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Re: Now level 103, which driver should I choose?

• wigii 44 Posts

  Tue, Aug 11 2015 4:36 PM

  Incorrect, fatdan, I was referring to lonniescott711, his claim was that the Versa putter was miles better than the Rosa, on page 1

• micheldess 819 Posts

  Tue, Aug 11 2015 8:24 PM

  I don't like the new driver

  Yes, 289 look great but the 4.5 meter speed is more a bad thing than a good thing

  I explain why :

  After your drive with that slow meter, your second shot with iron or wedge look too quick to control well and you miss more and more dings (sometime by far), and hit bad shots too often.

  In conclusion, if the meter was 3.5 like my irons and wedges, i say to you, yes this is a great driver but with that slow meter, i think you will miss more second shots than before and your score will  not be as good as before.

  It's just my opinion

   

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Tue, Aug 11 2015 9:40 PM

  wigii:

  Incorrect, fatdan, I was referring to lonniescott711, his claim was that the Versa putter was miles better than the Rosa, on page 1

  LOL...when you respond to a post on page 1, 2 pages later you might want to hint at who your post is intended....FYI I stayed out of the putter chat because the thread was about drivers, but I agree with lonnie 110% on that subject, buuuttttt what do we know...

   

• WoodenHands 526 Posts

  Wed, Aug 12 2015 1:47 PM

  micheldess:

  After your drive with that slow meter, your second shot with iron or wedge look too quick to control well and you miss more and more dings (sometime by far), and hit bad shots too often.

  In conclusion, if the meter was 3.5 like my irons and wedges, i say to you, yes this is a great driver but with that slow meter, i think you will miss more second shots than before and your score will  not be as good as before.

  It's just my opinion 

  Thanks, that was/is my concern, irons seem fast enough some days without having the slow driver.

  Wonder if there's a free rental weekend anytime soon?

• JZeman17 258 Posts

  Fri, Aug 14 2015 8:17 PM

  WoodenHands:

  Wonder if there's a free rental weekend anytime soon?

  not according to a recent post I have just read. Per Sham Wow....Probably not due to the "free clubs" offer when someone tiers up. You have 2 hours to try out a club/clubs that are offered/picked by WGT, not a club of your choice.

  I wonder how many people really take advantage of this option. Actually confusing if first time exposed and by the time you figure it out........to bad....must wait for next tier up. Also could be clubs you have no interest in at all.

  Peace and Love my freens!!!

  JZ

• snoops34 2,694 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2016 11:20 AM

  WoodenHands:

  micheldess:

  After your drive with that slow meter, your second shot with iron or wedge look too quick to control well and you miss more and more dings (sometime by far), and hit bad shots too often.

  In conclusion, if the meter was 3.5 like my irons and wedges, i say to you, yes this is a great driver but with that slow meter, i think you will miss more second shots than before and your score will  not be as good as before.

  It's just my opinion 

   

  Thanks, that was/is my concern, irons seem fast enough some days without having the slow driver.

  Wonder if there's a free rental weekend anytime soon?

   

  For the record I have no trouble hitting the top Vapor irons at 3.5 and the top driver at 4.5 meter. I researched the Vapors on Nike website and the model pictured on WGT is based on the one that has more like 4.5 forgiveness instead of 3.5 and that is what I seem to be getting - 4.5.

  So, at least in my case, missing the ping by 1/8 inch or so is not punishing. And the driver I tested against the top drivers, Callaway, Covert, and the 8.0 R1. I wanted to see if the R1 8.0 was better in wind than the 9.0 R1. It wasn't. The 9.0 level 103 ( I got at the lower level) on same course, same winds, same ball, (Nike 90 Black) same hole, was consistently after a dozen or so tees shots with all drivers, 5-7 degrees longer in All wind conditions. I thought it would lose out to the R1 8.0 in headwind, but it didn't. That was the surprise.

  Just a few thoughts based on a little research and testing.