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Put the XB in play yesterday and paired it with the UST Mamiya LIN-Q Purple and OMG! I have found my combo! Smoothest swinging shaft I have swung yet. I hit some absolute bombs yesterday and hit 5/7 fairways on the front. Started getting tired on the back and got a little case of the lefties, but that was me. This driver is staying in the bag for now!
 
Messed around with a LinQ gunmetal on Friday. Had to loft up to 10.5 because I have an align grip on there :confused: . Actually felt like I had a little more control of the ball but seemed to have lost some distance with that setup. Not sure if it was the lofting up of a degree or what but I was about 10-15 shorter than with the RDX blue, could be the 1/2" longer too I suppose :unsure:
 
ttucliffhanger said:
Put the XB in play yesterday and paired it with the UST Mamiya LIN-Q Purple and OMG! I have found my combo! Smoothest swinging shaft I have swung yet. I hit some absolute bombs yesterday and hit 5/7 fairways on the front. Started getting tired on the back and got a little case of the lefties, but that was me. This driver is staying in the bag for now!
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Hmmmm I have a Lin-q purple sitting here waiting to go into something. Sounds like a pretty strong combo.
 
jdtox said:
Messed around with a LinQ gunmetal on Friday. Had to loft up to 10.5 because I have an align grip on there :confused: . Actually felt like I had a little more control of the ball but seemed to have lost some distance with that setup. Not sure if it was the lofting up of a degree or what but I was about 10-15 shorter than with the RDX blue, could be the 1/2" longer too I suppose :unsure:
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What did you notice ball flight wise?
 
ddec said:
What did you notice ball flight wise?
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Didn't really notice much difference honestly. I felt like I had more control but that could have been the shorter shaft. It's so weird that 1/2" seems to make a difference but it certainly feels like it when addressing the ball.
 
jdtox said:
Messed around with a LinQ gunmetal on Friday. Had to loft up to 10.5 because I have an align grip on there :confused: . Actually felt like I had a little more control of the ball but seemed to have lost some distance with that setup. Not sure if it was the lofting up of a degree or what but I was about 10-15 shorter than with the RDX blue, could be the 1/2" longer too I suppose :unsure:
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That's interesting. That RDX Blue seems to have a really good snap to it for me. It took me a bit to adjust coming from an Evenflow, but once I did I really like the snap of that middle flex point. The slight counterbalance helps me turn it over easier too.
 
ddec said:
Hmmmm I have a Lin-q purple sitting here waiting to go into something. Sounds like a pretty strong combo.
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It's a smoking combo. I hit some bombs with it. Looking forward to getting it to the course again.
 
Bryndom said:
If I didn't see you on that zoom call, I'd be asking if we are getting catfished by a pro!
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Once you see me swing a club, it will cure you of that thought 🤣
 
The XB has been a game changer. I am able to go after drives when the conditions are right and I can also taper down the aggression to be a fairway finder. Do I miss left and right? Of course but I am stunned on how well mishits end up.

Arccos data is a bit dangerous as well. I really didn't expect my dispersion to look like this and really some of it is embarrassing but overall I can't complain.

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echico said:
The XB has been a game changer. I am able to go after drives when the conditions are right and I can also taper down the aggression to be a fairway finder. Do I miss left and right? Of course but I am stunned on how well mishits end up.

Arccos data is a bit dangerous as well. I really didn't expect my dispersion to look like this and really some of it is embarrassing but overall I can't complain.

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I'm not bold enough to share all my misses, well done sir!
 
The infinity face gets plenty of copy, but the aspect I haven’t seen much chatter on is the feedback it gives from a visual standpoint. I can always see where I hit the clubface which is a nice perk.

Here’s a snap from my range session tonight. I intentionally left them on to see how tight my last five swings were.
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Scooby45 said:
The infinity face gets plenty of copy, but the aspect I haven’t seen much chatter on is the feedback it gives from a visual standpoint. I can always see where I hit the clubface which is a nice perk.

Here’s a snap from my range session tonight. I intentionally left them on to see how tight my last five swings were.
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You had better clean that before your Capt. @jdtox scolds you! 🤣🤣
 
Ive been using the XB for about 3 weeks now and love it! Miss hits I lose distance but not fairways. Hitting it on the screws, IT GOES!!
 
Played this again with the UST Mamiya LIN-Q proto in it and once again drove the ball better than I have been all year. Using the XB model and checking distance with GPS on the Motocaddy shows me up and hitting fairways at my course is never a bad thing with how many strategically placed trees are out there.

The bigger question I have right now is can I eek anymore out of it, through some tweaking? Im going to hop on the monitor tomorrow and find out.
 
JB said:
Played this again with the UST Mamiya LIN-Q proto in it and once again drove the ball better than I have been all year. Using the XB model and checking distance with GPS on the Motocaddy shows me up and hitting fairways at my course is never a bad thing with how many strategically placed trees are out there.

The bigger question I have right now is can I eek anymore out of it, through some tweaking? Im going to hop on the monitor tomorrow and find out.
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Are you allowed to say what is different about this and the LIN-Q purple?
 
JB said:
Not yet, but will be soon.
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Roger that! I just put the purple in my XB last weekend and saw really good results, but who doesn't like to tinker or try to squeeze out just a little more!
 
A couple things I found interesting when comparing the standard RADSpeed vs the SZ Xtreme I gamed all last year. RADSpeed is longer by 8yds according to Arccos. I always thought I was leaving some distance on the table but placed accuracy at a premium. Based on numbers I'm hitting fairways 7% less. Now some of those have been because I have been hitting the ball too well and through fairways but it would seem that the club heads are performing as described by Cobra golf. What I also find interesting is I have found a little more left miss with the standard head. Could be because this head is 10.5* playing at 9.5* vs the Xtreme 9* head I played at 8*

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I love the XB. I had to change the shaft to my F9 gamer, but it came alive in my hands and I have so much confidence with this right now.
 
The XB with Lin-Q purple is just fricking fantastic! 5/6 fairways on the front and only 2/6 on the back but #9/18 is a short tee shot and used my 3w. The fwy I missed on the front 9 was down the left side and just clipped a branch thus dropping it in the first cut. On the back 9, every fwy I missed was by no more than a couple feet. Distance is great with this thing. Feel is great and I’m hitting fairways! Putting screwed me today but that’s another story, lol.
 
jdtox said:
A couple things I found interesting when comparing the standard RADSpeed vs the SZ Xtreme I gamed all last year. RADSpeed is longer by 8yds according to Arccos. I always thought I was leaving some distance on the table but placed accuracy at a premium. Based on numbers I'm hitting fairways 7% less. Now some of those have been because I have been hitting the ball too well and through fairways but it would seem that the club heads are performing as described by Cobra golf. What I also find interesting is I have found a little more left miss with the standard head. Could be because this head is 10.5* playing at 9.5* vs the Xtreme 9* head I played at 8*

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Doesn't lofting down open the face a touch? I was playing my 9° XB at 10°, but I was noticing some hook misses, so went back to standard and just perfect. Well kinda perfect, its so good. 😁
 
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