Where's the love?

[revkev]

I'm curious about all the hate for white drivers and fairway woods?

 

Is there a reason beyond, "I don't like the way it looks?"

 

Mind you that's a good enough reason but I'm just curious if there is anything else.

 

Before I had one I was neutral, now that I have one I can't imagine not having it on my next driver, my eyes truly appreciate the lack of glare.

[Mr_Theoo]

I think most of the hate comes from white because of Tmag and how their marketing tends to be a bit crazy at times.

[RookieBlue7]

Rev, matte black doesn't glare either. It's not the white, it's the matte. I use a white driver, and its because I can't find anything that will outperform it for ME. And trust me, I've tried (more than 2 dozen times). The color doesn't matter to me, if it performs, it could be tie dyed.

[Jmikecpa]

Rev, matte black doesn't glare either. It's not the white, it's the matte. I use a white driver, and its because I can't find anything that will outperform it for ME. And trust me, I've tried (more than 2 dozen times). The color doesn't matter to me, if it performs, it could be tie dyed.

 

Could not agree more. I was against the white for a long time and then I hit an RBZ 3 wood and the performance that I got from it made me completely forget about the color of the head.

[hckymeyer]

No hate for the white here. I've got an R11s and a Stage 2, although neither are in the bag right now. Spent all that money on heads and Kiyoshi shafts and the thing that is performing best for me right now is an Adams F11 with a Grafalloy BiMatrix. Spent a grand total of about $120 on it and painted it blue.

 

Originally I liked the white better because it was different than anything else out there. Now everyone seems to have white so I had to go a different direction so my driver doesn't blend in with the crowd.

[RookieBlue7]

Richard,

You're over thinking touch-up paint bro. White out is the best touch up paint in the world for the TMag White.

 

Mine has yet to chip and the SFTP 2.0 has at least 150 rounds on it. I'm obsessive too lol. And I'd strip and repaint if it chipped. That said I've gotten a few in that were chipped and to try them out, the White Out trick works like a champ.

 

And yes, I was one of the ones hating on the white when the R11 first came out... Until I hit it. Had to eat my quote of "I'd throw up if I had to look down at that white". That R11 flat performed. The 2.0 v2 LCG just flat performs. Now I could care less what color my clubs are. I have 2 white, 1 red, a single stainless 2 utility, black irons, a black ox wedge, an antiques wedge, a raw rusty wedge, a copper wedge a stainless putter and a copper mini on the way.lol

[whiskey golf]

I don't mind white but I prefer black any day. Even the silver color of companies like Adams and Callaway is a lot better than straight up white. Plus if you have a white hybrid and possibly a fairway, those can get dirty really fast from hitting out of the rough.

[revkev]

They do get dirty no doubt and Richard is right they show wear quicker than black but I have no issues with glare what so ever even with the discoloration - that's all I care about.

 

I will say I never had an issue with glare until I moved to Florida - the sun down here is a different animal than it was in the Midwest or the Northeast.

 

For me it's always been about the performance - I had some model of Mizuno that looked like a pancake and sounded worse but I could hit the thing so it was in my bag for about 2 years.

[apprenti23]

I didn't even know the still made white out! Huh, learn something very day!

 

 

I don't care what color the driver is- I look at the ball the whole time I swing.

[Kor.A.Door]

I kind of like the white, I have both R11 and R11s. Would love to have the R1 but no money to buy it, you know the old

Tie dye would be pretty cool, why not be different.

[Rickles]

I'm not a fan of the white just because I've gotten used to black. I also think the white makes the club head look bigger and I prefer the look of a smaller club head.

Since we are talking durability lets talk about something way worse than white and that is the black metal club faces and soles. Those club faces and soles look worse after 1 trip to the range than the old bear metal looked after a year, especially with hybrids and fairways. . It drives me crazy. Pay all this money for a club and the face looks used after the first time you play it.