jjfcpa
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Played 18 holes yesterday and one of my playing partners was a young lady that recently got a Cobra F9 with a women's shaft... I'm guessing it was in the 40 gram range. I'm a senior (71 years old) and she offered to let me hit it on one hole. We measured the length and it is exactly the same as my Rogue draw driver - 44 inches.
I hit my Rogue first (senior shaft) and felt like I hit the sweet spot which gave me maximum distance... around 200+ yards. I next hit her F9 and once again, I hit it flush. It was a couple yards short of my Rogue. A little surprised by that, but I guess the shaft could account for that difference. Both of them were pretty straight so dispersion differences were negligible.
After she hit her driver, I asked her to hit my Rogue. To our surprise, she hit my Rogue a good 10 yards further than her F9. Not sure of the distance, but the F9 was well behind the Rogue. That really surprised her because she passed over the new Callaway driver and went to the Cobra.
I know she did not get fit for the F9 and she's probably 5' 10" and was previously hitting her Callaway Fusion on average about 160 yards.
I suggested that she hit both the Fusion and F9 at a driving range and see if she got her money's worth with the F9. I'm thinking that the shaft might be hurting her and she may in fact need a slightly heavier shaft. Anything else she should consider?
We're going out Saturday again and play to do the same thing again just to make sure it wasn't a one off.
I hit my Rogue first (senior shaft) and felt like I hit the sweet spot which gave me maximum distance... around 200+ yards. I next hit her F9 and once again, I hit it flush. It was a couple yards short of my Rogue. A little surprised by that, but I guess the shaft could account for that difference. Both of them were pretty straight so dispersion differences were negligible.
After she hit her driver, I asked her to hit my Rogue. To our surprise, she hit my Rogue a good 10 yards further than her F9. Not sure of the distance, but the F9 was well behind the Rogue. That really surprised her because she passed over the new Callaway driver and went to the Cobra.
I know she did not get fit for the F9 and she's probably 5' 10" and was previously hitting her Callaway Fusion on average about 160 yards.
I suggested that she hit both the Fusion and F9 at a driving range and see if she got her money's worth with the F9. I'm thinking that the shaft might be hurting her and she may in fact need a slightly heavier shaft. Anything else she should consider?
We're going out Saturday again and play to do the same thing again just to make sure it wasn't a one off.