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Re: New Big Bertha vs R1 Drivers

• fasffreddy1 354 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 8:14 AM

  Any input on which one is better? Thanks in advance for any help with this decision.

• borntobesting 9,767 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 11:39 AM

  We might have a free rental weekend during the Masters. We have had one the last 2 years. You could rent it and find out. I intend to rent it if we have one. 

• fasffreddy1 354 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 11:45 AM

  Thanks. I will wait for that and test both of them out.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 12:26 PM

  hi

  both are excellent. as I hit my drives with 80%+ bs all the time, I prefer r1, but I know many who hit all ns/ts drives and they all use high trajectory drivers.

  -wgticon

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 12:40 PM

  I love you to bits Icon but would you really say that one was sh*t?

• dandycap 1,835 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 1:06 PM

  The  "r1 " is a thing of the past.......    ~~~   just dandy

• BubbaCrusher007 1,567 Posts

  Mon, Apr 7 2014 4:29 PM

  The club does not have that much superior length as the R1 (I have/had them both).

  The thing I find with this new Cally driver is, it's forgiveness! I get lots of "OH $HIT" shots that turn out ok?!@#$

  It's really kinda funny actually. You hit a drive that would sail off the fairway with the R1 but this Cally really forgives a slightly errant drive.

  IMHO

• DarkenRahl 2,116 Posts

  Tue, Apr 8 2014 1:12 AM

  WGTicon:

  both are excellent. as I hit my drives with 80%+ bs all the time, I prefer r1, but I know many who hit all ns/ts drives and they all use high trajectory drivers.

  -wgticon

  Good point about the backspin on drives with the R1. To me it plays like a longer and MUCH more forgiving version of the old R9, which really needed some backspin to control it.  

• Smashauface 83 Posts

  Tue, Apr 8 2014 4:40 AM

  R1 in my estimation is more forgiving. from my experience. But my real issue here is with my chat window...have 2 use commas,dots.or dashes for spacing   had Windows.7..had no issues.. I've now got Windows 8.1...chat window..needs.spaces,etc...I've tried all browsers. Maxthon,Firefox,etc...not any of them made a difference ..Currently using IE., and players have told me about pepper-flash  etc....nothing seems 2 work...Went 2 my brothers house a little while ago., he still has windows 7... I used his computer for a game  NO problem with the spacebar / chat window.   Bothers me , in a way., but doesn't affect my gameplay.,just frustrating..........HELP..any1....AL

• TarheelsRule 5,601 Posts

  Tue, Apr 8 2014 10:00 AM

  I can't speak to the Big Bertha Driver, I would like to give it a try on a free weekend though.  

  Hard to pry the R1 out of my hands unless something is way better.  I did try the Big Bertha 3 Wood and was impressed enough to swap out my R11s for it.. Great club.