New Callaway, Ping drivers hit USGA conforming record. This is what we all know

Monday was an enormous morning for gear nerds as each Callaway and Ping‘s new-for-2025 drivers and fairway woods have been amongst a slew of latest golf equipment that appeared on the USGA conforming record.

All golf equipment that get put into play in any type of competitors ruled by the USGA and R&A guidelines should be reviewed and accredited by the our bodies, and as soon as they’re, they’re placed on the conforming record permitting anybody from weekend hackers to professionals to make use of them. This course of typically occurs earlier than the golf equipment hit retail.

With a number of occasions happening this week all over the world, together with the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas, equipment-watchers shall be preserving an in depth a watch on who’s already switching into 2025 gear. For instance, within the first spherical of his Hero win final 12 months, Scottie Scheffler was already gaming TaylorMade’s then-unreleased Qi10 LS driver.

Whereas Callaway and Ping have nonetheless but to formally touch upon their 2025 choices, right here’s what we find out about Callaway Elyte and Ping G440 drivers.

Callaway Elyte

From the conforming record, we will collect there shall be 4 driver heads in Callaway’s 2025 Elyte line — the spelling probably a nod to Callaway founder Ely Callaway Jr. — Elyte, Elyte X, Elyte Max Quick and Elyte Triple Diamond. Solely the Triple Diamond and the Max Quick seem as left-handed choices right now, however that’s more likely to change.

Apparently, the corporate is bringing again a “Core” mannequin with none addition to the Elyte title; each 2024 mannequin had “Max” or “Triple Diamond” added to its moniker. There additionally isn’t any “Triple Diamond Max” choice that was added to the Paradym Ai Smoke line in Could after these golf equipment noticed success on Tour for gamers in search of each low spin and excessive forgiveness.

By way of adjustability, every driver has an adjustable hosel. The core mannequin Elyte contains a rear movable weight with three settings (draw, impartial, fade), whereas the Elyte X and Elyte Max Quick have solely two ports (draw and impartial). The Triple Diamond options adjustable weight ports within the entrance of the only and rear, that are more likely to dial in launch and spin circumstances.

Moreover, Elyte, Elyte X and Elyte Triple Diamond additionally appeared on the conforming record. These golf equipment featured an fascinating “Tungsten Pace Wave” branding on the only close to the clubface.

Ping G440

Following the success of the preliminary three-model G430 launch, Ping is as soon as once more releasing three completely different heads for the G440 line with the G440 MAX, G440 SFT and G440 LST.

In earlier years, Ping’s “MAX” merchandise have been geared towards becoming the widest vary of golfers and in 2024, they supplied an extra “MAX” head with the discharge of the G430 MAX 10K. Whereas it stays to be seen if this 12 months’s MAX product has related Second of Inertia properties, all three heads function a brand new “CarbonFly” branding.

All three heads are already on the record in left-handed choices and in addition retain the identical adjustability choices as their predecessors. Each the MAX and LST heads have a rear adjustable weight that may be positioned in three settings: draw, impartial and fade. The SFT head options ports solely labeled “Draw” and “Draw+.”

The Ping and Callaway releases aren’t the one 2025 golf equipment already on the conforming record. Again in October, Srixon’s ZXi and Cobra’s DS-Adapt driver traces each appeared on the record.