Popular Post Golfspy_CG2 Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 Well it’s Baaaaaaack!! My somewhat annual driver shootout. As many of you know jn years past. I picked up the expected hot drivers of the year and tested them out. It’s certainly nothing official like MWT does. But I do get some actual data—both from the range and on course with ProVs I will give both LM data and just real world here’s what I think thoughts. Some days I’ll post just about one that I played that day and another day may be where I took all of them out for a driving session on the course. To begin with it’s going to be what I think are the 3 most talked about drivers of the early season. Callaway Smoke Ai -Shaft Tensei AV Black 55 R PING G430 Max 10K -Alta CB 55 R TaylorMade Qi10 -Graphite Deaign QC5 R Some others may be added but not at the very beginning. Here’s the starting lineup golfinnut, Rob Person, BreakfastBall15 and 51 others 14 3 13 24 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylorJudd Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 BNewton51 and sirchunksalot 2 Quote I like golf. You should like golf. If life is tough, play more golf! Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 10.5, Graphite Design Tour AD-MJ 6x Titleist TSr3 18 Degree, Graphite Design Tour Ad-DI 7x Takomo 301CB's, KBS Tours 120S Vokey SM8 48 10F, 52 08F, 56 08M, 60 08M Odyssey O-Works Jailbird Mini, Versa Scheme, 17" Fatso 3.0 Grip, 40" Jazz Tacoma Cart Bag Titleist Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hall Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Interested to hear your thoughts on these…have you hit them yet, any initial thoughts? BNewton51, CFreddie and sirchunksalot 3 Quote TaylorMade SIM 2 Max Driver TaylorMade Stealth 3 wood Titleist U510 Hybrid (3H) TaylorMade Tour Preferred CB Irons Vokey SM8 Wedges (52/56/60) Odyssey Ai-ONE 7S Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Golfspy_CG2 Posted February 3 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3 14 hours ago, TJ Hall said: Interested to hear your thoughts on these…have you hit them yet, any initial thoughts? Yes today hit all 3 for a brief session. So it’s been written about all of these that distance isn’t going to be a huge jump at all over last year’s models. The big thing is the ability to reach the 10k MOI or very close to it. So forgiveness or straightness is the big thing on these. In the category of way too early impressions. The TaylorMade is good. I mean really good. The others were good. It’s just in terms of how consistent and easy to hit at my target the TaylorMade was almost like automatic. Now keep in mind the shaft on it. I have had very good luck with Graphite Design shafts in the past. This one is no different. CFreddie, TSauer, BNewton51 and 19 others 16 4 2 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek74 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 CFreddie, IndyBonzo, Rob Person and 5 others 7 1 Quote In My Sun Mountain C-130 'merica Cart Bag: Driver: Stealth+ Rocket 3W, 13.5* turned down to 12.75*, Stiff HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX, 75g Fairway: 949x 3w, 15*, Stiff HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX, 70g Fairway: 949x 5w, 18*, Stiff HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX, 60g Hybrid: 939x 4H (21*), Stiff HZRDUS Smoke Black, 90g Irons: 101's, 5-PW, DG120 S300 Wedges: 286 @ 50*, JBFG @ 54* & 60*, DG120 S300 Putter: 002 Mid-Mallet @ 35", Super Stroke Pistol GT 2.0, Desert Camo Ball: Tour & Testing Vero X1 Technology: H4 w/ Tags, Pro L2 Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hall Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 6 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said: Yes today hit all 3 for a brief session. So it’s been written about all of these that distance isn’t going to be a huge jump at all over last year’s models. The big thing is the ability to reach the 10k MOI or very close to it. So forgiveness or straightness is the big thing on these. In the category of way too early impressions. The TaylorMade is good. I mean really good. The others were good. It’s just in Yemen’s of how content and easy to hit at my target the TaylorMade was almost like automatic. Now keep in mind the shaft on it. I have had very good luck with Graphite Design shafts in the past. This one is no different. Graphite Design does make good shafts, have one in my 3 hybrid. The Tensei shaft in the Callaway was nice looking as well. Looking forward to hearing updates as you continue to work with these. BNewton51, GolfSpy_KFT, Rob Person and 4 others 7 Quote TaylorMade SIM 2 Max Driver TaylorMade Stealth 3 wood Titleist U510 Hybrid (3H) TaylorMade Tour Preferred CB Irons Vokey SM8 Wedges (52/56/60) Odyssey Ai-ONE 7S Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccross Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Looking forward to hearing about your test. I’d love to hit the new TaylorMade driver! IndyBonzo, BNewton51, jazz15c and 1 other 4 Quote Jnr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkj427 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Looking forward to your comments on the Tensei Black Rob, seems to be a new model in their line-up. IndyBonzo, BNewton51, sirchunksalot and 2 others 5 Quote Driver & Fairway: Titleist TSR3 10 degree - Ventus TR Blue & TSR3 15 - Project X Hzrdus Smoke Black Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW 19 - Hzrdus Smoke Black Irons: Titleist T200 3G (4) & T150 - (5-G) - Project X LZ Wedges: Vokey SM8 54, and 58 Putter: Cameron Phantom X 7 Ball: Pro V1 & Maxfli Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinSnipes414 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Dassit! This does not help with me not signing up to try the TaylorMade test. However I hope the cobra makes an appearance sellemental, Dweed, William P and 5 others 8 Quote #GoBallsOutAlways #GoRickieGo Driver: 849 Pro-HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 6.0-NO1 50 Series Grip Fairway: 949X-HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 6.0 (1/2 inch short)-NO1 50 Series Grip Driving Irons: 699 Pro 2- DG S400- NO1 50 Series Grips Irons: Custom 639 CB 5-Pw DG S400- NO1 50 Series Grips Wedges: WedgeFx 52,56,60- DG S400Shafts-NO1 50 Series Grips Putter: Sycamore 007-NO1 P90 Pistol Grip Ball: X1 Bag: Side Street- Back9 Backpack Bag Link to my Bag Boy ZTF Review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNewton51 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Good luck with those! This year proves to be an interesting one with the amount of "new" drivers on the market. Certainly going to be interesting, for sure! Believe I'll hold out till Titleist puts out the next TR version of Drivers because my Paradym right now gets the job quite nicely! Curious to see your findings as you go! William P, Golfspy_CG2, IndyBonzo and 2 others 5 Quote BNewt51 Golf Addict.... Father of 4. Pennsylvania Golfer Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond - Ventus Red X 3 Wood: TS2 14* Hybrid: Titleist TSI 2 18* (Only used on Soft Rainy days) Utility Irons: 4 iron (Steel Fiber FC 110 - Stiff) Irons: Titleist T-150 4-PW Steel Fiber CW 110 - Stiff Wedges: Vokey 48-8 Vokey 54-10 Vokey 58-6 all SM9's Putter: Scotty Cameron Special Select 5 Flowback (custom shop copper finish) or Bettinardi QB8 Ball: Pro-V1x Titleist Tour Carry Bag Black and White Bushnell Range Finder (Patriot Pack) *King of taking (borrowing) all my club ***** friends clubs after they've discarded them after a couple months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Golfspy_CG2 Posted February 4 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 4 22 hours ago, OdinSnipes414 said: Dassit! This does not help with me not signing up to try the TaylorMade test. However I hope the cobra makes an appearance I typically haven’t had anything special with Cobra drivers. Not bad, just nothing that has wow’s me. But who knows maybe this one would be the one 2 hours ago, BNewton51 said: Good luck with those! This year proves to be an interesting one with the amount of "new" drivers on the market. Certainly going to be interesting, for sure! Believe I'll hold out till Titleist puts out the next TR version of Drivers because my Paradym right now gets the job quite nicely! Curious to see your findings as you go! Oh they will definitely be added in when I get it. The TSR1 won last years. So we will see if Tiltiest can defend! ZJeb67, sirchunksalot, TJ Hall and 7 others 9 1 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodrow72 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 2/2/2024 at 9:19 PM, Golfspy_CG2 said: Well it’s Baaaaaaack!! My somewhat annual driver shootout. As many of you know jn years past. I picked up the expected hot drivers of the year and tested them out. It’s certainly nothing official like MWT does. But I do get some actual data—both from the range and on course with ProVs I will give both LM data and just real world here’s what I think thoughts. Some days I’ll post just about one that I played that day and another day may be where I took all of them out for a driving session on the course. To begin with it’s going to be what I think are the 3 most talked about drivers of the early season. Callaway Smoke Ai -Shaft Tensei AV Black 55 R PING G430 Max 10K -Alta CB 55 R TaylorMade Qi10 -Graphite Deaign QC5 R Some others may be added but not at the very beginning. Here’s the starting lineup After being TaylorMade guy since they brought out the Pittsburg Persimmon I started using Ping drivers so I’ll be curious on how they compare as I could always revert to TM Golfspy_CG2, IndyBonzo, VernL4 and 2 others 5 Quote Ping driver ping fairway tour edge irons Cleveland wedges Scotty mallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfspy_CG2 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 6 hours ago, Woodrow72 said: After being TaylorMade guy since they brought out the Pittsburg Persimmon I started using Ping drivers so I’ll be curious on how they compare as I could always revert to TM Stay tuned. More to come. Will definitely try the PING with at least one more shaft and possibly a GD. TJ Hall, IndyBonzo, Rob Person and 3 others 6 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Will the Mizuno Max make a surprise appearance? sirchunksalot, IndyBonzo, BNewton51 and 5 others 5 2 1 Quote as of Nov 6, 2023 (Past WITB) Driver: Paradym TD w/ GD ADDI 6X Driver Shootout! Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ Motore F1 Shaft Irons: T Series - T200 5 Iron T150 6-9 Iron T100 PW/GW Wedge: Toura Golf - A Spec 53,37,61 degree Putter: Mezz Max! Balls: Vice Pro Plus Drip (Blue/Orange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Golfspy_CG2 Posted February 4 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said: Will the Mizuno Max make a surprise appearance? Unfortunately drivers aren’t included in our fitting cart. And the Testing Budget was cut back this year GolfSpy_APH, sirchunksalot, edingc and 7 others 4 5 1 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNewton51 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 32 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said: Unfortunately drivers aren’t included in our fitting cart. And the Testing Budget was cut back this year totally understandable... But I will say from what I've read and seen, Mizuno is undoubtedly making a MAJOR push in the driver department. They've been trying the past couple years, but man they are really making strides and QUICK IndyBonzo, Nick_D, Rob Person and 1 other 4 Quote BNewt51 Golf Addict.... Father of 4. Pennsylvania Golfer Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond - Ventus Red X 3 Wood: TS2 14* Hybrid: Titleist TSI 2 18* (Only used on Soft Rainy days) Utility Irons: 4 iron (Steel Fiber FC 110 - Stiff) Irons: Titleist T-150 4-PW Steel Fiber CW 110 - Stiff Wedges: Vokey 48-8 Vokey 54-10 Vokey 58-6 all SM9's Putter: Scotty Cameron Special Select 5 Flowback (custom shop copper finish) or Bettinardi QB8 Ball: Pro-V1x Titleist Tour Carry Bag Black and White Bushnell Range Finder (Patriot Pack) *King of taking (borrowing) all my club ***** friends clubs after they've discarded them after a couple months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Person Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I'm just going to say it. I have driver envy at this moment. I won't let my jealousy detract from the fact that I love how all of these look! Will be following! Michael.Sandoval33, Samuel09152, johngschulz and 3 others 5 1 Quote WITB-Foremost 551's - 3w, 5w, 5-SW (circa 1998), Top Flite 460cc Driver, Adam's 7w, Warrior GW and 60⁰, Odyssey AI-One DB putter. Just an old newbie golfer, trying to learn and improve 1 club at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 8 hours ago, Golfspy_CG2 said: Unfortunately drivers aren’t included in our fitting cart. And the Testing Budget was cut back this year Clearly with 3 it took a big hit Josh Parker, Dweed, IndyBonzo and 2 others 3 2 Quote as of Nov 6, 2023 (Past WITB) Driver: Paradym TD w/ GD ADDI 6X Driver Shootout! Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ Motore F1 Shaft Irons: T Series - T200 5 Iron T150 6-9 Iron T100 PW/GW Wedge: Toura Golf - A Spec 53,37,61 degree Putter: Mezz Max! Balls: Vice Pro Plus Drip (Blue/Orange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJerry Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Super keen to see the results from the testing! My own bias had me hoping the Cobra made it into the lineup and even one or two "B tier" drivers but regardless, still some good content to be covered for sure! IndyBonzo and Golfspy_CG2 2 Quote Titleist driver, Sim 3 wood, Srixon hybrid, mizuno irons and a 3 ball putter - I’ll play anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYER38 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 CAN NOT WAIT!! to see the results and your thoughts honestly! I've heard great things about the QI10 & the 10k Max I had the chance to swing a few times was a completely different feeling then my G425. Golfspy_CG2 1 Quote DRIVER G425 MAX w/ Mitsubishi Tensei Orange RAW 55 S 12* WOOD STEALTH 2 Plus 3w w/ Mitsubishi Kali Red 65 S 15* HYBRID G425 2h w/ Mitsubishi Tensei Orange RAW 65 S 17* HYBRID G410 4h w/ Mitsubishi Tensei Orange 65 S 22* IRONS 919 Forged 4i-PW w/ Dynamic Gold 105 S300 WEDGES Glide Forged Pro w/ ZZ115 W 50*/58* PUTTER FRONTLINE 8.0 w/ 35" Slant neck 3* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I would love to see you add in the golfworks ke4 max. It gave me the same #s as my sim which gave me better numbers than the stealth2. And it was superior to the G430. I think it is the real deal. IndyBonzo and Golfspy_CG2 2 Quote Driver: Sim 9*, ventus blue 6R 3 wood: Srixon ZX Hybrids: Srixon ZX 3H and 4H Irons: Golfworks TS2, 5-GW (5 iron with UST Recoil F3; 6-GW, Nippon 950h reg) Wedges: Golfworks TSW 52* and 58*, 52* Nippon 950GH, & 58* TT90 Putter: Odyssey Versa 12 Ball: Srixon Zstar Bag: Sun Mountain 2.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Raes Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This is awesome! Enjoy and keep us updated! Golfspy_CG2 and Up and Down 2 Quote Golf nerd from Western Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex_D Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Request adding Tour Edge for the budget conscious and XXIO for the slower swingers stevegp67, Golfspy_CG2 and USMCSnyper 3 Quote Bag: Ping 425 sft, tour edge Hl4 irons, XXIO 3 wood, 20 year old Nike putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shapotomous Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 The start of Robs yearly test is a better indicator that Spring is coming than Punxatawny Phils predictions!! russtopherb, vamosjackets, Golfspy_CG2 and 3 others 3 2 1 Quote Modern Bag: G410 LST 10.5*, Hzrdus Smoke RDX 6.5 Flex; 915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex; Snake Eyes 18* 2h, 23* 4h & 27* 5h; JPX 900 Forged 6 - PW, PX LZ 6.0; Edison 2.0 49*, 53*, 57* KBS Tour 120 S; Heppler Fetch; Ball - MTB-X; Bag - Jones MyGolfSpy Edition! Shot Scope H4, MG600 Rangefinder Classic Bag: Driver - Persimmon; 3w - Speed Slot; 5w - Tour Block; 3 - pw - Dynapower; sw - Ram Tom Watson; putter - bullseye standard or flange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up and Down Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Have been a Titleist driver guy for a while but my interest is peaked on the new TMQi10 - Looks great and can't wait to hit it. Golfspy_CG2 1 Quote i230 Gap-7 iron, i525 6-5 iron Vokey SM8 wedges 54 & 60, Driver TSi3 9 degrees, TSR2+ 13 degrees SIM Max 7 and 5 woods Toulon Garage Portland putter Its all about 100 yards in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry77B Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 2/2/2024 at 8:19 PM, Golfspy_CG2 said: Well it’s Baaaaaaack!! My somewhat annual driver shootout. As many of you know jn years past. I picked up the expected hot drivers of the year and tested them out. It’s certainly nothing official like MWT does. But I do get some actual data—both from the range and on course with ProVs I will give both LM data and just real world here’s what I think thoughts. Some days I’ll post just about one that I played that day and another day may be where I took all of them out for a driving session on the course. To begin with it’s going to be what I think are the 3 most talked about drivers of the early season. Callaway Smoke Ai -Shaft Tensei AV Black 55 R PING G430 Max 10K -Alta CB 55 R TaylorMade Qi10 -Graphite Deaign QC5 R Some others may be added but not at the very beginning. Here’s the starting lineup Hoping we see others added…Mostly PXG Black Ops. Golfspy_CG2 and JFish350 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie T Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 2/2/2024 at 9:41 PM, Golfspy_CG2 said: Yes today hit all 3 for a brief session. So it’s been written about all of these that distance isn’t going to be a huge jump at all over last year’s models. The big thing is the ability to reach the 10k MOI or very close to it. So forgiveness or straightness is the big thing on these. In the category of way too early impressions. The TaylorMade is good. I mean really good. The others were good. It’s just in terms of how consistent and easy to hit at my target the TaylorMade was almost like automatic. Now keep in mind the shaft on it. I have had very good luck with Graphite Design shafts in the past. This one is no different. Going to be following this series for sure….the new drivers sure look awesome. Starting to think my G400 may be in trouble….. Golfspy_CG2 1 Quote WITB? Ping G400 SFT w/Aldila Mamba shaft R flex; Ping G410 3w; Ping G400 3h(19), 4h(22), 5h(26); TaylorMade SLDR 5i (interchanges w/5h)-PW -stock graphite shafts Rflex; INDI FLX-S wedges (50, 54, 58) w/Recoil graphite shafts -Rflex and Odyssey AI-One 7T BD Milled (aka Millie), ball choice tends to be Pro-V1 or simliar 3pc urethane balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylorJudd Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Can we start a go fund me to get more drivers in this for a head to head?!?!?! Then raffle them off to the community? IndyBonzo, Jeremy Meyer, Placasse61 and 1 other 3 1 Quote I like golf. You should like golf. If life is tough, play more golf! Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 10.5, Graphite Design Tour AD-MJ 6x Titleist TSr3 18 Degree, Graphite Design Tour Ad-DI 7x Takomo 301CB's, KBS Tours 120S Vokey SM8 48 10F, 52 08F, 56 08M, 60 08M Odyssey O-Works Jailbird Mini, Versa Scheme, 17" Fatso 3.0 Grip, 40" Jazz Tacoma Cart Bag Titleist Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy BOS Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 One of my favorite threads to follow along with Rob! TJ Hall, Up and Down, Placasse61 and 2 others 3 2 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6X | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8S | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85S SMS Pro 4-PW - Steelfiber i110S | MG3 Raw Black 50.09, 54.11, 58.11 - DG TI S200 ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope | Jones Trouper R | CaddyLite EZ v8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placasse61 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Will be watching. That is a great lineup. IndyBonzo, Golfspy_CG2 and Up and Down 3 Quote 4-PW and UW Ping G710 Ping Glide 54 degree wedge 1,3,5 Taylor-Made Titanium bubble shafts (24years) Top-Flite Gamer Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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