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Like I said, it’s a ponder. It helped me in CA, but then again, hitting a fairway there at the end would have been just as useful. Both times I pulled driver on holes where I shouldn’t have and brought hazards into play.
The 2nd Driver Experiment
Like I said, it’s a ponder. It helped me in CA, but then again, hitting a fairway there at the end would have been just as useful. Both times I pulled driver on holes where I shouldn’t have and brought hazards into play.
I think something shorter, with a natural draw bias like the XJ1, Rogue Draw, M2 D-Type could be really good for a lot of people in the #2 spot.
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Mine would need natural draw bias, full draw bias, with hot melt for more draw.... and I’ll still fade or slice it
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The xj1 does sound very intriguing, and I do get along well with my with xotics hybrid.... time to find one to hit
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It's loud. Abrasively loud for me. But it's damn straight and PLENTY long.
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I don’t mind loud... but straight and long.... ok time to research where to find one
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And obedt is awesome
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During one of my prior range sessions I noticed I had been setting up the XJ1 2nd driver closed. That explains the lower trajectory and left bias I had been experiencing. Today after getting my swing straightened out (to a degree - it is still obedt's swing we're talking about), I wanted to compare the 4 wood against the 2nd driver today at the range.
Hit the 4w first, and after center contact but a hook swing (doh) I put a pretty good move on the second one. Straight as an arrow, flat trajectory probably around 210-215 carry with 15y roll out. I setup properly with the XJ1 and hit a much higher trajectory with a slightly shorter carry and about 10y less total distance. The range was wet and had some heavy wind into the face. I still think under nominal conditions my 4w is shorter, but after adjusting my setup it's closer than I thought. Trajectory is much higher and I would bet that over a full season testing my accuracy would be better with the 2nd driver.
Hit the 4w first, and after center contact but a hook swing (doh) I put a pretty good move on the second one. Straight as an arrow, flat trajectory probably around 210-215 carry with 15y roll out. I setup properly with the XJ1 and hit a much higher trajectory with a slightly shorter carry and about 10y less total distance. The range was wet and had some heavy wind into the face. I still think under nominal conditions my 4w is shorter, but after adjusting my setup it's closer than I thought. Trajectory is much higher and I would bet that over a full season testing my accuracy would be better with the 2nd driver.
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I have enjoyed your feedback obedt.
dwchockey13
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So would you say the 2nd driver makes you feel more comfortable on the tee which could lead to the increased accuracy?
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So I stole wardy’s thriver (burrowed) as he’s very consistent with 3w off the deck and I am not consistent with it even off a tee so it gets pulled maybe once a round. I’m excited for the rain to stop to get some swings with it
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Half the game is confidence, thus why the shorter driver being used over hitting 3w. If you can’t hit 3w off the ground well and only use it off the tee, but then don’t do that well either, why have it in the bag?
dwchockey13
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Lol read my last post.... that’s why I’m glad you dropped yours off for me to test with a bit... and if obedt sends the xj1 be able to see how those two compare side by side as well and how they compare to 3w
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It’ll be a fun test for you, especially when everything around is soaking wet
dwchockey13
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Yeah, will see true carry distance by seeing the plugged line... maybe I can convince @jb to meet me on a range one weekend there’s not an event to get some numbers for everybody with his gcquad
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Don’t even need to do that, wet CPO courses are great for seeing where one ball plugged vs the other
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That’s a big part of it, but I think there’s a tech story behind it. The larger head is going to be much more forgiving.
Now I’m not a good ball striker, but have found the center of the face pretty consistently on the shorter driver so haven’t needed that MOI increase as much.
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This is one I just don't think I could do...two 3-woods however is a different story. I love shaping the 3W off the tee and I suck at shaping drivers.
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Sunday was my maiden voyage on the course with the two driver setup. My group played a fairly short set of tees given the soggy conditions so I had plenty of opportunities to pull Driver2. Performance was more than acceptable with most shots being no more than a few feet off the fairway. Distance was more than sufficient and I felt confidence on the tee box when I had it in hand. I'll give my current setup some more time for sure, but I'm thinking I may want to swap in a 5w in place of hybrid to try to get a little more distance in that slot.
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That’s my current setup - having the 5w still gives me a club that gets me the distance on long apporaches off the deck
my new driver just arrived playing 45.75 - I wasn’t sure about the length but it seemed fine - i’m going to cut the Shorter drive down another 1/4 inch and I think that will be where I play it the rest of the year- maybe go to 44” but they may be too much