Overlength drivers becoming a thing

DonM · 2020-12-22T15:56:13+00:00

Here is a Callaway video. Fitter guys etc discussing their testing of 47" drivers. In the past I would have kind of laughed this off because I never had s...

sdandrea1

garyt1957 Blown out is $12 shipped

Word.

DonM

garyt1957
Those were $849 new. So it's all relative. 🙂
I hit one at demo day and it was something, until I started swinging harder. Now I am smoother so it just might work.

garyt1957

DonM $849? Yikes!

ode

Maybe they'll go 160g head at 48" LL/noodle flex.

ptjn1201

I never got much out of the 175g heads -- I had a couple of the DTG ones and they were average. Even with softer shafts, I couldn't feel the head. I do much better with heads in the 195-200g range at 47.5", but even though I'm a little smoother than I used to be, I still have a little "hit" in the swing.

Par4QC

I think the new Cobra RAD driver comes at 46", one version.
I've been playing my F9 at 46 3/4" all summer and have never hit center face, total in my life, as much as with this club in 1 season. And all hits were well under 300, if you can believe that! 😆

sdandrea1

There's some magic in the XXIO designs. The Prime shaft is a 36g noodle and the grip is counter-weighted. I have no idea what the head weighs, but if you time it just right, the ball goes far. I always have trouble with them in my demos after about 6 holes......can't seem to dial my swing back to the ultra light weight.

ode

sdandrea1 you must be in their target market😆

Par4QC

http://clubmaker-online.com/senior.ld.html

fatshot

I followed Bernie Baymiller's advice in building a long driver several years ago. I think I started at 47.5 inches (of course, I'm 6'6" tall, so that probably helped me adjust to it some). I could hit some real bombs with that driver, but I could miss my share as well.....my miss was high and right, more of a push than a slice. At the end of that first season I shortened it 1/2 inch when I regripped it. Every season after that when I would regrip, I would shorten it 1/4 to 1/2 inch. When I finally got to 46 inches, that seemed to be the right combination of shaft length and control for me. That was before lighter heads though. Maybe next year's experiment should be a 174 gram head on a longer, lighter shaft.....

mulegolf

DonM Really eyeing the XXIO Primes being blown out on eBay.

If you're not a high speed swinger and have a smooth tempo swing, you'll love XXIO Prime. If you already hit your drives
250 or more or have a quick tempo and/or your swing isn't smooth, you'll probably not like XXIO Prime drivers.

mulegolf

mulegolf
I got my XXIO Prime 9 last year around this time of the year (maybe January but can't remember for sure). They've gone up in price a bit. If memory serves me correctly, I think I paid $268 or $269 for mine. When it arrived, I was pleasantly surprised that it was in great shape. I would have rated it a 9 or 9.5 out of 10. It was shipped to me from Japan. I was just looking on the internet last evening and can't find a decent 3 wood for that price (or even a 5 wood). I ended up ordering a High Heat 5 wood for $120. I have one of their 3 woods and I've come to like that but it's loft is more in line with a 5 wood so I thought that ordering a 5 wood may play more like a 7 wood. I'm hoping so.

gllama

I’ve been gaming an Adams 9088UL with an Accuflex Evolution Lite shaft at 47”. Hitting some really long drives with it but have to be careful getting through the ball or high and right. Great feeling driver.

sdandrea1

gllama I’ve been gaming an Adams 9088UL

One of my favorite heads of all time. Great sound and feel. Came stock with a beautiful spuzz-blue shaft.

LBlack14

meagain Maybe the square and triangle heads are coming back too?

If that's the case, I'm glad I kept one of my Quadratics.👍
Lawd knows, I just want to fit in.😉

sdandrea1

LBlack14

I still have 2 Integra Soooo Long Squares. They're as good as anything else I hit.

Typhoon

I just went downstairs and did the waggle test on the Paderson I just did at 45.5” for my Ping G400max. I got a chub.

Bravopilot

Typhoon OK, ok, TMI here.

Typhoon

Bravopilot

I don’t have much going for me. You see what my days are like... dog poop and workout...

Bravopilot

Typhoon Yeah, I actually think about your daily effort and how I use BS reasons not to do stuff that needs to be done and you have many reasons to be down, and yet you remain busy and proactive. Good for you Typhoon. Very impressive. Now back to regular programming.

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