wood, I’d be remiss (and bombarded with emails) if I didn’t note that Wilson, Srixon, Bobby Jones and plenty of others have previously used the material in their fairway woods.

Club for club, the G400’s face is 28% thinner and 18% lighter than G’s. As it almost always does, the weight savings allowed PING push mass deeper into the head to achieve the desired launch conditions and boost the MOI. There’s your higher launch and tighter dispersion.



Like the drivers, the fairways feature an enhanced backweight design that boosts heel/toe MOI by 5% on average (over G).