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nike Sasquach 460 lucky 13*.

superquad 10.5 stiff

Playing out the area - driver would be Tony

Local courses - drive myself..

Ping TiSi Titanium 10 deg Stiff graphite shaft - current driver

Callaway Great Big Bertha 6.5 degree Firm Flex graphite shaft

And a now rather ancient Callaway Big Bertha Warbird 9.5 degree Titanic Reg shaft.

At the moment im using a Taylormade Burner 860. 8.5* with stiff shaft.

However im on the lookout for a conforming diver so that will change soon'ish! 

Playing currently with a Titleist 907D1 with Aldila VS Proto 65X Shaft.

On the range I'm using a Ping G10 with Aldila DVS 65X Shaft. Hope to make that my playing driver once I've worked out the kinks.

currently playing Epon 460 zr with a Roddio shaft w6ba sr from japan R&A and USGA conforming

I know what your thinking whats that ,here's alink.

http://www.tourspecgolf.com/gallery/main.php/v/import-drivers/118.jpg.html

 http://www.tourspecgolf.com/gallery/main.php/v/import-drivers/epon+j
apan+shop+050.jpg.html

Ping G5 for me 9degree (only cus the idiots sent it instead of the 10.5degree one i ordered - couldnt be asked with the hassle of exchanges as it was only £60 brand new)

Taylormade R580 8.5° stiff, at the moment. going to upgrade in the summer.

Hi there

In my golf bag i carry the Dunlop CUBE Driver which replaced my Howson Derby as soon as i got it as a Xmas present last year.

I tried it out at my local range a few weeks ago and it is fantastic. The driver was from Sports world and cost me £40 but it was worth is as i hit about 50% of my drives down the middle of the range.

The Driver has 10.5* of loft and it sounds like a cannon when hit pure.

I use a cusom fitted Ping G10 with a soft regular shaft and it has a mind of its own.

Sometimes I get past the ladies tee.

Currently, (and I cant see me changing it anytime soon) Nike SQ 10.5.  It replaced my Mizuno MX500.

MacGregor Mac TEC NVG2 with regular Fujikura shaft and 10.5 loft

Im a Taylor Made fan in tha main but tried this driver on recomendation as having far better quality components than the price tag suggests.

I like it :P

( I was going to say his name is James but thought better of it as I sobered up a bit)

Mas

King Cobra SS360 Titatinium with Reg Alida shaft.

 It may be an oldy but its a goody!!

:O)

Taylormade Burner (Draw) 10.5. Regular flex shaft

Shmokin................

Currently still using the Titleist 907D1

Have got a Ping Rapture V2 on order, and will also be taking a look at the Titleist 909 Range when they come out next month.

Need to find a driver to keep me a few yards in front of the lads again, as they are catching me up with all their new gadgets and clubs.

Cleveland launcher 10.5 degree offset driver .

Bought on ebay for £60 and has fixed my driving after 5 years and as many drivers.

Ping G5 10.5 Grafalloy Blue Stiff Flex

'use' is most certainly not what I do with it...it generally gets 'left' in the bag...

Currently im swearing at a Taylormade new burner 10.5 with a standard taylormade stiff flex.

However im eyeing a 8.5 tayormade buner with reg flex as my swing has slowed somwhat and im getting far to much "airtime" off the tee.

Cleveland Launcher 10.5 regular Fuji shaft. Driving has always been my wekness but I hit this better than any other I have tried and owned,

Michael.

Nah mate, to be honest I've been giving quite a lot of it away.

I might take some to SPAIN with me in a couple of weeks, have I mentioned I'm going to SPAIN in 2 weeks...........

John.

NOT OFTEN MATE.

I'll remind you I'm going to the ALGARVE when it get's closer mate

Caribean old chap.  I'll be playing here -> http://www.caribbean-golfs.com/st-maarten-golf.html

Taylor Made r7 draw.

Tried a few but find the TM suits me fine.

Adams tight lies (why anyone would name a driver tight lies is beyond me but it does the job)

When some one sends cash then Bang Hoe "feels good"....

Like you Paul, spam gets on my nerves. Just a cheap tacky outfit with cheap tacky advertising policies for tacky goods sold by tacky salemen with nothing tackier to do than to come on here with thier tack in the hope of out tacking us all...

And failing tackedly......

Yee....haaaa! looking over the net there's a lot of questions asked whether there legitimate or not, but no answers!

There as been drivers on ebay(tm superquad) when asked for the serial numbers replies are.....direct from factory, no serial numbers!

sticking to registered retailers thank you Bang Hao

I use a Masters MC-Z310 460cc 10.5 loft, reg (mid kick) flex shaft. it never goes straight though!!!! Was part of my Masters full set till i sold the irons.

I tend to use my 3 wood, but just bought new RAM Serbera irons and been hitting the 4 iron quite well. My driver can do me justice sometimes.......

I have a Yonex Cyberstar driver.

10.5 degrees with a stiff shaft.

I must have bought the fade/slice model!!!   

Russ

Yonex nanospeed i bought it 5-6 weeks ago stiff shaft goes well after a poor start

£199 RRP they are cheaper 

i use a ben sayers m1 460cc offset driver 12 deg reg shaft

Just got my hands on a Taylor Made Burner driver (9.5 degrees regular shaft) after 2 hours hitting multiple clubs and shaft options.

Here's hoping some of the nice shots I saw in the store translate to actual shots on the course.  Fingers crossed.....

Ive just replaced this;

Nike sumo SQ5900 10.5 stiff

with this;

Taylormade TOUR Burner 10.5 stiff

Doesn't hit as far as the nike BUT it is much straighter and looks much better too.

Adams RPM 460D with Aldila NV 65-s 8.5*.

Very underrated IMO

Heres an intependant report done on  randomly selectected drivers

It backs up my own findings when i check drivers in my workshop.

Bridgestone/Tourstage 2009 X-Drive 701
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.3*
MOI L-R: 4192gcm2 Neck: 7023gcm2
Face Angle: Open 0.3*
CG Depth: 35.3mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.8mm

Bridgestone/Tourstage 2009 X-Drive GR
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.5*
MOI L-R: 4351gcm2 Neck: 7379gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.0*
CG Depth: 36.3mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.0mm

Srixon ZR-800
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.6*
MOI L-R: 4226gcm2 Neck: 6794gcm2
Face Angle: Square 0.0*
CG Depth: 34.3mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.0mm

Srixon ZR-30
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.5*
MOI L-R: 3870gcm2 Neck: 6206gcm2
Face Angle: Open 0.5*
CG Depth: 32.2mm CG from hosel/shaft: 38.4mm

Mizuno 2009 MP Craft T1
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 9.4*
MOI L-R: 4241gcm2 Neck: 6959gcm2
Face Angle: Open 0.5*
CG Depth: 34.1mm CG from hosel/shaft: 39.4mm

Mizuno 2009 MP Craft R1
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.1*
MOI L-R: 4527gcm2 Neck: 7389gcm2
Face Angle: Square 0.0*
CG Depth: 38.2mm CG from hosel/shaft: 38.9mm

Titleist 909D2
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 8.7*
MOI L-R: 4779gcm2 Neck: 8058gcm2
Face Angle: Open 1.0*
CG Depth: 39.1mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.4mm

Titleist 909D3
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 9.8*
MOI L-R: 4500gcm2 Neck: 7453gcm2
Face Angle: Open 0.5*
CG Depth: 36.3.1mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.4mm

Taylormade Japan 2009 Burner Plus
Listed Loft: 10.5* Actual Loft: 11.5*
MOI L-R: 5146gcm2 Neck: 8479gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.5*
CG Depth: 42.0mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.7mm

Taylormade Tour Burner
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 10.0*
MOI L-R: 4821gcm2 Neck: 8010gcm2
Face Angle: Open 1.0*
CG Depth: 40.0mm CG from hosel/shaft: 40.3mm

Callaway Legacy
Listed Loft: 9.5* Actual Loft: 9.2*
MOI L-R: 4204gcm2 Neck: 7157gcm2
Face Angle: Open 1.0*
CG Depth: 40.5mm CG from hosel/shaft: 36.8mm

Callaway Hyper X
Listed Loft: 10.0* Actual Loft: 11.3*
MOI L-R: 4519gcm2 Neck: 6751gcm2
Face Angle: Square 0.0*
CG Depth: 38.9mm CG from hosel/shaft: 35.5mm

Yamaha Inpres X 4.6D
Listed Loft: 10.0* Actual Loft: 12.0*
MOI L-R: 4339gcm2 Neck: 6472gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.0*
CG Depth: 34.6.5mm CG from hosel/shaft: 34.9mm

Nike Sasquatch Sumo2 5900
Listed Loft: 10.5* Actual Loft: 11.7*
MOI L-R: 5867gcm2 Neck: 9799gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.2*
CG Depth: 47.0mm CG from hosel/shaft: 42.2mm

Ping Rapture V2
Listed Loft: 10.5* Actual Loft: 12.5*
MOI L-R: 4478gcm2 Neck: 7921gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.0*
CG Depth: 38.0mm CG from hosel/shaft: 44.1mm

Cobra L5V
Listed Loft: 10.5* Actual Loft: 14.0*
MOI L-R: 4875gcm2 Neck: 7857gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 2.0*
CG Depth: 38.4mm CG from hosel/shaft: 43.2mm

Cleveland Launcher
Listed Loft: 10.5* Actual Loft: 12.3*
MOI L-R: 44670gcm2 Neck: 7968gcm2
Face Angle: Closed 1.5*
CG Depth: 37.9mm CG from hosel/shaft: 43.0mm 

Benross VeloCT 10.5 reg shaft for me , Only £100 .

Anyone else tried it ??? 

I use the Mizuno MX560 with a stiff Fujikura shaft...9.5 degrees.

After reading the recent articles about the possibility of hearing loss I may be tempted to change....

Alan,

I have the Benross Veloct 3 wood and combo irons - brill.....!!

Replaced driver with a taylormade tour burner 9.5 fitted with a mitsubishi rayon stiff shaft (fitted by our very secret six champ Dave Ley).

Now when i catch it nice i love it, but have a tendency to leave the face open at impact so i mainly see the right side of many courses although reading Dave finding above the fact that the face is 1* open doesn't help 

Paul, dave's post isn't saying that all the Tour Burners are a degree open, it's more that a lot of clubs are different from what's written on the club.

Some are open, some are closed, some are square - he's highlighting that clubs that are supposed to be the same, are often different - these differences are not from model to model - it's club to club!

So yours may not be open, or closed - it could be perfect!

:D

Jonny,

I know where your coming from cheeky b##### but I've had a few low handicappers look and play the driver and they we're all of the opinion that its slightly open and the ball flight suggests this also.

Paul Hindmarsh for one tried it at Pype Hayes as he said it looked open at address, he swung it and caught it straight out the middle but the ball flight was slight fade and Paul plays with a draw.

Yeah - Dave's probably put the grip on a degree closed

Jonny,

I know where your coming from cheeky b##### but I've had a few low handicappers look and play the driver and they we're all of the opinion that its slightly open and the ball flight suggests this also.

Hehe - didn't mean that Paul, just meant that all clubs are different and inconsistent!

Got a Titleist 907 D2 driver with a V2 shaft which i was fitted for but got an R9 on order,don't know why because i'm hitting it good but the R9 looks just fantastic.

Taylor Made Superquad TP 9.5 Stiff But Have An R9 TP 9.5 Stiff On The Way!!!!!

Always free for golf Dave - you can have a bash with it.

what's wrong with your one Chris????????

This week I will mostly be using my Bridgestone J33r Aldila Tour DVS stiff.

How you liking the Geek Mark?

As my friend say "Wilson Staff Spine"

Thanks for sharing dude,

Was gonna get the Big Bertha Diablo, but had a last minute change of heart and went with the R9.

Was out with it yesterday, very impressed. Ball flight was excellent and gained about 20/30 yards (compared to my MD Superstrong). Just ashamed I only had 9 holes with it, could have carried on for hours!!!

Amazing golf club.

Cleveland Hibore XL Super Loft with fit on gold shaft. I was never able to hit a driver till I picked up this club. For me its amazing- straight high and pretty long. I usually hit around 220 with it, but last round I hit two shots over 265 right down the middle. Only missed 2 fairways the whole day. I know, I know, guys will post about how they all can hit 300 plus, but I don't care. I will take 230 right down the middle all day long.

Looking to get the same club with a lower loft (10.5-11.5) now that I have confidence with it. Can't say enough good things about it.

Can't say I've ever been one for lessons, David. Had one and I have never seen someone look so disinterested in what they are doing than the pro, and everything he told me to do was total rubbish anyway.

Im at a point now where I know what I've done wrong, its just stopping doing it that is the problem! And thats where i think the R9 was the best club for me. I can set it for a slight draw, then place the heavier weight in the heel, and the result has been great. When i start hitting the ball differently i can re-adjust it. Am out with it again tomorrow so will have a clearer idea of what it doing for me.

i use a r7 draw i im hiting  fade or hyper x if i not. thinkng of geting a tourburner

If I carried for 280 yards once my back would snap...

Nike sq 5900 8.5deg  with UST proforce V2 stiff shaft

Never finds the fairway unless on a hole to the left or right :-)

SHAFT USED:  Always a UST V2 LD-2 (X / Low flex) not tipped

SHAFT SETTING: Dominant neutral facing target - 9 o'clock position

HEADS USED:  

Persimmon 230 cc,

ERC Fusion 360cc 8d,

Adams Speedline 9032LD 460cc 7.5d (Sellinger's Power Golf only source) 

Cobra Pro D (not S9-1) 8.5d & 9.5d,

and occasionally the SMT DB Plus 7d. 

(7.5d Geek Fail Safe 3 on order for testing)

GRIPS USED: Always Iomic - three types used. Always built to 7/64ths"

DRIVER LENGTH: 48" - 48.50" USGA

SWING WEIGHT:  Unadjusted

GLOVE:  Bionic, but just bought in Cutters for testing so may switch later this year

BEST GOLF SHAFTS TESTED:

Low bend - UST V2 LD

Eliptical bend - Mitsubishi Fubuki (Best non-specialist shaft)

High bend - House of Forged (whiteshaft.com)

But, there are not great drivers which suit everyone, only great custom builds.

Patrick,

Love your post and up to a point I totally agree. I well recall a Longdrive competition sponsored by Ping (I think) and in the qualifying rounds we all had to use 45" stock Ping drivers and the young guys were flying their drives well through 300 yards of carry into a strong headwind and they were holding back so as to not overpower the shafts.

I have also met several golfers who boast that they can hit their drives further with their child's short driver with (for them) a very whippy shaft.    

So yes, a little money can go a long way in golf.

At the end of the day it depends what "trick" one is attempting. A £10. driver may be capable of getting a golfer within 25 yards of their full potential, and so such may be argued as being quite acceptable as both cost and result are important factors.

But for other golfers a 25 yards loss of distance would be unbearable. It's horses for courses. And, just like buying a motor car a Lada will do the trick. But is it a good enough trick?

If our paths cross later this year then how about us swopping drivers on the range for fun? I don't think that I've ever seen a £10. driver, let alone swung one and I'm a sponge for new golfing experiences! If it's better than what I use I may make you an offer.

i use a cleveland hibore xl tour spec

galforey pro custom shaft

When I first bought my nike sumo for £140 I thought it was the dogs doodahs, then a mate of mine let me have a go with a slazenger driver he bought new for £15, it went just as far and straight as mine, so I could have saved £125 if I had tried a cheepie first. I still love my nike as I hit it consistantly well. but next time I'm in the market for a new driver I'll certainly look at the cheaper end first.

P.s Pat, you hit your 1 iron so well I thought you were going to leave your driver in the garage..!!??

Patrick,

I much preferred the 1960s when par fives played like par 5s: Driver, spoon, plus 9 iron. Three good shots to get at the pin, not a driver and a 6 iron.   In those days when either Arnold or Jack shot 18 under for four rounds (which they often did) it required SERIOUS talent, not ridiculously powerful equipment.

Whilst I love both golf and longdrive I personally believe that the two should not be mixed. Anyone driving more than 280 yards on the golf course should be made to kick his ball back to a chalk 280 yards line from where his second shot should be played.

I have taken to building persimmon drivers for fun but the problem is that with modern shafts they still hit a bally mile! But I WILL find a way to re-create the golfing fun of the old days. I don't care about effect on scores.