FORGIVENESS RATING
Ping’s longest, highest flying iron ever. A new, machined C300 steel face generates twice the face flex as the usual 431 stainless steel. Low and extreme heel-toe weighting boosts resistance to twisting (forgiveness), protecting ball speed and distance.
Where most hollow-body irons have attempted to blur the lines between better player and game improvement iron categories, the G700 blurs the lines between game improvement and SGI iron models. For our test pro G700 was his longest carrying SGI iron (180 yards, tied with the Mizuno JPX 900 Hot Metal) while for Simon it was four yards back from his longest, even though it generated his joint highest ball speeds (tied with the D300 and M CGB). The big head, large amount of offset, chunky sole and lack of a cavity badge are all typically Ping.