No one looking at new drivers wants to read something like this, and I(esp.) never want to post something like this. But..

Yesterday I had my Smoke TD and an Epic Max LS in the bag. The Epic Max was just for fun, but right off the bat, shit got real with that 'fun'. And I only used the Smoke a few times to save it all the embarrassment I could.
Had several drives at 230 and over, middle of fw!! On 1 particular hole, for some reason, they had moved the tee box back 30 yds. from where it's been forever. I still hit past where my normal drive would be. Had a few 'PB' drives on particular holes.

I'm not going to say it is better than the Smoke, but I'm wondering why I have that club now🤨. In my defense though, I haven't really hit the Epic Max but a handful of times. Oh, I did put a Penley Tour Light. S flex in it; it had a different shaft before yesterday.

    Par4QC

    On any given day, a player who is not a robot is going to fall into that magic path day and release the hands at the perfect moment for a round or two and prove that most modern drivers are as good as the next.

    I played 18 holes today with a PING Rapture driver. 14 of 14 fairways and only a few yards shorter than the Paradym X. Throw in wet morning dew on longish Bermuda fairways and there ya go.

    They're all good.

        Eguller

        Short accuracy wins every time. I think I averaged 170 yards today, tops. NO roll out as we teed off at 0715 (dew loop). The high lofted driver at 44" is a fairway machine. There were a handful of par 4s that left me 160 out but I managed to get up and down. 5 bogeys, no birdies. The guys we got paired with were awesome gentlemen. One my age, and his son who is built like an NFL linebacker. He bombed a few drivers off the deck and had eagle chances on two holes. Fun day!!!🙏😎

            sdandrea1 On any given day, a player who is not a robot is going to fall into that magic path day and release the hands at the perfect moment for a round or two and prove that most modern drivers are as good as the next.

            gawdam, that's not exactly the type of post I want to be reading either. 😫

            Was thinking 'Monday qualify', for next week.

                sdandrea1 Years ago, I was on the LD website/forum.
                I posted the question 'how far is it to the grid'? I think some of them completely shit themselves, laughing so hard. 🤣

                    Another round with the i500’s and I’m loving them. Crazy easy to hit consistently, added distance and accurate. I just go with my natural shot shape and the perform. Height is there, spin is on the low side but that’s ok. A bit more roll out than the drop and stop blades. I’ll probably keep them in the bag for the rest of the year.

                    sdandrea1 Supposedly Trevino was needling Jack one day about how much more accurate Lee was off the tee. Jacks reply was, “If I was hitting my 5 iron, I’d hit all the fairways too.”

                    🙂

                        sdandrea1 One of the advantages of getting old. Not enough club speed to spray it all over.

                        Absolute truth. Old guys thinking we're accurate. That 200 yard drive that catches the FW is deep in the rough at 230, OB at 250 and off the planet at 300.

                            Walterjn maybe a 3 hybrid

                            Nope. I do have a 21 degree The Perfect Club and an 18 degree 5w, but no low lofted irons or hybrids.

                              19 days later

                              So, I've had these in the bag for a little while and they are really solid wedges. Can't complain at all. I'm playing them in 52°, 58° (at 57°), and 62°.