I haven't tested much but I figured you'd get about 10-15....no?
In theory, a center club hit on a 975D which has a COR of 0.830 vs. a center club hit on a current technology driver with the same COR, would yield the same distance assuming both clubs yielded the same launch conditions. The big advantage of the current technology is the forgiveness of the larger heads making your average drive longer and the ability to get better launch conditions from some shaft / head combos. The only reliable way to optimize those launch conditions by finding the right shaft / head combo for your swing is a driver fitting on a launch monitor or (rarely) a human equivalent. Well, you could also join the GEA and try every OEM shaft / head combo until you found the happy one, but that costs many greenbacks.
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I was recently at Chuck Evans he said he hits persimon 4 yds further than titanium and was going to go back to a persimon driver instead of a hot faced callaway.
Testing has shown that these so called longer drivers are in fact shorter than manufacturers want you to know.as long as you can hit the sweet spot .
I think there is a significant difference in distance between 975D and 975J (even for on-center hits). However, subsequent versions of Titleist drivers (e.g. 983K and 905T) are very similar...except for forgiveness as people have already mentioned.
i totally agree with some of the comments. i recently hit a callaway great big bertha in new condition against an r7 and i hit them the same distance on center hits but when i missed the callaway it was alot shorter i couldnt beleive it because i remeber the callaway being the easiest club to hit back then. that is why the game is how it is today because the guys who are powerful can bomb away and still hit it good in the old days you couldnt do that ball striking mattered more.
Sweet spot is king for sure. These bigger heads are designed not for great players but for those of us out there who need a little help 'around the sweet spot' to minimise the miss of that tiny ggo long spot.
I was recently at Chuck Evans he said he hits persimon 4 yds further than titanium and was going to go back to a persimon driver instead of a hot faced callaway.
Testing has shown that these so called longer drivers are in fact shorter than manufacturers want you to know.as long as you can hit the sweet spot .
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Chuck Evans can probably hir ANY driver LOOOONG. He IS LONG!!!
It would be interesting to see some testing on this... WOOD vs. METALS.
I have yearned to go back to persimmon. I have a Wood Bros., and a couple Joe Powell drivers as well as 3 and 4 woods. They felt so good and seemed to find the fairway much more regularly with the gear effect built into them.
I am wondering though, if I use them, do I have to be mindful of type of golf ball so as not to damage the face? Is there anything out there at all similar to balata?
On the other hand, I am 63 and don't swing it 100 mph anymore.
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