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5/14/2026 7:28:15 PM EDT
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At the Trackman indoor range with my league partner. We were trying to bring his spin down.

He worked hard. Hit some crooked, but nothing on the top line. No club slams, nothing like that.

End of the session and his ball speed dropped off a cliff. Then he showed me that one.

There's other ping 440 LST failure pics that look almost identical.  25yo with 115mph club speed.

Never seen this failure.
10,000 years ago there was a 2 mile thick glacier parked right here and not 1 SUV to melt it.
5/14/2026 8:47:24 PM EDT
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Haven’t seen that one with a G440 before. I cracked my LST near the top of the face swinging 117-118.
5/15/2026 8:28:23 AM EDT
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I think as the engineers move weight around and design clubs to be more forgiving, higher moi and what not other areas of the driver are on the raggedy edge of durability.   Let us know what Ping says.  I bet they stand behind it...
7/5/2026 9:52:08 PM EDT
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@OP

Did the owner get support from Ping?
7/6/2026 7:44:05 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Wangstang:
@OP

Did the owner get support from Ping?
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He sure did! Took it back to Carl's and they handed him a brand new one, no questions asked.

I see Carl's ads on PGA broadcasts and have always wondered if they're national or just local? There's two really nice brick and mortar stores in SE MI.


10,000 years ago there was a 2 mile thick glacier parked right here and not 1 SUV to melt it.
7/6/2026 11:16:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Wangstang][Edited] [#5]
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Originally Posted By Arfless:


He sure did! Took it back to Carl's and they handed him a brand new one, no questions asked.

I see Carl's ads on PGA broadcasts and have always wondered if they're national or just local? There's two really nice brick and mortar stores in SE MI.


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Glad to hear that.

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