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R1 or Big Bertha Alpha

• nuaveb 167 Posts

  Mon, Jul 7 2014 12:15 PM

  Dear all,

  I'd just like to hear your opinions on whether you think the R1 is equally on par with the Big Bertha Alpha or the BBA is better.

  I recently bought the BBA after having the R1 Black for sometime and somehow I am not impressed. The drives seem to be just the same and the R1 even does better to me.

  Please let me know your experiences?

  Nuaveb

• PsychoSid2 20 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 10:12 AM

  I like the bertha, help give more control from the drive and takes a shot off my game. But I'am still learning the game where I'm new to it.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 10:42 AM

  I use the Bertha. I use it with the Nike RZN Black. My driving stat is 88.6 %. When I play Alt Shot, I am rarely/never out driven and I'm always in the best fairway location. I like the high trajectory. I am not even close to the consideration of a different product. ~ SP ~

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 10:45 AM

  R1 for me.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 10:47 AM

  Keep in mind you're not comparing like drivers. The BBA is a 9 degree driver where the R1 is eight. I like the R1 because of that-- you can handle wind a little better and the links courses respond well to flatter drives.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 12:02 PM

  YankeeJim:

  Keep in mind you're not comparing like drivers. The BBA is a 9 degree driver where the R1 is eight. I like the R1 because of that-- you can handle wind a little better and the links courses respond well to flatter drives.

  Yep. Comparing apples to oranges.

  I too prefer a driver that has a steeper face and a lower trajectory.

   

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 12:56 PM

  As much as I really want to game the 287 yd Big Bertha, being the Callaway fan that I am, I just didn't see it's worth over the L93 R1 that I already do have.

   

  3,295 credits would be a lot of cr's for just a higher trajectory and Callaway driver to swing. 

   

  Think I'll just wait for the first driver over L100.  It's bound to happen, and hopefully it's worth a darn. ;-)

• 9,041 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 2:08 PM

  courteneyfish:

  R1 for me.

  No contest...

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 2:34 PM

  Perhaps it is my imagination, but the high trajectory of the Bertha seems to have "special magic" when faced with the holes we have that introduce those pesky tree branch ball snatchers. The ball goes right through them. Unique feature or my imagination ?

• 9,041 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 2:52 PM

  SweetiePie:

  Perhaps it is my imagination, but the high trajectory of the Bertha seems to have "special magic" when faced with the holes we have that introduce those pesky tree branch ball snatchers. The ball goes right through them. Unique feature or my imagination ?

  The latter...:)