Bimmerman Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) I have a 2017 2007 Cleveland HiBore XL 10.5, stiff shaft driver that I used to hit 270+. Now because I'm 69 I'm down to about 240 max. I'm looking for a new boom stick and am wondering how much yardage I can expect to gain due to improved technology? Edited July 15, 2020 by Bimmerman correct year of purchase sirchunksalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, Bimmerman said: I have a 2017 Cleveland HiBore XL 10.5, stiff shaft driver that I used to hit 270+. Now because I'm 69 I'm down to about 240 max. I'm looking for a new boom stick and am wondering how much yardage I can expect to gain due to improved technology? Unfortunately, there are a lot of factors involved which could results in anything from lost yardage to potentially 30+ yards. It depends on how well the current driver fits your swing. sirchunksalot, fixyurdivot and RickyBobby_PR 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalejbrass Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 The new XXIO Driver has become very popular with the older crowd here at my club. Several of them have achieved substantial gains! It’s a very nice driver. fixyurdivot and sirchunksalot 2 Quote TSR2 - Ventus Red, 6X TSR2 3W - Ventus Red, 7X TSR2 5W - Ventus Red TR, 8X JPX 223 Tour PW-7i/JPX 223 Forged 6i-4i - Nippon Modus 130X MG3 - 50, 54, 58* - Nippon Modus 130X Scotty Cameron Circle T Futura X5 Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChitownM2 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Probably an impossible question to answer. A lot will depend on why you've lost the distance, but driver technology by itself isn't going to get you much more than 5-10 yards absolute max. Might get you nothing. More than likely, your drop in distance is related to a drop in swing speed and getting fit for a new driver would likely put you into a different shaft and maybe a different loft that could get you some of those yards back but I doubt you will be able to get all the way back to 270. sirchunksalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP043 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Bimmerman said: I have a 2017 Cleveland HiBore XL 10.5, stiff shaft driver that I used to hit 270+. Now because I'm 69 I'm down to about 240 max. I'm looking for a new boom stick and am wondering how much yardage I can expect to gain due to improved technology? A couple of years back I was playing a Titleist 910, so it was around 6 years old. Through a good fitting, using Trackman on an outdoor range, and having a solid selection of clubheads and a pretty good variety of aftermarket shafts to try, I gained maybe 10 to 15 yards in carry. I'm 64 now, still carrying the ball 230 to 240. The biggest gain came primarily from reducing spin and increasing launch angle. fozcycle and sirchunksalot 2 Quote Irons Titleist T200, AMT Red stiff Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X T22 54 and 58 wedges 7-wood 5-wood B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook DeLoft Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Bimmerman said: I have a 2017 Cleveland HiBore XL 10.5, stiff shaft driver that I used to hit 270+. Now because I'm 69 I'm down to about 240 max. I'm looking for a new boom stick and am wondering how much yardage I can expect to gain due to improved technology? If that club is a 2017 model, you have only had it 3 years or so. That's a lot of yardage to lose that quickly, even in your sixties. If that was a typo, and it is a 2007 model, then I would say it's time for a driver fitting. Getting the right combo of shaft and head should give you some of that yardage back, but not all of it. After all, you can't cheat father time. Quote 14 of the following: Ping G430 Max 10.5 degree Callaway 2023 Big Bertha 3 wood set to 17 degrees Cobra F9 Speedback 7/8 wood set at 23.5 degrees Callaway Epic Max 11 wood Ping Eye 2 BeCu 2-SW Mizuno 923 JPX HM HL 6-GW Hogan sand wedge 56 degree bent to 53 Maltby M Series+ 54 degree Ping Glide 3.0 Eye2 58 degree Ping Glide 3.0 60 degree Evnroll ER2 Ping Sigma 2 Anser Cheap Top Flite mallet putter from Dick's, currently holding down first place in the bag TaylorMade Mini Spider Bridgestone XS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Thanks for the catch. Yes, it should have read "2007". I realize I won't be able to gain it all back, but I'm hoping for another 10 - 20 yards from where I am now. You're right. I do need to have a driver fitting done. sirchunksalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 On 7/14/2020 at 2:50 PM, ChitownM2 said: Probably an impossible question to answer. A lot will depend on why you've lost the distance, but driver technology by itself isn't going to get you much more than 5-10 yards absolute max. Might get you nothing. More than likely, your drop in distance is related to a drop in swing speed and getting fit for a new driver would likely put you into a different shaft and maybe a different loft that could get you some of those yards back but I doubt you will be able to get all the way back to 270. You're right - most of the the lost distance is due to a slower swing speed. A fitting is in order. ChitownM2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Thanks for the catch. Yes, it should have read "2007". I realize I won't be able to gain it all back, but I'm hoping for another 10 - 20 yards from where I am now. You're right. I do need to have a driver fitting done.My wife and I were in for a fitting today - me for irons and her for a driver. She has a TM burner that's at least 10 years old, so it was time to look at options. She tried a number of drivers, including Sim, Mavrik, SZ, Ping, etc. what was interesting was that all but the Ping showed little to no performance difference in carry or dispersion to the burner. The one that came out on top was a Ping Plus with a men's senior flex 55g Alta shaft. She picked up 13 yds of carry. The fitter was amazed given that there was no increase in SS. Just goes to show the importance of a fitter whose not married to a brand or OEM commission perk. And that a proper fitting can yield results. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy sirchunksalot, cnosil and aerospace_ray 3 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerospace_ray Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 3 hours ago, tony@CIC said: My wife and I were in for a fitting today - me for irons and her for a driver. She has a TM burner that's at least 10 years old, so it was time to look at options. She tried a number of drivers, including Sim, Mavrik, SZ, Ping, etc. what was interesting was that all but the Ping showed little to no performance difference in carry or dispersion to the burner. The one that came out on top was a Ping Plus with a men's senior flex 55g Alta shaft. She picked up 13 yds of carry. The fitter was amazed given that there was no increase in SS. Just goes to show the importance of a fitter whose not married to a brand or OEM commission perk. And that a proper fitting can yield results. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy That is awesome you got good fitter and wow, I bet the wife is happy - 13 yards more carry is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadi05 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, aerospace_ray said: That is awesome you got good fitter and wow, I bet the wife is happy - 13 yards more carry is impressive. I second that! aerospace_ray 1 Quote Mavrik Max 9 degree loft w/ROUGE white X-Stiff 70g Maverick Max 3W, 5W w/ROUGE white X-Stiff 70g Mavrik Max 3H, KBS tour prototype 70/80 X-Stiff 80g Speedblade 4-PW, AW, SW KBS Siff 85g Ghost Sypder putter bourbon to be drank neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorgriffo Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 I can’t emphasize enough now much difference the right shaft makes - I was late to this realization, always searching for the magic driver head, but while waiting for a couple of clubs to be regripped at a Golfmart I messed around with the drivers on their launch monitor. Some of them went nowhere (the cobra speedzone, which I was keen to try, was giving me low flight and no distance with the stock stiff shaft), but the epic flash sz was going miles. Out of curiosity, I asked the guy there to put that shaft in a couple other heads, and got the same great numbers (and not a great deal of difference between low spin and regular models). Picked up a used epic flash with that Tensei blue shaft and I am hitting longer and straighter than ever. On a side note, I also found out that the ball you use makes a lot more of a difference to distance that I ever thought (the tp5x adds 5-10 yards to all but my short irons, and spins comparably with wedges) fozcycle 1 Quote Callaway Epic Flash SZ 9deg, 15 deg tensei av blue x flex Cobra F9 hybrid 17deg, 24 deg Mizuno MP20 (6,7,8 MMC, 9,PW MB) Callaway MD4 50, 54, 58 Scotty Cameron Select Squareback 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozcycle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hey doctor, I have the tense blue in two drivers and two fairways. It’s a great shaft for me. Cobra F8 Driver, 3W and 5W.....this is my longest driver, but I get too much fade and it gets me in trouble. The fairways are golden, I changed the loft on the 3W from 14.5 to 16 and the 5W from 18.5 to 20. Wow what a difference that made, I actually gained distance and stay in the fairway. Tour Edge Exotics EXS with tense blue has increased my FIR’s from 53% to 65%....and that helps me score! GregB135 and fixyurdivot 2 Quote Driver: 0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft Fairways: 0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft Hybrid: None in bag at the moment Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm). Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707, or Nike Method Core Drone w/Evnroll Gravity Grip Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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