Carles 1 year ago. Glynn 1 year ago. Miguel Torres 1 year ago. Michael Edwards 1 year ago. Zach Hayes 1 year ago. Michael W 1 year ago. Rob Collier 1 year ago. Barry R 1 year ago. What a fun game! My guess: 1. Frank Wiater 1 year ago.
Steve Smith 1 year ago. Evans 1 year ago. Mike Mauldin 1 year ago. Charles-Hubert Marzec 1 year ago. MicGuire Monson 1 year ago. Don Silinski 1 year ago. Todd 1 year ago. Aldrich 1 year ago. Brent Baker 1 year ago. David R 1 year ago. Charles 1 year ago. Patrick S 1 year ago. Shawn Semeran 1 year ago. Mike Olsen 1 year ago.
Patrick Smith 1 year ago. Brad Duncan 1 year ago. Fred 1 year ago. Heath Steele 1 year ago. Callaway G Taylor made G Srixon. Zach milos 1 year ago. Larry Shulman 1 year ago. Stephen Elledge 1 year ago. Ryan Truczinskas 1 year ago. Jacob 1 year ago. Ping g Ping g Taylor made m1 Callaway Srixon. Jack Carlisle 1 year ago. Barry Schwartz 1 year ago.
DawgDaddy 1 year ago. Gerald 1 year ago. JR2 1 year ago. Hope that helps! Jeff 1 year ago. RM 1 year ago. Jerram 1 year ago. Mike Smith 1 year ago. Brian 1 year ago. David Kiang 1 year ago. Luc Rentmeesters 1 year ago. Garry Nolan 1 year ago. Walt Valora 1 year ago. Wess 1 year ago. Braylon Gurtner 1 year ago. Willilam Thompson 1 year ago.
Tsax3 1 year ago. Ping lst Taylormade m1 Srixon Callaway Ping lst. Rod 1 year ago. Max 1 year ago. Flash Sub Zero 3. DON 1 year ago. Mark B 1 year ago. Nihat 1 year ago. Scott Henderson 1 year ago. Epic 2. Dave L. Peter Toland 1 year ago. Ping lst Srixon Taylor made Epic flash Ping Chris Booher 1 year ago. Evan 1 year ago. Daniel Haga 1 year ago. Scott White 1 year ago.
Jeremy Ireland 1 year ago. Rick Gallard 1 year ago. Mackie 1 year ago. Steve Uhlenbrock 1 year ago. Steve Jozwick 1 year ago. Larry Marak 1 year ago. Rob Miller 1 year ago.
Abel C 1 year ago. Gary Hoskins 1 year ago. Jesse Kline 1 year ago. Harry Elias 1 year ago. Rick Caron 1 year ago. Shane Bascom 1 year ago. Cliff Ashpaugh II 1 year ago. Dave C 1 year ago. JL 1 year ago. Jeremy Booth 1 year ago. Arthur Biladeau 1 year ago. Rob Ricciardi 1 year ago. Todd Johnson 1 year ago. Rick Borgman 1 year ago. Simon Gill 1 year ago. Nathan Hung 1 year ago. Keith Brown 1 year ago. Josh Gervais 1 year ago. Bruce Bevins 1 year ago. Gannon Boyd 1 year ago.
Taylor Made. Michael Lannon 1 year ago. Josh Vorrasi 1 year ago. Paul Cronk 1 year ago. Corbin J 1 year ago. Emery 1 year ago. Epic Flash sub 0 3. Jeff G 1 year ago. Matthew Mucha 1 year ago. Brad Y 1 year ago. Ping 2 Callaway epic 3. Taylormade 4. Callaway 5.
Thomas Brokl 1 year ago. BurkeLakePro 1 year ago. Remi 1 year ago. Bob Gerlach 1 year ago. Nick Scourey 1 year ago. Wayne Trinier 1 year ago. Steve Wood 1 year ago. Monty 1 year ago. James Warren 1 year ago. William Rust 1 year ago. Ben Dreiling 1 year ago. Brian Pond 1 year ago. Kris Barrie 1 year ago. John Marsh 1 year ago.
David Betti 1 year ago. Dean 1 year ago. Devin 1 year ago. Mitch 1 year ago. Justin Story 1 year ago. Michael Beyerstedt 1 year ago. Les 1 year ago. Allen Schepens 1 year ago. Todd Ritchie 1 year ago. Todd Ritchie 1. Bryson Stack 1 year ago. Simon Cresswell 1 year ago. Colbyholladay 1 year ago. Brian Thomas 1 year ago. Joseph Brewer 1 year ago. John Tokarsky 1 year ago. Richard Todd 1 year ago. Tyler Brown 1 year ago.
Ping g Epic flash Ping g Srixon M1. Rob 1 year ago. Josiah Tindor 1 year ago. Victor M 1 year ago. Landon McPeeks 1 year ago. Scott Flynn 1 year ago. NJ2STL 1 year ago. Francisco Valdez 1 year ago. Ping g 5. Travis D 1 year ago. Nathan Reynolds 1 year ago. James Dominguez 1 year ago. John Mullett 1 year ago. TBH, I have no idea — watch it be the inverse of my list.
Patrick Chase 1 year ago. Charlotte 1 year ago. Will Hawkes 1 year ago. Greg 1 year ago. Joann Campbell 1 year ago. Paul Chodkowski 1 year ago. MATT C 1 year ago. Sebastian 1 year ago. Ping 2 Ping 3. Callaway epic 4. Lyle 1 year ago. Judah Aderhold 1 year ago. MicOnti 1 year ago. Tony Schembre 1 year ago. Joey Cooper 1 year ago. Darren Nakagawa 1 year ago.
Ben Davis 1 year ago. Lee 1 year ago. Bill House 1 year ago. Ryan Johnson 1 year ago. Ryan F 1 year ago. Neil Rombardo 1 year ago. Jim O'Neill 1 year ago. Brian Miller 1 year ago.
Duncan 1 year ago. Mike Haley 1 year ago. David Miller 1 year ago. Jon Silverberg 1 year ago. PING 3. PING 4. Greg Gass 1 year ago. Frank Mandato 1 year ago.
G 5. Dustin 1 year ago. John N 1 year ago. Eric Berquist 1 year ago. Ed Hubly 1 year ago. Vlad M 1 year ago. Don L 1 year ago. Evan DeVoe 1 year ago. David Rynerson 1 year ago. Sean Gallagher 1 year ago. DaveA 1 year ago. Robert E Brown 1 year ago. Charles Parrott 1 year ago.
Calvin 1 year ago. Nick R 1 year ago. Michael M. Eric Hutchens 1 year ago. Aiden Kleer 1 year ago. Adam Brewers 1 year ago. Craig Peluso 1 year ago. Robby 1 year ago. Lou Incardona 1 year ago. Morgan 1 year ago. Ping Ping Callaway Tm Srixon. Daniel Salinas 1 year ago. Tyler 1 year ago. Nick Brissenden 1 year ago. Michael M 1 year ago. Mike p 1 year ago. Shannon Wadas 1 year ago. Perry Tusler 1 year ago. Ping Lst 2. Epic flash 3.
Sirxon 4. Leethl 1 year ago. NICK B 1 year ago. Ping g Calaway epic flash Ping g Srixon M1. Bob 1 year ago. Mike M. Jamie Hilton 1 year ago. David Delgado 1 year ago. Rob Hart 1 year ago. Scott Tsugita 1 year ago. Matt Fontana 1 year ago. Brett Neumann 1 year ago. Marcel 1 year ago. Michael 1 year ago. John Mickley 1 year ago. JJ 1 year ago. Mike Bixby 1 year ago.
GLST 2. GLST 3. Theo Gould 1 year ago. Shannon 1 year ago. Maxx Rodriguez 1 year ago. Adam Burton 1 year ago. John L 1 year ago. Cory 1 year ago. Bill Connors 1 year ago. Rob L 1 year ago. Stan Johnson 1 year ago. Guess I will just have to go and do some overspeed training, thanks for the great test guys you really delve deep into the data. Would love to find a driver that helps me with distance… currently hitting taylormade M6 First, as always, thank you for everything you guys do.
I have been panting to see what your tests proved to be the best driver lineup for Do you actually go through a fitting process for each tester with the best shaft for each club head they are testing? Or are they stock shafts and everyone is testing from the same head-shaft combination? Or something else? During one of their podcasts I thought I heard Harry that each tester was fit for each driver.
Makes sense though to it that way. Now if they could break down all of that and show what shafts were used in what heads with what swing speeds etc etc. Lots of info there. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Sign me up for the newsletter.
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Strokes Gained 1st. Total Distance 3rd. Forgiveness 13th. Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero. Cons Shot Area not among the best Not much forgiveness. Strokes Gained 23rd. Total Distance 1st. Forgiveness 28th. Cobra King Speedzone Xtreme. Cons Testers say it looks open at address Not ideal for slice correction.
Strokes Gained 27th. Total Distance 17th. Forgiveness 1st. Pros Best Value Driver Among leaders for several metrics Value-priced solid all-around performer. Strokes Gained 6th. Total Distance 8th. Forgiveness 5th. True Golf Fit. Your Results. Strokes Gained Best. Total Distance Best. Forgiveness Best.
Expert Consultant - Lou Stagner Lou serves as the Director, Analytics at a multi-billion dollar privately held company. Enhanced Strokes Gained Model — We extrapolate Strokes Gained values for holes of varying lengths, allowing us to consider a broader range of on-course results.
Graduated Rough Penalty — Strokes Gained values are adjusted such that shots traveling significantly offline are penalized more than those that fly just a few feet into the rough. GLUED Fitters and knowledgeable golfers can often turn a reasonably good performing driver into a great one with adjustability. Upright and Flat Settings As it does with irons, the lie angle of your driver matters.
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Your Name. Email Address. Scott 1 year ago. Mike Cahn 1 year ago. Great research and comprehensive info. Will use as a reference when prepared to purchase. Dave 1 year ago. Dave Richards 2 years ago. MajDuffer 2 years ago. Mhb 2 years ago. Grateful to know if you still intend to issue a report for the slower swing speed golfers.
TonyG 2 years ago. Chuck Austin 2 years ago. Steve S 2 years ago. The best deal may be the Tommy Armour Vspin1 2 years ago.
Shannon 2 years ago. Krishna Prasad 2 years ago. Mike R. James Shepard 2 years ago. James Shepard 1 year ago. Smogmonster 2 years ago. MyGolfSpy 2 years ago. Michael H 2 years ago.
Bryan H 2 years ago. Love the Pings as I play the G plus but that was not Robert 2 years ago. DawgDaddy 2 years ago. Dave T 2 years ago. Casey 2 years ago. Travis Sayer 2 years ago. Enriels 2 years ago.
Nick Palazzetti 2 years ago. Japans 2 years ago. It was helpful. Thank you. NH Golfer 2 years ago. Jeez I wonder why the Tommy Armour driver did so poorly. Gary McCandless 2 years ago. Chris Nickel 2 years ago. Mike 2 years ago. Michael 2 years ago.
Chris 2 years ago. No reviews on the sub70 D driver? Has anyone hit this driver and what do you think about it? You must have just missed it, it was included in the test.
Steve 2 years ago. Steve C 2 years ago. Timmy 2 years ago. Shawn 2 years ago. Dan 2 years ago. Micah 2 years ago. When might we see the CG information? Great job as always MGS team! Lou 2 years ago. Dakota 2 years ago. Jamie Katz 2 years ago. Roger 2 years ago. Matt 2 years ago. Bryce 2 years ago. David 2 years ago. Pete 2 years ago.
I need to see actual data! Curt 2 years ago. Don 2 years ago. Andrew Han 2 years ago. Also, how many of the testers did you retain from last year? JasonA 2 years ago. Yes, I get that. Jamie L 2 years ago. How does a long and wild driver become comparitively short and straight and vice versa? Jimmy O 2 years ago. Rob 2 years ago. Walter 2 years ago. Spitfisher 2 years ago. I can assure you this happens more than you think…. Boston 2 years ago. At least that is how I understand it.
Christopher 2 years ago. Sam 2 years ago. Dugan 2 years ago. Why does my screen show all the ball and club dates in percentages? Darren 2 years ago. Tony Covey 2 years ago. Okay, thanks Tony, will we see the raw data on this at some point? Baron58TB 2 years ago. Alex 2 years ago. Great work. When do you anticipate doing breakouts by low, middle, high swing speed?
Dan F 2 years ago. Guido 2 years ago. Carolyn 2 years ago. Any advice? Out of all the other Titleist drivers of both gens, the TSI 1 always excelled in all respects.
This was for my driver swing speed of 85mph. Hey, thanks, I clicked on the Data section to get the data spreadsheet or is it a dbase. You might remind readers or point to it to make sure everyone knows that the data are there if you click and you can sort on any of the columns.
You probably need to point this out every time, for new readers or less-than-savvy tech wise readers. And it looks like the spread among the top 10 or 15 in either carry or total distance is only 5 yards or less.. Good to know. I am using a Callaway original Epic, not the newer different versions. But the dispersion measured as fairways, does seem to spread out more after the top 5 or 6 clubs. In a round of 14 times hitting driver, the number of fairways hit might change by 1, might not, among the top 5 or 6 best.
I look at the prices for PXG drivers and was surprised to see that the PXG gen4 was twice the price of the PXG with worse numbers across the board; if datas are wright shows that price is not everything. Late last year I attended a Titleist fitting at a local course because I was in need of a new driver after having my old Cobra for over 10 years.
I had tried out a demo Titleist TS3 from my clubs pro shop and was intrigued with what I experienced even though the shaft was not for me. My dispersion was much tighter and I have gained almost 20 yards in carry. This has been proven not on a launch monitor but on my course. My swing speed is just under If I really try, I have gotten it to 93 according to my clubs Trackman. At 56 I can live with that! It would be nice to see the actual yardages and dispersion numbers for each club as opposed to the summary.
I am surprised by the poor showing for Ping. Given that the and were so strong. With the actual numbers for each year, we could compare the prior products to new products. Helpful for deciding if i need to jump in this year. I have tested many of the drivers on your list and am baffled how you could possibly put Callaway Epic Speed at the top, no matter what shaft was used.
It was also the least expensive. I guess you could skew the results however you wanted by giving testers the wrong shaft. You need to read the section on how testing was done. Testers were fitted to the best stock option offered by each manufacturer for each driver. No aftermarket upgrades. I did read the section on how testing was done. We just want to know which shafts were used. Both of the shafts I mentioned are the club makers no-upcharge stock options best suited for slower swing speeds.
You gave us a lot of great data but it is missing this huge piece of information which you said was important. Especially since no one seems to have had the same results with the club you awarded the winner. As a 71 year old high handicapper I loved this review.. A driver fitting would be with my current driver would be revealing.
I would love to see the results for slow swing speed with more loft. Your earlier articles clearly show more loft has advantages for slow swing speeds. I understand the difficulties in doing that in this mass test but it would be fantastic to see which drivers actually perform best for slow swing speeds at optimal conditions since higher lofts are available in stock. After all the slower you swing the more often you hit a driver and the more important distance becomes.
Agree, swing speeds Perhaps results and rankings may have been different. Fully agree about higher launch angle for sss. Important to have minimum When was the last time 5 feet of distance on a drive changed your score? It would be interesting to repeat the test with a new set of golfers and a new set of testers.
If the results are different, not sure you can make much of a conclusion. Your response is typical with this particular test. The conclusion was based on a series of metrics, most notably strokes gained. Even though the winning driver was the longest, what is most important is dispersion.
The data compiled in this study is exhaustive to say the least. Drivers changed a lot the past 3 seasons. The big change is forgiveness. I agree it is an exhaustive study. However, that does not equate to accuracy or precision in a test. The scientific method was not utilized to full extent. Therefore, the null hypothesis cannot be excluded i. MyGolfSpy, You mentioned in this article that you removed all variables possible.
From that, I can only assume you used the same shaft with all of the different driver heads. My question is: what shaft did you use? You also mentioned the importance of the shaft in regards to the performance of the driver….
It always has better numbers on TrackMan than other drivers in slow swing speed categories. I agree. Using a GC Quad, for the testing, the stock I consistently was getting about 2mph higher swing speed and ball speed with the XXIO. Thanks for the data. Just a minor nit pick but I think total distance on a simulator should be discounted. Carry is what really matters. I understand the arguments about trajectory, etc. I just bought a Radspeed and play with the heavier weight in the front.
In theory, less forgiving and even slightly more reduced spin. Then you should discount them, meanwhile those who play in areas with a lot of roll will give it a premium. Before you can collect data you need golfers. For we recruited 20 golfers across a wide-range of ages and abilities. Our group of testers includes collegiate golfers, retirees, and average golfers just like you.
Here are a few more details about our participants. In total, the 20 golfers who participated in our tests spent more than hours hitting over 7, total shots. In order to collect a valid sample size across all testers and all clubs, each tester participated in 6 sessions.
To minimize the impact that day to day swing variances may have on the final results, club group order was randomized, as was the order in which clubs within each group were hit. Testers were asked to take swings with each club before moving to the next club in the rotation. The process was repeated until we achieved a sample size of 'good' shots for each tester with each club.
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