Golf club loft chart: Ping G430 and Blueprint S lofts, driver to lob wedge

The short answer: loft is the angle of the clubface in degrees, and it rises as the club gets shorter. The number on the sole doesn't fix it: a Ping G430 7 iron is 29.0° and a Ping Blueprint S 7 iron is 33.0°. Compare degrees, not club numbers.

In general, more loft launches the ball higher and shorter, and less loft launches it lower and longer. This is a Ping-only reference: every loft comes from a Ping product page linked in the table captions, retrieved on 2026-11-09, so it covers Ping G430 and Blueprint S clubs and says nothing about other makers. The G430 is not Ping's newest line: its page says "This model is available for fill-in or replacement only", and the G440 irons list a 42.0° pitching wedge against the G430's 41.0°. To find the loft of your own clubs, read the maker's spec page for your exact model, or ask a fitter to measure them.

Quick reference: Ping lofts by club

Iron lofts: G430 vs Blueprint S

The G430 7 iron (29.0°) is closest in loft to the Blueprint S 6 iron (29.5°). "Traditional" has no official definition; the Ping Blueprint S is simply the weaker-lofted of the two Ping sets compared here, against the G430 irons. The two sets also differ in design, so lofts are not the only difference.

Read across a row and the gap is 3.5° to 4.0°. Read down the G430 column and its 4 iron (19.0°) has the same loft as the Blueprint S 3 iron.

The same model can also vary within itself. Ping lists optional Power Spec and Retro Spec lofts for the G430, so its 7 iron comes in 27.5°, 29.0° or 31.0°. Ping's page adds that "These are design specifications that may vary due to manufacturing tolerances." Your own clubs can be a degree off, and a club that has been bent in fitting will differ from the chart.

Pitching wedge loft

The pitching wedge is the club most sets include, and its loft differs by set. Ping's G430 pitching wedge is 41.0° and its Blueprint S pitching wedge is 45.0°. Same name, 4.0° apart.

Ping's G430 set continues with a 45 wedge at 45.5° and then a 50 wedge at 50.0° (from its iron specification table), about 4.5° per step. A Blueprint S set has no such wedge in the table above, so the next club is one you choose: a 50° wedge is 5° above the 45.0° pitching wedge and a 54° wedge is 9° above it. The spacing rules and the distance gaps are covered in the wedge distance chart.

A fitter's loft and lie machine gives the measured value if your clubs have been bent.

Driver, fairway woods and wedges

Drivers are sold in a loft range rather than one number, and Ping's fairway wood page lists "LOFT ADJUSTABILITY ±1.5°" on the hosel. The wedge page lists lofts from 46.0° to 62.0° in 2° steps; They are grouped here under the usual gap, sand and lob names, but those names are convention and Ping prints only the degrees. For which wedge to carry and how far each goes, see the wedge distance chart.

Loft steps in the Ping sets

In the G430 irons the step to the next club widens from 3.0° at the 4 iron to 4.0° from the 7 iron to the pitching wedge, then 4.5° through the 45 and 50 wedges. The Blueprint S stays at 3.5° to 4.0°. These are differences of Ping's published lofts, not a recommended gap; the club gapping guide covers spacing. Loft only suggests the yardage gap, so measure your carry with each club (the club distance calculator turns one carry into an estimated ladder, and carry versus total distance explains which number to use).

Hybrids and fairway woods: which iron each replaces, and 4 hybrid vs 7 wood

A hybrid replaces an iron by matching its loft, not its number. This pairing uses G430 clubs only: Ping's G430 hybrid page lists lofts for the whole range, which lets us line each hybrid up with the G430 iron it sits closest to. Newer Ping hybrids and woods were not checked.

So in this family a hybrid is numbered one lower than the iron it matches by loft: the 3 hybrid for the 4 iron, the 4 hybrid for the 5 iron. If you replace a traditional-loft long iron instead, match degrees against the first table. A Blueprint S 4 iron is 22.5°, so the G430 4 hybrid at 22.0° is the closest match in that family. Ping's fairway woods run 15.0°, 18.0°, 21.0° and 24.0° for the 3, 5, 7 and 9 wood, so a 5 wood (18.0°) sits between the 2 hybrid (17.0°) and the 3 hybrid (19.0°).

Do a 4 hybrid and a 7 wood go the same distance?

Not necessarily, and the lofts alone cannot tell you. Ping lists the G430 4 hybrid at 22.0° and the G430 MAX 7 wood at 21.0°, only 1.0° apart. Both clubs adjust ±1.5° at the hosel, so that 1.0° gap is within the adjustment range. But the hybrid is 39 3/4 inches long and the 7 wood is 42 inches, about 2 1/4 inches longer, and the head designs differ. Length, head design, shaft and where you strike the face all change launch and ball speed. A published loft is a starting point, so no yardage is given for either club here.

The practical test is yours: hit each club, record carry rather than total, and log both on the yardage card. Lengths for other clubs are in the golf club length chart.

Printing this chart

Use your browser's print command: the header, footer and ads drop out and the tables print in black on white. The tables are plain text, so they also paste into a notes app. The master chart of every club, with distances you add yourself, is on the home page chart, and the printable yardage card is built for the course.