What is your favorite light weight driver?

[Hook DeLoft]

A few companies have started selling light weight drivers marketed for slower swing speed golfers (I'm looking at you, old man in the mirror).  If you have hit some of them, which was your favorite?  You can, of course, build your own with a light weight shaft and grip.  Which brings up another question, which companies' stock driver heads tend toward the lighter end of the spectrum?

[Micah T]

My wife uses a Sim2(200g) with a 47g aldila nvs pink: she gets absurd distance numbers for someone swinging 75mph on avg. Not sure if a 280+ gram driver qualifies as lightweight, but it ain’t heavy either…

[cnosil]

15 hours ago, Hook DeLoft said:

A few companies have started selling light weight drivers marketed for slower swing speed golfers (I'm looking at you, old man in the mirror).  If you have hit some of them, which was your favorite?  You can, of course, build your own with a light weight shaft and grip.  Which brings up another question, which companies' stock driver heads tend toward the lighter end of the spectrum?

The ones I can think of are Cleveland XL Lite and all the XXIO clubs.  I really liked the Cleveland when I hit it during last years most wanted testing.   XXIO aren’t the best looking; IMO, but they are lighter weight.  

[Tom the Golf Nut]

I went with the TSi 1 I gained clubhead speed thus more distance. Interesting enough I was fit by Titleist and they put me in a stiff shaft and 10 degrees. My last driver was the Ping G400 and I was fit into a soft regular shaft at 12 degrees. Two opposite approaches but they both worked with my swing type. But the Titleist won out between the two.   

[RITZ]

I went with Titleist TSI1 model. I have a slow swing speed and the Titleist fitter put me on a 10' with their ultra lite shaft. I did adjust it up to about 11' and I have gained 5-10 yards of carry with this driver. I did see a testing report from here on the MGS site that scored Titleist Stealth HD best for slow swings. 

[NC Golfer]

Wilson D100, the "right lite"

[Fred Mitchell]

Im scheduled to try the New Ping 430 H/L and the new Titlist TSR1 lineup. I believe the new Stealth 2 HD lineup uses lighter weight shafts as well.

 

[Hook DeLoft]

2 hours ago, Fred Mitchell said:

Im scheduled to try the New Ping 430 H/L and the new Titlist TSR1 lineup. I believe the new Stealth 2 HD lineup uses lighter weight shafts as well.

 

I look forward to reading your impressions.  And, welcome to MSG!

[Hook DeLoft]

So, I called Ping and got the scoop, the low down, the skinny on the G430 HL.  The head is exactly the same as the G430 Max but with a lighter moveable weight in the back.  The shaft is similar to the Distanza shaft available previously, but the new shaft is 2 or 3 grams heavier.  And it has an ultra light grip.  So, basically, I could put together something very similar using my G425 Max head.  And the 425 and 430 heads are the same weight.

[Fred Mitchell]

On 2/22/2023 at 3:12 PM, Hook DeLoft said:

I look forward to reading your impressions.  And, welcome to MSG!

Went with the Ping. The Titlist was more forgiving than i though, gave the Ping a run for is money until you hit one on the toe then not so well. The Pings actual longest was 1 or 2 yards shorter but if you averaged the best 5 or 1o the Ping was the longest. for me. I also tried the TaylorMade HD model. Titlist was a clear 2nd place for me. If I hadnt tried the Ping I would have walked out with the TSR1 very happy with the improvement over my Callaway Epic max

 

[Fred Mitchell]

2 hours ago, Hook DeLoft said:

So, I called Ping and got the scoop, the low down, the skinny on the G430 HL.  The head is exactly the same as the G430 Max but with a lighter moveable weight in the back.  The shaft is similar to the Distanza shaft available previously, but the new shaft is 2 or 3 grams heavier.  And it has an ultra light grip.  So, basically, I could put together something very similar using my G425 Max head.  And the 425 and 430 heads are the same weight.

The weight is a silver aluminum color on the H/L models, Black on regular 430.

[BMart519]

I weighed a Cobra LTDx LS last night. It was 194g which was 4g lighter than my F9 and is at the light end of standard heads. I believe Callaway heads are on the light side as well. 

[Fred Mitchell]

On 3/8/2023 at 10:34 AM, BMart519 said:

I weighed a Cobra LTDx LS last night. It was 194g which was 4g lighter than my F9 and is at the light end of standard heads. I believe Callaway heads are on the light side as well. 

The head is lighter, don't forget to factor in the lighter shaft if you're trying to replicate the Ping H/L, Callaway Big Bertha 23 or Taylormade HD [ lighter for speed ] Drivers.