The DEEP Faced Driver

[Jman]

I was thinking about this trend, and how when we see a driver we call “deep” now, it isn’t TRULY deep as we have seen previously.

Will the DEEP faced driver ever come back? I’d love @JB take on this.

And what are some of your favorite DEEP faced drivers ever? Pictures required! And I know which one I’d bet I’d going to be posted first…don’t let me down my vintage THP crew…

 

[Hawk]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

 

[Templet0n]

The deep deep is gone. they have found better ways..

 

[Templet0n]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

I had one of those, great driver.

 

[Jeff Spicoli]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

 

[Puttmaster]

Titleist 915 D3, 7.5*

 

[SkiBumGolfer]

No deep faced driver discussion is complete without this monstrosity

POWWWW!!!

 

[jdtox]

Was never a fan of deep faced anything for whatever reason

 

[JB]

Not sure. Aerodynamics play a pretty large role here. I will defer to Mike Yagley on this, but have a call with him next week and will ask.
When I think of deep face, I think of the Cleveland Classic.

 

[Sox_Fan]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

Definitely! I still have a head hanging around. Need to put a shaft in it and give it another go.

 

[blugold]

I wish I was a better golfer when the R9 Superdeep came out. That thing, at least in my memory, had the deepest face I thought possible.

 

[DataDude]

The problem with the deep deep is it creates not enough sidespin forgiveness. Need that weight out wide and with the deep face you can't go wide.

 

[Hacker Rod]

TEE EXS Pro has a pretty deep face for a modern driver - especially one with a 440cc head.

 

[Kmench]

One favorite of mine was the 910 D3 from Titleist



One I wish that made it to the states so I could see and try it out from Mizuno

 

[Greg Kulbick]

Bridgestone J40 430

 

[Jman]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

I knew you would come through!!! This one NEEDED to be first listed!

 

[Jman]

TEE EXS Pro has a pretty deep face for a modern driver - especially one with a 440cc head.

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It is, and it’s still not as deep as the Classic or some of the others.

 

[Jman]

Not sure. Aerodynamics play a pretty large role here. I will defer to Mike Yagley on this, but have a call with him next week and will ask.
When I think of deep face, I think of the Cleveland Classic.

I think it could be a fun question. I’d assume they can accomplish now with a less deep face what they were trying to then, and keep VASTLY better aero.

 

[MSEASU]

I always wished I could hit this

 

[MGoBlue]

I had one of those, great driver.

I still have one. Should dig it out.

 

[MGoBlue]

SMT 455 Deep Bore

 

[Thrillbilly Jim]

I remember the faces on the Adams Speedline drivers being really tall.

 

[MWard]

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Cleveland Classic 290 baby!

This one is the gold standard for deep faced drivers. That face was huge.

 

[Thrillbilly Jim]

In today’s drivers, I think Cleveland and XXIO probably have the deepest faces still.

 

[LLIB]

If I remember correctly this one was pretty deep