Never understood the anxiety that comes from companies releasing a ton of gear throughout the year. How is that bad?
I'm not arguing that more options is good for the consumer. It really is. I think there may be a sort of general worry across those who follow golf equipment (THPers being an example) that, with every new idea, there's one more design idea that's being tried. Whether it works or not is almost irrelevant to the idea that, within the limited design space, eventually there will be no more new things.
Also, something Phil points out in that video clip is that these advantages in terms of spin rate and distance are achieved by moving CoG forward, and that doing so reduces MOI. There's nothing wrong with that on its face, except that as MOI decreases, the theory goes, forgiveness in general also decreases. The general consensus on the SLDR reviews would seem to confirm that it's not nearly as forgiving a driver as many other recent offerings. Long, but not terribly forgiving. As someone who has heard new equipment touted as being both longer and more forgiving for a long time, I wonder if that is coming to an end. I'm not opposed to the idea that, eventually, we're going to have to swing better and faster to hit the ball farther. I just think it's kind of interesting that it seems to be slowing down a bit. New equipment no longer lets you eat your cake and have it, too. No one presumes they can hit the same irons as a tour player, but I think it's a different animal when it comes to drivers. People want to hit the driver they see on the tour. Those drivers are now getting to be more demanding of the player comparatively, IMO.
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