Spuzz I was going to put this one on my "worst club" list in the other thread.
Ugly colour and a fade machine, especially if you shaft it with a Grafalloy Blue.
:/

I think you might have the Big Bang 450 and the Integra Soolong 450R mixed up. They are not the same club. I have had both. The Bang is a nice dark peacock kind of blue and the Soolong a bright blue. I know that you hate the Soolong. Actually, years ago they came out of two foundries during a family fued. One model sucked, the other didn't.

      Typhoon Would it hurt to take your current driver and go to a store with a launch monitor and have them help you out. Grab a Ping, Cobra and Taylormade. Hit them all alongside your own driver. Dont pay attention to the distance foe each club since the monitor could be weird. Look at how each one compares to the baseline set by your current driver.

      Spend a bit more, get a decent driver...plus you'll be able to see the comparision there in the store. Dont waste more money on a Big Bang with a shaft thats a guess.

      First issue, no sim within a 100 miles.

      Second, I owned a Big Bang and know how it plays. I have also been building my own clubs for 15 years and I have a bunch of shafts that I know fit me that I can try in it.

          Driver ?
          Fun is in the hunt for the next stick.

          My own dilemma regarding the driver is fairly common within the golf community. I would be restless and up to search for a better driver, even when my current driver is just fine. The very least is to change driver shaft to get to the "next level".

          Recently, I'm geared toward exercise my lower body and stretching my shoulders and the back. No holly grill of driver for me at this time in life except to get fit to delay the natural process of life cycle.

          Rickochet

          I used to think the same way...finally decided to get a professionals opinion. Now Im kicking myself for not doing it sooner.

            mulegolf "The real question is whether the driver will work great at first and then get stubborn and quit working or will keep working for the whole season. Time will tell."

            I have yet to find the club that worked the whole season. 😊

                sdandrea1 I have yet to find the club that worked the whole season.

                I acutally hit the DTG 175 for two seasons. I only changed because of the worst slump of my life including my irons. Slump be gone, DTG 175 might be back. I just need to give it some competition 😜

                    sdandrea1 Two seasons without a bad driving day? Holy Grail!

                    Some days were better than others, but overall very long and consistant. I might be the poster boy for the long and light fad. I did actually gain 30 yards on average. That is why I have three of these with matching shafts.

                      Rickochet

                      Just laughing here Rick ...

                      Why do not Members read and comprehend the Original Posters replies.

                      The Op stated he did not have access within a certain mile area to Golf stores, etc.

                          FauxAmish Why do not Members read and comprehend the Original Post.

                          The Op stated he did not have access within a certain mile area to Golf stlrez, etc.

                          Happens all of the time Pat. I guess people often read the title then jump to the end of the thread. I am sure I have done it myself. No big deal.

                              sdandrea1 Rick, how far do you live from the nearest sim?

                              I am an old fart. I don't remember. 😥 And the last time I did get into one at a big box store they had the numbers so jacked up for sales I couldn't believe it.

                              Sim? I don't need no stinkin' sim. 😛

                                  Rickochet

                                  Last sim I went to was at a store called International Golf in Yorktown, VA. It said I was hitting a TM Burner 270 yards. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

                                      Me too. I was hitting a taped up driver in a sim about 270. I bought it and got it on the course and was hitting it about 50 yards shorter. Fortunately a bud took it off my hands for what I paid for it.

                                        sdandrea1 . It said I was hitting a TM Burner 270 yards

                                        And you did not roll it on your plastic ?

                                            Rickochet was hitting a taped up driver about 270.

                                            There you go, should have kept the tape on the driver, you took off the poon, when you peeled away the tape.

                                                Release There you go, should have kept the tape on the driver, you took off the poon, when you peeled away the tape.

                                                Yep, you are correct. I have had stranger things happen. Poon is a mysterious thing.

                                                  Release

                                                  Oh HELL no. I know how far I hit a driver....................270 is NOT the answer.