New Toy Demo
by courtgolf on Dec 10, 2011 11:15 PM EST
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PrintSpent a couple of hours at the local PGA Tour Superstore and it turned out to be my lucky day. The Wilson and Exotics reps were there with their new lines.
The new Wilson Ci-11 irons are sweet ! Black finish with a high tech looking cavity. Looks like it's between a traditional sized head and a midsize, very nice top line. The ball really took off in the simulator. If you've hit the Taylormade 2.0 irons, they felt similar. Didn't get to hit the new superlight driver. Someone else had been in earlier, demo'd it, and talked the rep into selling it to him at full retail on the spot. A demo. They won't be out in most markets until March or April, but it looks like a strong seller.
The Exotics rep had the new XCG5 line. Like their earlier lines, the woods and hybrids are cannons. The new driver has a 40 gram shaft, and it seems easier to get up in the air than earlier models. For you fans of strong 3-woods - how about a 10.5* 3-wood ? The new hybrids are defiinitely players clubs. They flattened the face, so you really have to work hard to hook the ball. For low ball flight guys like me, it's not an ideal club, but if you're a high ball hitter wanting to bring it down a bit, or don't want anything on the left side of the fairway, this could be for you.
If you're in the loop for new clubs, you might want to hold off a few months so you can try these...maybe ask for a gift certificate in the stocking instead of a box of clubs under the tree.
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You have to love the way
the manufacturers manage to reinvent the wheel every twelve months or so. A 10.5 degree 3 wood?
It’s a driver cut down a couple of inches with a low profile face.
Think 20-30 years ago and that’s what all drivers were. A full circle?
It’s also about 300cc’s smaller than most modern drivers – but even at 160cc’s, it’s still bigger in volume than drivers were when Tiger Woods turned pro. The face is shallower than the drivers back then. Pretty amazing.
It won’t be as long as a modern driver (being shorter and smaller), but it is a lot easier to hit off the deck . It’s still pretty much a players club. If you don’t hit a pretty high ball, this won’t be much of a club for you.
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Tiger turned pro in '96
Callaway , the year before, had the first titanium Driver, the Big Bertha (195 cc )..in ’97, the year Tiger won his first Masters, it was 290 cc.
Tiger doesn’t and never has played Callaway. He was playing a VERY small headed Titleist driver. It was ’98 or ’99 before he switched heads and later than that that he started using a graphite shaft.
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Didn't say he did
Just said they existed when he turned pro…you said they were smaller that 160 cc when he turned pro…you never referred to what he was playing with.
He played Titleist driver through wedges with the Ping putter – then picked up the Cameron putter and the Nike irons (made by the same guy who hand ground his Titleist clubs, but with a Swoosh) with Titleist woods until Nike caught up.
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What Woods played with when he turned pro
was not the issue you brought up…just the sizes of drivers around when he did turn pro. When he did, there were already drivers bigger than 160 cc, agreed ?
Callaway had a strong 3 wood 15 years ago
I agree, they do re invent the wheel and us suckers fall for it most of the time.
Add the RocketBallz 3-wood to the list...
…got a demo of the new Rocketballz 3-wood for a few days and this thing is a cannon. Not exactly a high launching club, not bad off of a tee, but doesn’t get up very easily from the ground. However, for pure distance, this thing is a beast ! Definitely worth a try if you’re in the market…even with the ridiculous name the R&D people gave it.
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