Post by sandblazer on Apr 21, 2012 16:12:46 GMT -5
I have been having some trouble off the tee for about 6 months now, so I went in on the launch monitor to get some numbers and figure some things out. I am currently gaming the Taylor Made R9 460 with Aldila DVS60 Stiff flex and have lost all confidence in it when it's in my hands. It just felt dead to me lately, like nothing was going anywhere anymore except high, short and right.
So while I'm there hitting, I notice that my launch angle is extremely high (18 degrees) and spin was huge. So I grabbed a few other drivers they had laying around to compare to my current R9. I hit a few of them (G15, G20, I20, R11S, Rockeballz, and the new Adams) and finally picked up the Callaway 10.5° RAZR X with a Motore F8 Regular flex and gave it a swing. My first drive was straight down the middle, 246 yards with an 11° launch angle. This driver is a bit longer than my R9, so I made a little change, moving the ball a bit further up in my stance and the launch angle went to 13° and 254 yards. The spin was 2000rpm's lower than my R9 as well. I kept hitting it and every shot was straight down the middle. I did try to put a big cut on one, and even it only drifted to the right side of the fairway on the launch monitor. No matter what I did, that thing went straight and the dispersion was pretty tight for a hacker like me.
So $249 later, I walked out with it. My first trip to the course with it is tomorrow so I'll report back after that. The only thing I really don't like about it are the graphics on the top. I've always been a plain black type of guy with one small alignment mark, but the way I hit this thing compared to my R9, I can put up with the graphics on the top.
So while I'm there hitting, I notice that my launch angle is extremely high (18 degrees) and spin was huge. So I grabbed a few other drivers they had laying around to compare to my current R9. I hit a few of them (G15, G20, I20, R11S, Rockeballz, and the new Adams) and finally picked up the Callaway 10.5° RAZR X with a Motore F8 Regular flex and gave it a swing. My first drive was straight down the middle, 246 yards with an 11° launch angle. This driver is a bit longer than my R9, so I made a little change, moving the ball a bit further up in my stance and the launch angle went to 13° and 254 yards. The spin was 2000rpm's lower than my R9 as well. I kept hitting it and every shot was straight down the middle. I did try to put a big cut on one, and even it only drifted to the right side of the fairway on the launch monitor. No matter what I did, that thing went straight and the dispersion was pretty tight for a hacker like me.
So $249 later, I walked out with it. My first trip to the course with it is tomorrow so I'll report back after that. The only thing I really don't like about it are the graphics on the top. I've always been a plain black type of guy with one small alignment mark, but the way I hit this thing compared to my R9, I can put up with the graphics on the top.
