Spring182
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Hey Brian, sorry if I missed it somewhere but what are your settings on the 815?
Callaway Big Bertha Alpha 815 Driver Review Thread
Hey Brian, sorry if I missed it somewhere but what are your settings on the 815?
I'll have a handcrafted there.
I'm hitting my longest drives ever with the 815 too. Struggling with a minor case of the lefts, but that is on me.
Brianbigoats
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Core down N and -1
The Driver at 9.5 seems to prevent a little balloning i was getting at 10.5
kc720
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Recently installed speeder 661 evolution in this bad boy.
Naturally I hit it on monitor to get a feel for it and some numbers. Pretty damn good
Naturally I hit it on monitor to get a feel for it and some numbers. Pretty damn good
Brianbigoats
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looks like some good numbers
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I just put a 757 Evolution Tour Spec X in mine and the Evolution is the real deal. What a great shaft!Recently installed speeder 661 evolution in this bad boy.
Naturally I hit it on monitor to get a feel for it and some numbers. Pretty damn good
kc720
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I really like it so far. I was a fan of the 661 speeder and after reading some reviews I gave it a go. The feel to me is more stable, not sure how to describe it. The 661 speeder I felt a lot of kick in the tip but the evolution feels like it's loading more evenly. Way better ball speeds!
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That was my exact thoughts. I saw a 5 mph ball speed gain from the shaft. I'm guessing that is from the stability and consistently hitting the center of the driver face now.
Spring182
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Sheesh, I would kill to be able to hit the ball like that!
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As days and rounds and range sessions go on, I see the picture becoming more and more clear that this will be my gamer for the year. Paired up with the Handcrafted LZ50 and 12*...so much fun.
And its ignorantly forgiving laterally, I stand by that.
And its ignorantly forgiving laterally, I stand by that.
Spring182
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It is so Forgiving! My driver swing has pretty much dissapeared as of late and have been hitting the ball pretty bad. This stick keeps me in play when others would have penalized me badly! I am hitting the toe pretty much everytime and losing minimal distance.
Yesterday's conditions solidified this one for me. Wet, soggy, ZERO roll & I was still seeing great distances. I adjusted my 9* to +2/D & I hit some great tee shots.
What I am impressed with is not only the lateral forgiveness, but a nice smooth easy swing just gets the ball out there at decent distances. So much fun to hit this one.
Finally wen above 50* today in NY so I hit the range after work.
Worked through the entire bag and spent a decent amoint of time with this Cannon.
Playing with draw, plus one, neutral, etc etc. Finally settled on plus one neutral with gravity core up. I tend to catch the ball middle to high on the face and was seeing towering drives with a small fade/cut.
The last shot of the night I decided to take out a chrome soft which has "worn" due to a half dozen simulator rounds....
Good god what amazing feeling with thay setting and the ball stayed in the air forever. Just amazing!
Hopefully will get the snow to melt so that I can hit the course in a few weeks.
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Worked through the entire bag and spent a decent amoint of time with this Cannon.
Playing with draw, plus one, neutral, etc etc. Finally settled on plus one neutral with gravity core up. I tend to catch the ball middle to high on the face and was seeing towering drives with a small fade/cut.
The last shot of the night I decided to take out a chrome soft which has "worn" due to a half dozen simulator rounds....
Good god what amazing feeling with thay setting and the ball stayed in the air forever. Just amazing!
Hopefully will get the snow to melt so that I can hit the course in a few weeks.
Tap tap taparoo
Still loving the consistent dispersion I get with the Alpha 815. On a whim I bought a Project X LZ pull from an XR on the bay today for $63 shipped. Hoping it will be here in time to use it on the course this weekend.
Got to say Thanks again Mike. I loved hitting your driver on the range yesterday. What a great club. I was quite surprised at the difference in the feel of the Rogue compared to mine. The Rogue is a nice shaft, but I much preferred mine paired the 815. That felt crazy good.
I'm impressed when I hit one towards the heel and it's a straight, line drive with minimal distance loss. This driver is crazy good.
I did something this weekend that took me a while to commit to. I cut down my handcrafted LZ shaft about an inch. I had been choking up so I was pretty confident this would turn out ok. I'm still seeing great forgiveness from this driver. Ball speed is good with my off center strikes, and the 12 degree head is easy to get in the air. I could use a little less spin, I'm seeing a lot of drives in the 3200 rpm range, but I believe that is more on me than the club.
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I haven't measured mine, what was the starting/finishing lengths? I'm thinking about doing this as well, I'm a short dude and the shaft seems a bit long. Also I've been a little wild lately. Curious to hear how the shortening plays out for you.
When I originally put in the LZ in my 2014 Big Bertha, I matched the shaft length to the stock shaft, so 45.5". Taking of an inch woth my super precise measuring and cutting puts it plus minus 44.5". I will measure it when I get a chance.
Finally got mine today! After about an hour of hitting my driver (Xhot) and the new XR and BB I went with the BB815. The big difference for me was the forgiveness of off center hits with the BB815. I ended up with the Aldila shaft from the black diamond BB. Setup is -1 and center with the 10.5 degree head (so really it's at 9.5).
The XR is nice and I actually had a slightly higher swing speed (98avg BB vs 99 XR) with the XR but had a higher spin and less distance with off centered shots. Either club would be great for anyone but was really worth getting fitted as the numbers really helped me.
Compared to my Xhot I am about 5-10yrds longer but almost half the spin (1800 vs 3400) and with the off centered shots with the big beartha I was much farther. Excited to put into play this weekend!
Finally kudos to the EXCELLENT customer service at PGA SUPERSTORE in Orlando. The fitting with Matt was professional and extremely friendly. What happened was I was Mr.mom today and had my 21month old with me. She had a meltdown while I was swinging and if you were in the store today you heard her. Another PGASS professional (Sara) came over and talked to her and played with her while I was getting fitted. Both these people went above and beyond to give me an excellent experience. Just wanted to mention cause I will be back after this experience. Great staff!
The XR is nice and I actually had a slightly higher swing speed (98avg BB vs 99 XR) with the XR but had a higher spin and less distance with off centered shots. Either club would be great for anyone but was really worth getting fitted as the numbers really helped me.
Compared to my Xhot I am about 5-10yrds longer but almost half the spin (1800 vs 3400) and with the off centered shots with the big beartha I was much farther. Excited to put into play this weekend!
Finally kudos to the EXCELLENT customer service at PGA SUPERSTORE in Orlando. The fitting with Matt was professional and extremely friendly. What happened was I was Mr.mom today and had my 21month old with me. She had a meltdown while I was swinging and if you were in the store today you heard her. Another PGASS professional (Sara) came over and talked to her and played with her while I was getting fitted. Both these people went above and beyond to give me an excellent experience. Just wanted to mention cause I will be back after this experience. Great staff!