I haven't hit a lot of drivers over winter. Been mostly working on my swing so haven't hit balls much. Typically I'm a 113 SS, ~160-165 ball speed, 14-17 launch and high spin. It's tough for me to stay around low 2000s.
And he has a 170 mph ball speed! Average golfers don’t sniff that. So, is it practical to go by his numbers? For me no and my ball speed is between 154-160 mph depending on the day.
That's the tough part about club design because I'm the exact opposite. I'd use a piece of rebar glued into a head if it gave me less than 2000 spin. For a higher launch and higher spinning club I'd highly recommend Cleveland. I havent hit their new Turbo but the previous generation Launcher was incredible in the right hands. Even for me it was just dead straight. The reason I went away was the spin was too high but if that's what you need, you have to give them a shot.
The good news is that I might actually play worse than sooooo many people. I'm a great person to test the whole face. Let other people tell you about the sweet spot on a driver...
The shot I posted here was my best shot with the ventus red. That'll give you a basic idea on what my path and launch typically are.
Just had a quick little 15 minute session on my lunch and I was a little shocked with the results.
First for feel. The ventus red felt smooth as butter. It was awesome. The diamana wasn't overly stiff or heavy or anything. It's almost like comparing an even flow to a Tensei. The Tensei isnt harsh by any means but even flow is just nicer.
I was at 112 ss today. I used both shafts in the standard SIM at 9* with the weight right in the middle. For whatever reason the attack angle with the diamana was averaging 0. I was +/- 1* but the ventus red was consistently in the up 2-3 range. This resulted in lower spin numbers with the ventus vs the diamana. Ventus was around 2300-2400 but the diamana was hovering around 2700. I was pushing the diamana right a lot and not closing the face while the ventus was a tight draw. Club path on both was fairly neutral on average. Most shots were anywhere from -0.5 to +0.5 but some the ones I leaked right with the diamana were 1 or 2 inside out.
I know I didn't have a ton of time to hit the them today and the numbers with the diamana might be a bit skewed because I started with it so I wasn't warmed up but when I went back to it after the ventus i was rushing to get shots in before I had to clock back in.
Take everything with a grain of salt today. I'll definitely go back and hit the diamana when I get the chance.
Long story short: the ventus felt absolutely incredible and was so stable and gave me dead straight balls. The diamana felt good but not as good as the ventus and I tended to push them to the right.
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No the only ventus red we had shipped in with our demo stock was the 50 gram regular. Everything else waa ventus blue, helium or diamana
It was effortless with that ventus. It felt stable without feeling too stiff or harsh. The last time I was this shocked with the feel of a shaft was with my matrix prototype shaft that I dont even know the specs of lol. I really want to try out the blue or black because that felt so great.
I'd give it a shot for sure. The helium is a nice shaft as well. It worked well in the Cobra F9 last year for a lot of people. I custom ordered the helium almost half the time vs the rest of the options combined for customers. It'll be interesting to see how it works in this SIM head.
Correct. Launch date is February 7th.
