Ping G440 Irons Review

Do Ping still make the best game improvement irons on the market? I got my hands on the new Ping G440 Irons for 2025 to find out in this review!

They’ve got a design and technologies geared towards more distance and ball speed. This is a bit of a theme across the whole G440 range this year.

Whereas G430 seemed to be more about forgiveness and consistency, Ping are looking at speed this time around. Let’s see how they get on…

Who Are They Aimed At?

The G440 irons, like all Ping’s G irons, aimed at a golfer who wants game improvement performance. This year’s model does provide more of a player-like look that is a little bit sleeker in the bag.

If you’re looking for a mixture of distance, forgiveness and a premium look, these could be the irons for you.

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The Tech

The irons feature a shallower face, which is 9% thinner than the G430 irons. This helps to increase ball speed across the face, with a ‘player-preferred’ look at address.

There’s now also a lower face height, helping to save around 4g per iron. This weight is placed lower and further back in the head. This lowers the CG, raising ball speed and ensuring forgiveness.

An updated PurFlex bade is more flexible than in previous Ping irons. This is able to flex to support the thinner face, encouraging more ball speed with a better sound and feel.

A chrome finish on the back of the head and the cavity provide a premium finish. The shorter blade length and thinner topline try to blend a players look with the game improvement performance.

Ping have added 1/8″ to the 4, 5 and 6 irons this time around. This is to help golfers create more ball speed and launch the long irons higher. It should also help to create more consistent gapping at the top end of the bag.

Reducing the number of wedges from five to four is intended to improve gapping and simplify the wedge options – with PW, UW, 52 and 56 available in the G440.

Ping G440 Irons Review

Looks and Feel

Looks-wise I think the G440 irons are an upgrade on Ping’s previous game-improvement options and they look really cool. It’s a mix of different and futuristic looks, but still a really clean package.

For me, there is just enough going on without it being too ‘in your face’.

Down by the ball, the topline seems a bit thinner than in previous models. I really like the shape of the mid irons because they don’t immediately scream game improvement.

Once you get into the long irons though you do start to see quite a bit of the back cavity peeking out, which are noticeably more chunky. If you’re used to bigger game improvement irons this probably won’t faze you – if you’re moving from something smaller it might take a bit of getting used to.

In the shorter irons, the shape was a little thicker and more rounded at the heel, which I wasn’t a massive fan of. As you move through the set I did think that the set did look quite different throughout.

The irons feel very hot off the face, and I remember the first thing I said when I hit a shot was ‘that was quick’.

The mid to long irons almost felt like hitting a fairway wood because there was so much pop off the face.

Having said that, I did quite like the sound. It wasn’t too intrusive or tingy which you can sometimes get with game improvement irons.

I really like the feel when hitting off the tee, although I did find that they still felt a bit fiery when hitting knockdown or less than 100% shots with the shorter irons which was a little bit unnerving.

Performance

I tested the G440 irons on the course at Praia D’El Rey in Portugal. Pretty much every single shot I hit had a clear draw bias, and I seemed to be hitting more shots from the toe which was emphasising the draw shape.

I couldn’t really get a shot going to the right during my testing. This is great for consistency, but if you’re somebody who already draws the ball or is fighting a hook it might not fill you with much confidence.

As you’d expect from strong lofted irons (7 iron is 29deg), you’re going to get plenty of distance. Testing on the GCQuad, I saw an increase of about a club in distance per iron.

Having said that, I was impressed with how well they launched. This was reflected with some pretty good stopping distances in the shorter irons, despite the fact that the spin numbers weren’t very high.

I still felt like I was able to attack the flag and play the right number rather than worrying about flyers or having to play for any roll-out, which was a positive.

The longer irons have a very wide sole and sometimes I found that it was hard to properly get into the back of the ball and take a divot because the shape was almost set up to stop you fatting it.

This is probably a good thing for some golfers!

Ping G440 Irons Verdict

So do Ping still make the best game improvement irons in golf?

Well, overall I was really impressed with the new G440 irons. Both the control and the stopping power of the shorter irons was excellent, and this is something that you don’t always see with game improvement models.

As you’d expect, the stronger lofts provided some really good distances. I still found that they were easy to launch into the air, and they felt powerful rather than being too hot.

There was also a very consistent shot shape which was probably the main plus point for me. Once you got used to these irons, I could see that you could play for that every single time.