High lofted driver - Your opinions

sukkeun · 2021-03-26T17:07:29+00:00

I am going to try 14* driver this Spring. I was able to get one from PXG and not sure what to expect. I typically used 9.5 or 10 until last year. This is kin...

Spuzz

Toulon it's best to pull out a different tool you can be successful with.

It depends.
Sometimes a bogey is more fun than a Par
😉

PA-PLAYA

My swing changed over the years. I used to play a 14º driver, but then I gained some weight, struggled with a bad back, and my swing got shorter and steeper for a bit.

Before I took a hiatus back in 2018, I was using a Cally 10.5 adjusted to 12º. I found that to be perfect and easiest to control. I could only hit it about 245-250, but given the tees I played - that was all I needed.

The older I get, the better I used to be...

sdandrea1

My best driver is SWMBO'S PING RHAPSODY 12 degree. Stock ladies flex shaft. I tee it low and when I put a proper swing on it, it flies like a 10.5

Sneakylong

sdandrea1 My best driver is SWMBO'S PING RHAPSODY 12 degree. Stock ladies flex shaft.

I was recently in a local golf shop having some work done. While waiting I went in the hitting bay and hit a few of the clubs they had there. I hit the new Cleveland Halo hybrid and was smoking it. Went to look at the shaft and it was a ladies flex.

I then found one with a regular shaft and liked the ladies flex better. Got me thinking. 🤔

DC300

I’m keeping a cheap eye open for a 16* for my wife, if anybody is parting with one that’s easy to hit ((not sold on the sooooooooooooooooooooooolong), Let me know.

Sarnella

DC300
I have an older Ping rapsody 16 degree ladies, it has a small dent in
the heel. Yours for the cost of shipping.
Email me alras_6@hotmail.com if interested._

Rickochet

DC300 (not sold on the sooooooooooooooooooooooolong

I think Spuzz is the only one that has given this one the stink eye. I think the Sooolong 450R has been one of the best bang for the buck heads out for years. I currently still have a 15° and 18°,

DC300

Sarnella sent you an email, that’s exactly what I was looking for.

Sneakylong

I play my Ping G400 SFT 10 degree driver (GD Xdirectional) in the big plus setting (plus 1 degree), so 11 degrees. The Ping G (UST Mamiya VTS Silver) is set the same. The Cobra Amp Cell is set at 11.5 (UST Mamiya Silver) and the Cobra Bio Cell (UST High Launch) is set to 12.

The new Ping G425 SFT (Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei Orange AV Raw) I have coming is 10.5 and I'm going to play it in the big plus setting (plus 1.5 degree), so 12 degrees. I hit that setting fine in Edwin Watts bay, so we'll see if it's the same in real life. lol

johnnydoom

Never been above 12 degrees. I have a 12 degree BOM 401 Slupski that I would turn to in the past when my driving got wayward and although it was 10 yards less than 10.5 or 11 degree drivers I normally play I was quite a bit more accurate with it. In recent years I used a Titleist 917D2 (set to 11.25) and now a Ping G400 and went from boringly consistent accuracy to even more boringly consistent accuracy. The G400 is at 10.5 degrees, but the back weighting on it has me hitting it as high as 12 degree drivers. I'm a short hitter and that puts me into a very narrow band. Can't launch anything much below 10 degrees and don't want to give up yardage by going higher than 12 degrees.

Spuzz

Rickochet Spuzz is the only one that has given this one the stink eye.

LOL
The bucket full (literally) of broken heads that sat beside Cliff Barron's desk says I am not alone.
😉

Rickochet

Spuzz The bucket full (literally) of broken heads that sat beside Cliff Barron's desk says I am not alone.

I thought that your were the only one that disliked the Sooolong. Maybe I am the only one who likes it. 😜

Par4QC

Rickochet I liked them, to a point, and have had a few through the years. But, imo, with them being cheapasses, it has cost them a better following. They have been cheap by not getting away from those f'n closed faces. They could have sold more, and at a higher figure, imo. They were long/are long, but which direction will they shoot???? FW heads were also the same way, great stuff, but not very directional with those closedass faces.

DC300

Rickochet They were ok, I cracked 2 of them and the last one was a total dud for me, hitting it side by side with other drivers of the day it was well shorter. The first 2 were pretty good, but failed in pretty short order.

tehuti

I have a slow swing speed and tend to hit my shots low. So I use a 12* driver at 44 1/2". With that I have pretty good dispersion.

Rickochet

Par4QC I liked them, to a point, and have had a few through the years. But, imo, with them being cheapasses, it has cost them a better following.

One of their best heads was the Super Sooolong which had a carbon fiber crown and three weight ports in the sole. It is one of the most solid heads I have ever hit and still have one.

Rickochet

DC300 The first 2 were pretty good, but failed in pretty short order.

Years ago there was a family feud for the owners of Integra and two brothers started making similar looking products from two different founderies. Products from one foundry performed better than the other. The Sooolong fairways that were better had "Hyper Steel" on the sole. I am guessing that the drivers had a difference in performance as well.

DC300

Rickochet I did not realize that, such a shame to have such a good potential product line get convoluted like that.

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