2024 Driver Reviews: Can You Still Trust Them?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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The sumo sq was loud, straight, but not long. I still game it on short, private courses to annoy members😂
That is legit savage... but funny as hell! 😅
LMAOI thought I was the only one😂 I still game my sumo 2 a couple times a year just for the looks and gasps on the course. Oh and on the driving range it’s even more obnoxious.
It is a fun and forgiving club to play with. I’m glad it exists
@rickhunter6513 yo Rick!!! How's the SDF3 these days? Give my best to Lisa! Lol!
@@yongminkim6544 ah, the SDF-3, it’s a fine ship but obviously we never made it to Reflex Point because of it. Still, my heart will always be with the SDF-1🍻
Best deal in golf for 90% of us is 4-5 year old equipment.
You said it bro
Found a minty Cobra F9 driver last year for $105.00 last year. I thought it might be a scam. It wasn’t. Awesome club for an awesome price
The best and the latest won't help you shave 5 strokes. Putting chipping 30 minutes daily will
@@tonythaiger93 💯
Got the sldr. It's fun to hit but it's not the best. I game the Cobra F9. Play it at 10.5* and fly it 240-250.
OK, REAL EXPERIENCE...Gabe from "Let's Play Thru" did a random simulator test at the PGA store of a set of Head by Powerbilt Irons VS the Callaway Paradigms and the Heads won. Yes the same Head that makes Tennis racquets (designed in Austria). They were released during Covid and never got much traction but I bought them on clearance and they are amazing. Next I picked up the Driver with a Tensei White shaft on clearance for 100 bucks just for shits and giggles. I took it out today and it BLOWS my 2017 Taylormade M1 out of the water! ...I'm shocked. It made the Taylormade feel like a tomato can. I'll never believe the hype again.
I have Yonex (a tennis company) N1-CBs that are amazing.
I remember a certain youtuber who declared a driver the winner for 2020. Then put a different driver in the bag as he was paid to do so. Reviews are so much crap. A driver that works at 115mph may not work for that guy with 90mph. He can't get it up, no backspin and no carry.
The bad drivers of this era are the low spin ones. Hardly anybody can hit them properly. No back spin means the side spin takes over. I have seen so many people struggle with the low spin driver I could write a book.
Neighbor guy was a golfer but quit. Gave me a set 3-GW of Bridgestone HT-301 irons he played with on the Japan Tour. They are from 1991 blades. OMG get some
Have the NIKE sumo play it just to piss off gym bro I play with. So annoying just like him
Hi Simon, thanks to one or your previous bits of advice, i "side-graded" my irons from clubs that were too good for my level, into some used JPX921 hot metals from your friends at Replay Golf (what a store btw, golf heaven!) with regular shafts and I've never hit it better
That’s a great to hear mate and the place is awesome isn’t it! Thanks for letting me now pal!
Nike SUMO SQ. I don't leave home without it!
I played a Nike sumo square driver for several years. It really wasn’t bad at all, but it was the loudest driver I have ever owned. ⛳️
I’m not a big hitter and the higher spin probably helped me.
I'm still gaming an Adams 9064LS. It just works.
If I send my friends this video they might have a stroke
SAS......please get on the course for some videos!!!!
The Sumo is the first driver I ever learned to hit, love it for that, but I just hit a demo Paradym and damn that puppy was an upgrade, but not worth the money.
Last year bought a rogue sub zero 3+ that I hit amazing so I thought I'd buy a regular Rogue driver(not subzero) since i have issues with the driver.
The day I got it my son took it to the range. Now I have an M6 driver in my bag. 😆
I tried to tell him the M6 was newer tech, but he's not having it. :)
I seriously left half a bucket of balls on the range because I was next to a person with a square SUMO driver. Something about that day and sound that grated me.
I had the Nike Sumo Square and at the time I swapped out the shaft to a GD YS6s+ and man thing was insane distance but the noise was fun to watch others. I mean I was clearing the driving range over 300 yards at the time. Older and wiser, better tech still around 300 carry ish but at least I don’t get headaches after the rounds 🤣
I bought a Nike Sumo driver for a laugh last year, it's actually decent but the sound is horrible.
I loved that sumo driver back in day and K.J. Choi captured a PGA tour event on October 2006.
Still love and game mine a couple times a year just for the spectacle it creates. It’s not a bad driver at all.
@@rickhunter6513 you inspired me to pull mine out. I’ll bring it my next outing…to the driving range. I’m a bit older and playing with a 12.5 loft now. But it promises to be LOUD. 😂🤣🤫
@@injuredtabletennisplayer1474 💯! Hit’em, straight, far and LOUD!
Bought a 2008 Bridgestone head $20
Bought a new Graftec 75 shaft cut to 44" Stiff $20
Bought a grip and ferrule $5
Just a rocket launcher!!!
Its amazing howm any players buy low spin heads as they think thats the answer ITS NOT ITS YOU 😂😂😂 OTT swing steep angles thats your spin not the driver ...the rogue i gamed for 3 years AMAZING driver👌👌
I keep the 2017 m1 driver in the bag.Keeps me on the fairway cuz I got it dialed in good.Picked up a f9 driver head for $40 and building a shaft for it for around $50.Should be a solid club for my swing speed
Biggest regret is selling my Nike sumo square driver with a blue grafalloy shaft. Very easy to draw and was as long as anything else I’ve tried. What would be the best callaway driver you would recommend mate? I’ve been finding them easier to hit consistently from the older models. Handicap is 12.
Golfers: I slice the ball off the planet, and need something to fix it instead of working on swing path.
Same Golfers: that club looks and sounds terrible. I won't play it even if it fixes my swing faults that I won't work on.
I don't know Sas the Alpha DBD 816 was a Goated driver and the fairway woods were money too. And 8 years later they are still pretty pricey and hard to find in reasonable condition outside of the Japanese market. It may not be the G400 Max level of forgiveness but from the sheer ability to move the CG on this series allowed golfers to get optimal distance based off of where they struck the ball. As many people do I traded in this club for something new and shiny and have regretted it.
I have a Taylormade M2 and a Cleveland Launcher highbore. Sadly I hit the cleveland better. Not as far, but more consistent. It sounds horrible too.
They were horrors weren't they? I did try the Callaway briefly...and forgot about the HP site, the owner is a total spanner, pretty much just grifts for gear and can't handle any criticism. His reviews are so funny as a result.
I have to say I liked the Calloway square driver, but I gave it to my dad. And it was a match made in heaven, he is 77yo and crushes it 250yards on average, it is a extremely forgiving driver , I never got all the hate on it, those who cry about the sound are just petty.
I still have Nike sq 3 and 5 woods in my bag. 5 wood is probably my most trustworthy club.
Great review and so true, the hype and marketing cons us into thinking we are buying the best and greatest ever, and over the years I have fallen for it myself. Not anymore, we luckily have you and many other honest reviewers out there who tell us the truth, but sadly not everybody listens. Golf eh?!
Ha! I saw one of these yellow Nike ashtrays at Play It Again Sports a couple of days ago. It was hideous!! My ears hurt just looking at it
In defense of golfwrx and the like, the people on those forums are generally going to be the better golfers who have figured out their path and launch and such. They'll have enough speed to justify getting the lst version.
For a long time I've said that the biggest problem with golf is that it's run by very good golfers. Few of them understand the the needs of the majority of golfers.
I recently got the proper M2 and it is never leaving my bag. I hit a drive, out of the toe, it went the same distance as my previous drivers good hit. The forgiveness is ridiculous.
People are so caught up with club speed when they should be chasing smash factor + ball speed.
I gave up on Golfwrx a long time ago. Full of tour wannabes who think they hit their shots too high with too much spin.
How would you rate the Titleist drivers through the years? I still rock the 913 my dad bought me for my birthday when it first came out. I'd love to get a better driver, but I'm not shelling out $500 for something new.
Your current Titleist is dope.
I just grabbed a 910 I’m not scratch so why spend $$$ on a new driver
@weetbix1000 absolutely. Work on the swing and enjoy life.
Great video as always Simon. Many thanks
Great vid Simon, how about a vid of the all time best drivers?
My son has a square driver and likes it over a Ping G driver.
That NIKE did bomb
First TM Stealth is a contender on this list
I still use my sumo square. It goes straight. 😂
Fascinating video and a real eye-opener! It's intriguing to see how the perception of golf drivers changes over time, from being highly praised to sometimes laughably outdated. Your emphasis on the subjectivity of equipment reviews and the importance of personal testing really resonates. It's a valuable reminder that what works for one golfer might not work for another, and there's no substitute for testing clubs out ourselves. This approach not only helps in finding equipment that suits our game but also saves us from falling for the hype. Thanks for shedding light on this topic and encouraging a more individualized approach to selecting golf gear!
FT-iQ was no joke.. 💣💣
I had a Callaway BB 815 dbl black diamond (longest name ever) n the bag for years. Still use it sometimes. Nobody I handed it to could hit it, but it sure worked 4 me...
Completely agree with Simon's rating of the Callaway Rogue & Ping G400 . The Rogue face finally broke up the range and replaced with the Rogue St max LS..just not the same .
Thought I would add the Wilson Cortex Driver to your list. Fully adjustable with two weights and slide bar weight (like the T'Made M1), carbon fiber crown, adjustable hosel/loft, adequately forgiving (with the right shaft) and the ball flies off the face just great. I wish Wilson got more love.....
Still playing my ping G10. Tried others but just keep going back to it because it works for me.
Good afternoon SAS
Played my Titleist 975D (same set up tiger used in 1999-2001)
💣 away
Why do I hit 25 year old drivers better than the new shittie?
🙏🏻😎🙏🏻
I had the Cobra F6+ driver for a few years, I really like the performance, but I couldn't stand the sound.
Had a Callaway Rogue Subzero , I thought it was kinda crappy and swapped it pretty fast after I got it.
They all work. Its marketing. I went back to a steel shafted Titleist 975J. Work. My SIM 2 is going to be for sale.
Dey weren't dat bad, just funky shaped, cool colors..
I liked it at da time!
That's what I did with the eleven hybrid irons, they are the dogs boll*+ks, most clubs are ok it depends on who is hitting them, and how they feel, who cares what others think, most average golf's are more about what's in their bag rather than what it can do in their hands.
Golf snobbery
I remember hitting that callaway fti or whatever square driver. The sound was actually painful to my ear. Couldnt hit it more than once
Og M2 was the best driver for me at the time took a few years to get it out of my bag. After that I couldn’t get on with TM drivers until the qi10.
Mate love these. Just picked up a 910 d2 based off one of your old videos!! 👍
Great video 😃 I did own a SQ at some point but I’ve had my G400 Max since it was released 😊
I LOVED the Cleveland Hibore XL! I used it for 12 years. Yes it was loud af but it gave me so much confidence and I actually really liked the look of it.
I just bought a Callaway Big Bertha Alpha 816 DBD 9*.
I have a Ping 425 LST and I think it's plenty forgiving and I really like it in the wind.
I loved the HiBore too! So loud, it went miles because I needed that spin!
He gets it always right
I still have an original rogue and love it …. Prefer to my epic speed
I’d also say that the golfwrx audience is not representative of the average golfer, their forums are full of low handicap gear heads…. Not surprised low spin wins
Great insight.
I know someone who bought the Nike sq 2 months ago ( 30 handicap) and he is nailing it , down the middle 40 yards further than old
It just suits him 😂
Is it as loud as some say it is?
@@nilocdraw3560 yup
Good info Simon, keep up the good work 👍 I'm a fan from the U.S.
For me the best driver is the Big Bertha B21, mine is 12.5 turned down to 11.5 with a project X LZ Reg flex shaft. Purchased as an ex demo driver for a fraction of the cost when new and was allowed to go through a range of ex demo shafts to find one that suited