On Monday morning, the U.S. Golf Association added a new driver from Ping to its Conforming Driver Head List, the G440 K, with both right-hand and left-hand versions now approved for tournament play.

Unlike its direct competition from the likes of TaylorMade, Callaway and Cobra, the team at Ping HQ works on two-year release cycles for its products. The last time we saw a whole new family of ...