Thriver?

[excourse]

My apologies if this has been hashed and rehashed to death,

however I'm curious as to the the thoughts of current active members. Is a Thriver a short shafted driver, or a long shafted 3 wood?

Or, something else?

 

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[PlaidJacket]

It's never been hashed by me. I've never heard of that term.

Do you have reference to the word's origin?

[excourse]

It was a term in high use a few years ago, meant to describe an easy to hit and accurate driver. Sacrificing distance for accuracy was a given.

 

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[PMookie]

Never heard that before. Interesting

 

 

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[STUDque]

You talking like the mini driver Callaway came out with? I think it's a small headed driver on a 3-wood shaft.

 

I think the head was still too big to play off the deck so you'd still need 3-wood

 

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[Golfspy_CG2]

Yep. Like Stud mentioned. The Mini was a hot trend 4 or 5 years ago. But I never heard the term thriver and I read and listen to a lot of golf stuff.

 

 

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[ole gray]

Thriver huh?  Sounds like a good name for a champion blue tic however never heard of it on a golf club.   

[PlaidJacket]

Yep. Like Stud mentioned. The Mini was a hot trend 4 or 5 years ago. But I never heard the term thriver and I read and listen to a lot of golf stuff.

 

 

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I hear ya man. So... I looked on the internet and find lots of Thriver stuff. None of it pertains to golf that could find. I think I'm finished hashing this around. LOL

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=thriver&ul_noapp=true

 

http://thriverzone.com/what-is-a-thriver/

[cnosil]

I am in the same camp as most others;  never heard the term Thriver associated with golf.  

[Golfspy_CG2]

I hear ya man. So... I looked on the internet and find lots of Thriver stuff. None of it pertains to golf that could find. I think I'm finished hashing this around. LOL

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=thriver&ul_noapp=true

 

http://thriverzone.com/what-is-a-thriver/

Yep. Me thinks someone mau have started the strong stuff a bit early tonight. Ha

 

Happy New Year to you Plaid!

 

 

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[excourse]

Actually, Thriver is a legitimate golf term. Hireko Golf offers a high head weighted 12* driver on a shorter shaft that they call a Thriver. If any of you have been around in other forums over the years you would have heard the term, so no, it's not the result of over imbibing. LOL

My apologies if this group is a bit to young to remember it or better yet comment on it.

 

 

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[cnosil]

Actually, Thriver is a legitimate golf term. Hireko Golf offers a high head weighted 12* driver on a shorter shaft that they call a Thriver. If any of you have been around in other forums over the years you would have heard the term, so no, it's not the result of over imbibing. LOL

My apologies if this group is a bit to young to remember it or better yet comment on it.

 

 

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Been around most of the forums, but never heard the term.  My interest lies more with putters so I never really followed terms associated with drivers.    But I like that you are considering me young 

[STUDque]

Actually, Thriver is a legitimate golf term. Hireko Golf offers a high head weighted 12* driver on a shorter shaft that they call a Thriver. If any of you have been around in other forums over the years you would have heard the term, so no, it's not the result of over imbibing. LOL

My apologies if this group is a bit to young to remember it or better yet comment on it.

 

 

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[AWLBMW]

Already been stated, but closest clubs are the callaway mini or the TM aeroburner mini. The modern rendition right now I would say is the ping g stretch; shorter than driver, but longer and accurate as 3 wood off the tee. Usually a tweener club, helpful on tight courses/ easier to shape. Tried making a 975j 3wood length, but lost WAY too much distance on mishits.

Now just hit 3/4 driver instead.

 

 

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[AWLBMW]

Already been stated, but closest modern clubs are the callaway mini or the TM aeroburner mini. The modern rendition right now I would say is the ping g stretch; shorter than driver, but longer and accurate as 3 wood off the tee. Usually a tweener club, helpful on tight courses/ easier to shape. Tried making a 975j 3wood length, but lost WAY too much distance on mishits.

Now just hit 3/4 driver instead.

 

 

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[AWLBMW]

Already been stated, but closest “modern” clubs are the callaway mini or the TM aeroburner mini. The current rendition right now I would say is the ping g stretch; shorter than driver, but longer and accurate as 3 wood off the tee. Usually a tweener club, helpful on tight courses/ easier to shape. Thought Nickent made something close long ago.? Tried making a 975j driver 3wood length, but lost WAY too much distance on mishits.

Now just hit 3/4 driver instead.

 

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[Golfspy_CG2]

Actually, Thriver is a legitimate golf term. Hireko Golf offers a high head weighted 12* driver on a shorter shaft that they call a Thriver. If any of you have been around in other forums over the years you would have heard the term, so no, it's not the result of over imbibing. LOL

My apologies if this group is a bit to young to remember it or better yet comment on it.

 

 

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Not young by any means and have read other forums extensively and still never heard it.

 

But it's all good. I did the same thing this year with my 5 wood by putting a 7 wood shaft in it.

 

Happy New Year to you!!

 

 

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[Kenny B]

The Thriver term has been used several times here on the forum as far back as 2010 by Golfspy Matt Saternus, now with PluggedInGolf.  You can do a search of the forum.  Yes, it seems to be most associated with Hireko.

[Rickp]

Thriver huh? Sounds like a good name for a champion blue tic however never heard of it on a golf club.

Or good Redbone!

 

 

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[BIG STU]

The Thriver term has been used several times here on the forum as far back as 2010 by Golfspy Matt Saternus, now with PluggedInGolf.  You can do a search of the forum.  Yes, it seems to be most associated with Hireko.

Shows you and I are old enough to remember that. Thriver was a Hireko Golf brand name. Most slang terms call them Mini Drivers--- Note Kenny I wondered what Matt has been up to. I do remember he did some fantastic wood working too

[ole gray]

Or good Redbone!

 

 

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Yea buddy!   

[MattF]

Here's Hireko's: https://www.hirekogolf.com/golf-components/clubheads/golf-drivers/acer-xv-ultimate-thriver-clubhead.html

 

I'm sure they came up with the term well before the OEM's got onto the mini driver.

[revkev]

I love being called young. Like several others I was unfamiliar with the term.

 

I used to be a huge advocate of driver only but my New Years mantra is go with what works for you - that and the fact that I have a 3 wood that I'm killing off the tee .... for now

 

 

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[tony@CIC]

Never heard that before. Interesting

 

 

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Same here - never heard of it.

 

 

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[excourse]

Many of the originals were homemade adaptations. I've had a few myself. I believe the first company to market one was Perfect Club, brought to us all by the velvety voiced Peter Kessler on the famous Golf Channel ads. They had an 11* 370cc driver on a 42 1/2" shaft. I bought one back then, and it performed as advertised. Pipeline straight and about 15 yea shorter then a standard driver.

 

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[2Eagle]

I’ve been playing an Acer Thriver Mini Driver for about a year.  The Thriver replaced my Ping G 10.5 Driver.  I hit the 13 degree Thriver further than the the Ping G, further than my Ping Anser Driver and further from the deck than my old Sonartech 14 degree 3 wood.  I hit about 85% of the  fairways and rarely hit a big hook or a big slice.  The only other wood I carry now is a Tour Edge Exotics XJ1 17 degree.  At 71, I still carry a single digit index and can attribute much of that success to the fact that I am hitting from the fairway or short rough 95% of the holes that I play, thanks mainly to the Thriver and TE XJ1.

[JuniperRocker]

There was a lengthy and active "Thriver" thread on the old Golf Review forum a few years back.  An English poster whose user name I don't immediately recall--it may have been Edgy or something like that-- was highly positive about the concept and it caught on, at least for a bit.

I play the TLess driver myself because I hate to hit up on the ball, playing it too far left, with a conventional driver. 

With a driver especially weighted to be swung like a fairway wood, I find mishits substantially reduced.  The shorter shaft and extra loft do promote accuracy at a small expense in distance.  I can still hit the driver a good way--230 yards give or take a few--and that's a long way to keep the ball straight. 

Consequently, a thriver / driving-iron two-club combo serves me much better than a conventional driver would.  235 into the jungle doesn't do anybody any good, right?

 

 

Edited May 28, 2019 by JuniperRocker

[ga_pike]

On 1/1/2018 at 9:02 AM, MattF said:

Here's Hireko's: https://www.hirekogolf.com/golf-components/clubheads/golf-drivers/acer-xv-ultimate-thriver-clubhead.html

 

I'm sure they came up with the term well before the OEM's got onto the mini driver.

I could be wrong, but I think they got the term from the old FGI forum way back in the early 2000's.  I remember people building SMT and Bang Thrivers.  I remember guys taking the SMT Nemesis (370cc or 405cc) and getting 12, 13, or higher lofted heads and building them as Thrivers.  Bang had some larger headed 3 woods as well that a few guys did the same with.  

The idea was simple.  Get a larger driver sized head, increase the loft, shorten the shaft and have a guaranteed fairway finder for tight holes.  

[vandyland]

To refresh this topic a bit, I built a "thriver" using my old 13* Nike Sumo Sasquatch Driver (from 2008-2009) whereby I cut it down to 42.5 degrees. It has worked reasonably well but there are two things nagging at me:

(1) The head is not built (weight-wise) to have a driver shaft that short, which is fine, but I do wonder if the balancing might be a bit off. I don't really want to put a ton of lead tape on there to balance it out. 

(2) Has there been noticeable advances in driver face technology in the last 20 years that would have trickled down to component drivers like this:

 

 

Ultimately, I could just take a flier on it since there is no way to demo this type of club. I am basically already playing a thriver that I like decently well but if this gave me a bit more pop and forgiveness on slight mis-hits that would be awesome. 

[MattF]

27 minutes ago, vandyland said:

I don't really want to put a ton of lead tape on there to balance it out. 

The only other way of adding weight would be hot melt and that involves removing the head.