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Ping built the iDi for one job: replacing the long irons most golfers struggle to hit well. The name is short for driving iron, and that tells you where it lives in the bag. This is a hollow-body utility club that comes as a 3-iron at 18 degrees and a 4-iron at 20.5 degrees, strong lofts meant to bridge the gap between your fairway woods or hybrids and the top of your iron set.
What makes it work is the construction. Ping hollowed out the head and packed tungsten low inside it, which drops the center of gravity and gets the ball airborne faster than a traditional long iron ever could. You get flight closer to a hybrid with the look and shot control of an iron. That combination is exactly what a lot of better players want off the tee on tight par 4s or coming into long par 3s.
The iDi is built to blend into Ping's 2025 iron families, the i230 and i530, so the jump from your long irons into the utility slot looks and feels consistent. It is not a game-improvement club dressed up as a blade. It is a purpose-built driving iron for players who have the speed and the swing to use one.
In short
The Ping iDi (2025) is a players cavity that adds forgiveness without much extra size. The set runs 3-iron to 4-iron. It carries a $1,299 MSRP.
Value sweet spot
About a year old, so the first real discounts have landed while a replacement is still 6 to 18 months out. Strong value without feeling dated.
Based on release timing and this line's typical refresh cycle, not a live price quote.
Modeled from the $1,299 original MSRP and a 1-year-old release (about 55% of MSRP retained used).
Used market value
$605 - $800
Private sale, fair to like-new
Trade-in value
$365 - $560
What a shop typically pays
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| 3i | 4i |
|---|---|
| 18.0° | 20.5° |
Stock steel shaft. Lofts are approximate and subject to manufacturing tolerances.
The hollow body is the heart of this club. Ping bonded a thin, fast face to a hollow head so the face can flex at impact, which adds ball speed on strikes low in the face where long irons normally go dead. Behind that face, internal tungsten weighting sits low and back, pulling the center of gravity down so an 18-degree 3-iron launches higher and holds its line better than the loft would suggest. The shaping stays compact through the topline and the offset is kept modest, so at address the iDi reads like a players iron instead of a bulky utility. That is on purpose. Ping wants it to sit next to an i230 or i530 in the bag without looking out of place.
Both names describe the same club. The iDi is a hollow-body long iron designed to hit off the tee and into long approach shots, replacing the 2, 3, or 4 iron that most golfers find tough to hit. Ping calls it a driving iron, but you will see it labeled a utility iron too.
This setup lists the 3-iron at 18 degrees and the 4-iron at 20.5 degrees. Those are strong long-iron lofts, which is why the low tungsten weighting matters so much for getting the ball up.
Two things do it. The hollow body lets the face flex for more speed and a hotter launch, and the tungsten weight sits low in the head to move the center of gravity down. Together they get an 18-degree 3-iron flying higher and landing softer than the loft alone would produce.
Go with the iDi if you have the speed to compress a long iron and you want a flatter, more controllable flight that you can shape and knock down. If you need maximum forgiveness and the highest, easiest launch, a hybrid is still the safer call. The iDi rewards a decent strike more than it saves a bad one.
Yes. Ping designed the iDi to blend into both the i230 and i530 sets in look and setup, so the club fits cleanly at the long end of the bag and the transition into your irons feels the same.
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